You don't want to get a visit from Krampus tonight. 
You don't want to get a visit from Krampus tonight.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/12/krampus-saint-nicholas-dark-companion/100639/
The Germans don't berkeley around.
"Don't forget your goat leggings!"
why is it that i've never heard of this before? i grew up in a heavily German area...
In reply to novaderrik:
Because the Catholic Church did it's best to stomp it out in the 1700s. It is still celebrated by people in the Alpine regions of Europe though.
My wife hates the idea of it, even though she grew up with St. Nicholas Day. I enjoy the idea of Krampus. It's a good way into scaring children into being good during the Christmas season.
What people don't realize is that Krampus is a companion to St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas took care of the good children and Krampus would take care of the bad children.
apparently there are Krampus hipsters- and they work at the Christian Science Monitor...
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/1205/Is-Krampus-the-Christmas-demon-becoming-too-commercial
novaderrik wrote: apparently there are Krampus hipsters- and they work at the Christian Science Monitor... http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/1205/Is-Krampus-the-Christmas-demon-becoming-too-commercial
Wow, that was looking too much into it. People capitalizing off of a folklore? I'm pretty sure thats been done before. 
Krampus is awesome. And don't mess with the Dutch, either; look into Zwarte Piet, who is the kind of 'bad cop' assistant to Sinterklaas. He's a blackfaced demon who carries a chimney sweep's broom to beat the bad kids with.
Watch the movie Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale for another twist on Santa :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
They do Mikulas in Hungary.
The idea is the kid leaves his shoes out and if he's good he gets some chocolate and fruit stuffed in his shoes. All kids get a "golden switch" (switch like, "go pick a switch so I can tan your hide" not like "on/off" switch) because "no kid is good all year long".
My kid is a year and a half about now, and with as many times as he's woken me up in the middle of the night this year I was more than ready to forgo the chocolate and fruit and just scoop some droppings out of the cat litter box.
But the wife said no... 
Saturday the wife is taking our nieces and nephews to Rhinebeck for their annual Sinterklass parade. It's a fun night but damn if it doesn't have some of the scariest characters I've ever seen in a Christmas parade.
Again: the Germans DO NOT berkeley around.
I love the Krampus stuff! There are some great videos on youtube of Krampus rampages in Europe.
This is awesome!
Shame on me not knowing about this. I will fully utilize this knowledge of Krampus going forward.
Appleseed wrote: Again: the Germans DO NOT berkeley around.
i sometimes get the impression that living in Germany is like living in a music video for a song that was a collaboration between Cannibal Corpse, GWAR, and Rammstein...
My wife saw my FB post about Krampus and told me I need to grow up.
Let's not forget about 6 to 8 Black Men
novaderrik wrote:Appleseed wrote: Again: the Germans DO NOT berkeley around.i sometimes get the impression that living in Germany is like living in a music video for a song that was a collaboration between Cannibal Corpse, GWAR, and Rammstein...
That would be one damn awesome video.
Trans_Maro wrote: "Don't forget your goat leggings!"
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Gearheadotaku wrote:Trans_Maro wrote: "Don't forget your goat leggings!"People Against Goodness And Normalcy
just the facts, maam..
Hmmmm.....I need some goat horns
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