Special guests at the event included Santa, St. Nick and Krampus, a traditional German Christmas monster who’s name derives from “Krampen,” the German word for “claw.” ...

What is Krampus? This is the real story of the Christmas beast. Half-goat. Half-demon. This mythical beast was born from a centuries-old German tradition to whip naughty children into being nice.

More than 40,000 people visited On Broadway Inc.'s German-style holiday street market last year. It returns Friday with all kinds of festive new fun.

Krampus is rumored to punish children who have been naughty on the evening of Dec. 5, also known as Krampusnacht, by whipping them, eating them or dragging them to hell.

If you were anywhere near Market Square Tuesday night, no, you did not stumble upon a bad Santa convention. Skip to content NOWCAST Pittsburgh's Action News 4 at 11pm ...

St. Nick brings the gifts, and Krampus brings the pain. Here are some things you might not have known about Santa'’s demonic companion.. Krampus is a Christmas demon. December 5 belongs to Krampus.

Community members can shop, dine and take photos with Santa and Krampus at the fifth annual Hudson Christkindlmarkt Dec. 8-10 at the Clocktower Green.

The evening also includes photos with Santa, reindeer, carriage rides, cookie decorating, letter writing to Santa and s’mores making. Saturday: German Day. The New Glarus Alphorns perform.

What Krampus does with naughty children depends on where the story is being told, but in many stories the half-goat and half-demon will take the children away in a bucket or basket and take them ...

Krampus is a mythical goat-man, rooted in our pagan past, who has been part for the German Christmas tradition for centuries. Only in the past couple of decades has he made his way to America.