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Howard promises to stay up to keep watch during the night, but he falls asleep. As the fire in the fireplace dies, a hook is lured down the chimney, which drags Howie Jr. up and away. The Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure in the Central and Eastern Alpine folklore of Europe who, during the Advent season, scares children who have misbehaved. Assisting Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, the pair visit children on the night of 6 December, with Saint Nicholas rewarding the well-behaved children with gifts such as oranges, dried fruit, walnuts and chocolate, while the badly behaved ones only receive punishment from Krampus with birch rods. Krampus day itself, on the other hand, is on 5 December. [1] Ridenour, Al (2016). The Krampus and the Old Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House. ISBN 978-1-62731-034-5.

Omi reveals to the family what is happening: they're being tormented by Krampus, an ancient demonic spirit that punishes those who are bad at Christmas, referring to him as the "shadow of Saint Nicholas". It is customary to offer a Krampus schnapps, a strong distilled fruit brandy. [17] These runs may include Perchten, similarly wild pagan spirits of Germanic folklore and sometimes female in representation, although the Perchten are properly associated with the period between winter solstice and 6 January. Weta Workshop released a number of collectables through their online store, including statues (Krampus, The Cherub, The Dark Elf), a life-sized prop reproduction of the Krampus Bell and a collectable pin. [17] McFarland, Kevin (16 December 2013). "American Dad: "Minstrel Krampus" ". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 5 September 2020.

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Apkarian-Russell, Pamela (2001). Postmarked yesteryear: art of the holiday postcard. Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press. p.136. ISBN 978-1-888054-54-5. In the aftermath of the 1932 election in Austria, the Krampus tradition was prohibited by the Dollfuss regime [11] under the clerical fascist Fatherland Front ( Vaterländische Front) and the Christian Social Party.

Max finds Krampus and his dark elves preparing his sleigh to return to the underworld with Stevie. He throws the bauble at Krampus, demanding that he fix things. Koliada– Ancient pre-Christian Slavic winter festival, an ancient pre-Christian Slavic festival where participants wear masks and costumes and run around.He gives Max a bauble with his name on it, wrapped in a piece of his shredded Santa letter, before vanishing. Max realizes that he is the reason why Krampus came. FOTO: Sveti Nikola i Krampus stigli su morem i nagradili dobru djecu"[PHOTO: Saint Nicholas and Krampus arrived by sea and rewarded good children]. Liburnija.net (in Croatian). 26 November 2016 . Retrieved 5 December 2016. Krampus / Licensed Designs". Archived from the original on December 6, 2021 . Retrieved December 22, 2018. Omi admits that when she was young, her family's poverty caused her to lose her love of the holidays which summoned Krampus and resulted in her parents and town being dragged into hell. a b Forcher, Michael; Peterlini, Hans Karl (2010). Südtirol in Geschichte und Gegenwart[ South Tyrol past and present] (in German). Haymon Verlag. p.399.