Happy Krampusnacht!
Have you been minding your manners this year? Perhaps you might consider staying in tonight, to avoid the switch-wielding wrath of the anti-Santa, Krampus.
Krampus is a goat-horned, lusty incubus who accompanies Father Christmas in the Alpine region of Europe, and who enjoys whipping naughty children as punishment for their misbehavior (little girls in particular…eww, I’m not even gonna touch that).
One night a year he comes cruisin’ Europe for the naughties, and in recent times, it appears, gives Austrians and Germans an excuse to dress up like devils, drink a lot, and spank hot ladies. As if anyone should need an excuse for that.
Above has been an assortment of 19th and 20th century postcards detailing some of his shenanigans.
- DJ Dookie Fist!
December 5th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Man… I want to party with Krampus.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Krampus rules. And he’s one of those dudes that you completely forget about February through November.
December 6th, 2008 at 1:32 am
This girl I work with grew up in Austria and emailed me a “Happy Krampus” message this morning. She said that a person dressed up as a devil comes into classrooms and gives children “red foil candy” and pretends to whip them. Not even the resurrection of the Son of God can compete with red foil candy.
December 9th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Nice as hell. Nice nice nice.
August 24th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I first came upon Krampus in a magazine when I was in prison back in 2000. The picture was of a doll representing Krampus. Was one of the scariest pictures I’ve ever seen. The picture almost seemed to represent Krampus as a female. Anybody seen that picture or know what magazine it came from? I would love to see it again.