Krampus
This is a sinister figure of the season. It's a scary version of Santa, with large horns, sharp teeth and cloven hooves. Its long tongue is often outside of its mouth. It's part of the Alpine legend for Yule, and many believe Krampus appears on the night of 5th December holding birch braches. He visits the houses of naughty children and punishes them instead of delivering nice gifts. The birch branches are used by Krampus to beat misbehaving kids. Sometimes badly behaved unruly kids are put into his basket that he wears across his back, and carries them to his dwelling to eat them.
At some time in the past, the church wanted to ban references to Krampus as it was seen as a demon. Today the scary Krampus character is changed to that of a fool, as people have been celebrating Krampus parades in Austria and other countries for many years. It's a parade that has many costumes of horned Krampus demons. It's often a child's favourite event!
This was the final of the Creepy Christmas characters. I wish you all a fantastic holiday!
She Wolf Night group
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