10 Fun Facts About Krampus, the Christmas Demon
From Topless Robot:
American kids have never earned a Christmas gift — they know goddamned well that no matter how bad they’ve been all year, there’s still probably an iPod with their name on it come December 25th. There’s a reason you don’t see that same sense of self-entitlement in German kids, and that reason is Krampus, the Christmas Demon.
While smug American children sleep easy knowing the old “lump of coal” threat is empty and baseless, many naughty European children are annually threatened with a Pagan Fertility Demon from deepest, darkest hell — a goat-legged, horned satyr who won’t leave coal as much as he will beat them savagely for their misdeeds and then drag them to hell (it’s somewhat more effective). So, let’s get to know Mr. Krampus, the Child-Eating Holiday Hellbeast, shall we?
