(Photo by Michaela Rehle / AFP) Krampus parades are a unique cultural highlight of Germany’s festive season. Here’s where you can see the diabolical figure and participate in some of the ...

In Germany, Austria ... hoping to use the image in their Christmas cards. Swarr has taken some turns in the Krampus suit himself. Occasionally, he’d get “a dad or mom who’d come up and ...

But he got grafted onto Christian tradition as a sidekick of St. Nicholas, similar to figures like Zwarte Piet in the Netherlands and Knecht Ruprecht in Germany ... On the cards, Krampus ...

events where men dress as Krampus and run amok, causing chaos. People also send holiday cards featuring Krampus, called Krampuskarten. The Yule Lads are 13 mischievous boys, each with a ...

Though the legend of Perchta dates back centuries, she is still celebrated in parts of Germany and Austria today, like at Salzburg's annual Krampus and Perchten Parades, where masked marauders ...

Krampus punishes badly behaved ones. Think of a medieval version of “elf on the shelf.” In countries like Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovakia, parades and celebrations on Dec. 5, or ...

Krampus, and Krampusnacht, originated in Germany centuries ago. His name derives from the word “krampen”, which means claw. He is considered to be a cruel counterpart to the kind St Nicholas ...

But he got grafted onto Christian tradition as a sidekick of St. Nicholas, similar to figures like Zwarte Piet in the Netherlands and Knecht Ruprecht in Germany ... On the cards, Krampus ...