With Christmas on the way I thought I'd investigate how other countries celebrate the festive season as it's easy to assume everyone just gets their presents delivered by jolly old St Nick in his traditional red and white suit...Wrong!
In Austria and Bavaria it's true they do have a St Nick who rewards children for their good behaviour with gifts and treats but there is one subtle but terrifying difference...
KRAMPUS.
Yup in the alpine regions good ol'father xmas has a companion a demon-like creature called Krampus. And just as Mr Claus rewards the good kiddies Krampus's job is to punish bad'uns mainly by hair pulling, birchings, clawings and generally scaring the living piss out of the no good kids.
The Bavarian chaps love it so much that on the evening of 5th of December they all dress up as Krampus and go about the place putting the shits up unattended children with bells, birch branches and rusty chains!?!..seriously watch the video below some of the kids are genuinely terrified and what do they get for their trouble? that's right...they get whacked round the legs with a branch.
Now I'm all for balance on these type of things but "whoah dude not cool" . Having said that if you are a parent and your child is 'playing up' why not introduce Krampus into your Christmas celebration maybe it'll scare them straight. Merry Krampus.
UPDATE.
It would appear I'm not the only one getting his/her knickers in a twist over Krampus DIY Brighton based promotions / label One Inch Badge are also jumping on the Krampus bandwagon with the release on the 6th of December of it's third Krampus based volume of music (£25) and you're not just getting any old CD for your money no way no how.
Watch out! Santa has a posse.
Now I'm all for balance on these type of things but "whoah dude not cool" . Having said that if you are a parent and your child is 'playing up' why not introduce Krampus into your Christmas celebration maybe it'll scare them straight. Merry Krampus.
UPDATE.
It would appear I'm not the only one getting his/her knickers in a twist over Krampus DIY Brighton based promotions / label One Inch Badge are also jumping on the Krampus bandwagon with the release on the 6th of December of it's third Krampus based volume of music (£25) and you're not just getting any old CD for your money no way no how.
I quote from the One Inch Badge website:
One Inch Badge’s annual Xmas ‘KRAMPUS’ release returns again for 2011, this time in
the form of an extremely limited-edition (to just 25!) USB Xmas Jumper designed by Thom
Mountford!!
Each Xmas Jumper comes with a hand stamped and numbered One Inch Badge tag and a limited-edition Krampus is Coming Vol. 3 USB flash drive, featuring 6 of our favourite bands of 2011 all offering up their own unique take on the ‘Christmas hit’, as well as Thom Mountford designed album artwork and an OIB Records sampler.
Buy it here or if you're a Brightonian pop along to Resident Records
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