According to folklore, Krampus purportedly shows up in towns the night of December 5, known as Krampusnacht, or Krampus Night. The next day, December 6, is Nikolaustag, or St. Nicholas Day, when children look outside their door to see if the shoe or boot they'd left out the night before contains either presents (a reward for good behavior) or a rod (bad behavior). (For more on the history of St. Nicholas, see From St. Nicholas to Santa Claus.) Decorate your tree with a DIY Krampus ornament, in celebration of the famous Christmas beast from Austria! Made from felt, these homemade ornaments are so easy that even kids can put them together. Emjay Anthony [5] as Max Engel, a boy who loses the Christmas spirit due to his dysfunctional family's squabbling. Austrians in the community we studied are quite aware of "heathen" elements being blended with Christian elements in the Saint Nicholas customs and in other traditional winter ceremonies. They believe Krampus derives from a pagan supernatural who was assimilated to the Christian devil. [9]

You’ll need to have two bodies, two horns, two eyes, two legs, two eyes, one tongue, one face, and one heart. Sveti Nikola – Mikulaš"[Saint Nicholas - Mikulas]. www.hrvatskarijec.rs (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 14 December 2015.You’ve also got Jólakötturinn, the Icelandic Christmas cat who may very well eat you if you don’t do your chores. (These are getting good!) On the other hand, he rewards the hard workers with new clothes, so that’s nice. Iceland also gives us Gryla, the ogress who kidnaps, cooks, and eats children who disobey their parents. Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Siefker, Phyllis (1997). Santa Claus, last of the Wild Men: the origins and evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Co. pp.155–159. ISBN 978-0-7864-0246-5. There’s Hans Trapp, the French Satan worshipper who lives in the forest but comes out just before Christmas, dressed as a scarecrow, to scare children (not crows, oddly) into being good.

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Krista Stadler (de) as Omi (‘Granny’) Engel, the mother of Tom and grandmother of Max and Beth. Lolo Owen as Stevie, the daughter of Howard and Linda and the cousin of Max and Beth. Queenie Samuel as Jordan, the daughter of Howard and Linda and the cousin of Max and Beth.