Krampus is a complex figure associated with Christmas myth and folklore. He’s simultaneously a punishing enforcer of good ...

The Yule Lads are 13 mischievous boys, each with a distinct name and description, who cause mayhem in the 13 days leading up ...

These days St. Nicholas is sometimes accompanied by Krampus, or other demonic creatures such as Buttnmandl. “They had not yet entered When the butcher killed them, Cut them into little pieces ...

(WHTM) Krampusnacht (Krampus Night) takes place every December 5. This is the day before the Feast of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, and the patron saint of children and gift-giving. So what is a ...

According to European tales, on Krampusnacht (or Krampus Night) which is Dec. 5, St. Nicholas and Krampus arrive together to either reward or punish children. Worse yet, some stories suggest he ...

Credit: Tyler Hickman As the mythos of what Mays calls “Santa’s first elf” tells us, Krampus follows St. Nicholas around on the fifth of December, Krampusnacht, rewarding well-behaved children with ...

“He and St. Nicholas roadtripped together, kind of a good cop-bad cop thing,” said Markus Krueger, programming director at the Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County. For Minnesota ...

“Let’s not take it too seriously.” An older couple, one dressed as St. Nicholas and the other dressed as Krampus, handed out golden rods and high fives to children lining the sidewalks ...

In Ukrainian folk tradition, “Old Nicholas,” also known as St. Nicholas, poses with member ofSt Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church. Pictured, front row from left, Luke Ruane, Maria Ruane ...

known as the Feast of St. Nicholas. Celebrations involving the two began in pre-Christian times as far back as the sixth century. Today, many European towns host Krampuslauf, or Krampus run ...