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The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas

The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil | Al Ridenour

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The Krampus, a folkloric devil associated with St. Nicholas in Alpine Austria and Germany, has been embraced by the American counterculture and is lately skewing mainstream. The new Christmas he seems to embody is ironically closer to an ancient understanding of the holiday as a perilous, haunted season. In the Krampus' world, witches rule Christmas, and saints can sometimes kill.

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The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil | Al Ridenour

#holidaylaughs Somebody posted this on instagram!
#wintergames #thefilthyanimals @Clwojick @StayCurious

LibrarianRyan I NEED TO GET THIS FOR JOSH!!! 5y

BethM 😂 5y

KatieDid927 I‘m low key obsessed with Krampus 5y

Linsy This is awesome! I love this!! 5y

rather_be_reading 6pts🍬 5y

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The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil | Al Ridenour

Happy Krampusnacht!
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LeahBergen I‘ve never read anything about Krampus. I really must! 5y

LauraJ @LeahBergen This is a light-hearted but scholarly history of Krampus. Highly recommended! 5y

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The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil | Al Ridenour

For those of you who wish Halloween would never end I give you the Victorian Legend of Krampus. Celebrated on Dec 5th with roots in Norse and Greek mythology he acts as the evil counter to jolly old St. Nick

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