There are a number of unique Christmas traditions around the world. But there’s one tradition that is fairly common across the board—and it happens to have quite a strange impact on one particular profession.
In Fiji, if an elderly family member was found to be too much of a burden, the solution was either to be strangled by their children or buried alive—if that’s not bad enough, what happens to their loved ones afterward is even worse.
Thanksgiving traditions have remained fairly untouched for centuries. But as the modern world prevails, the harvest holiday has taken a dark turn and new traditions are spouting grim consequences.