In December, Saint Andrew's Day is another chance for some quality palm reading while saying goodbye to the sun for the winter.

BBC: Pagan holidays in modern Ukraine

Before Saint Andrew, there was the sun, and pagans needed a date to throw a thank-you party in its honour before it goes to sleep for the winter.

BBC: Pagan holidays in modern Ukraine

"Fearful of the outcome, King Angus led prayers for deliverance and was rewarded by seeing a cloud formation of a white Saltire - the diagonal cross against which Saint Andrew had been martyred - against a clear blue sky, " writes Mr Reid.

BBC: Saltire

"Her growth in the United States has been extraordinary, " said Andrew Chesnut, author of "Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint" and the Bishop Walter F.

WSJ: Underworld saint becoming more popular in US