it sounds like a christmas tradition i could really get behind.
Krampus is like Santa's evil brother. basically devil santa. he looks like the devil in a santa outfit.
its a german folklore tradition.
Santa brings good kids gifts
Krampus EATS bad kids. he captures them and beats them with a stick, then carries them away in a sack and hangs them from a tree and eats them. Also, he is terrifying.
recently they had Krampus on an episode of the tv show Grimm. i felt like he was doing society a favor by stealing these bad kids and eating them, but for some reason they had to stop him.
also, the name is really fun to say, Sarah had actually heard of the legend before and once she saw it on the show she told me what it was and I just kept shouting the name every time he was on teh scream. "FUcking krampus!, run kid"
this is what he looked like on the Grimm show. the santa outfit brings in a whole new level of creepy
Krampus is a beast-like creature from the folklore of Alpine countries thought to punish children during the Yule season who had misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards well-behaved ones with gifts. Krampus is said to capture particularly naughty children in his sack and carry them away to his lair.
whats even more awesome is that people make Krampus cards (Krampuskarten in germany)
here is an example of a krampuskarten. a bit strange
here is a more terrifying version
some more krampus pics in case you didnt want to sleep tonight or ever.
they had some memes too but they were in german, so i assumed they were funny, but not worth posting.
