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Unlike jolly old Saint Nick, Krampus is a figure in German folklore who emerges on the eve of the Feast of Saint Nicholas. Krampus punishes the children who misbehaved.
Krampus didn’t begin following St. Nicholas around until the 16th century, when parents of the era realized typical methods of coercing children into being good weren’t working.
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Krampus sometimes even kidnaps misbehaving children to drown, eat, or transport to Hell. Rooted in pre-Germanic paganism, Krampus did not become associated with St. Nicholas until the 17th century.
(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.
St. Nicholas Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 6, typically by filling the stockings and shoes children leave out overnight with sweets and toys. It also is a fitting date for the patron saint ...
In ancient German and Dutch folklore, Saint Nicholas, also known as Sinterklaas, would leave gifts in shoes and socks left out for him by children. St. Nicholas' Day is celebrated on December 6.
NBC's Andy Eckardt reports. A man dressed as St. Nicholas waits for an underground train in Berlin on Dec. 6, the day that marks the saint's feast day and the start of the Christmas season in Germany.
Krampus didn’t begin following St. Nicholas around until the 16th century, when parents of the era realized typical methods of coercing children into being good weren’t working.
In ancient German and Dutch folklore, Saint Nicholas, also known as Sinterklaas, would leave gifts in shoes and socks left out for him by children. St. Nicholas' Day is celebrated on December 6.