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How to Avoid Europe’s Dark Anti-Santa

2016-12-06 by Phil Butler

Krampus and Saint Nicholas visit a Viennese home in 1896.

Leave it to the sunny dispositions of the Germans to come invent the Anti-Santa affectionately called Krampus. A product of Norse lore, the half-goat, half-demon, beast, the supposed son of the Norse god Hel, may come and beat the badness right out of your kids. Here’s a dark Christmas tale if every there was one.

Tags: Christmas Devil, Krampen, Krampus, Krampusnacht, Nikolaustag, St. Nicholas Day

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