While Saint Nicholas rewards well-behaved children with gifts, those who have misbehaved are punished by his fearsome, birch ...

Marked by horns, fangs, a devilishly long tongue, Krampus carries around birch rods with which he swats the misbehaving. (And this is where some of the social media users quoted might say, “Yes ...

Krampus doesn’t just have one monster, however. It has hordes of them. While some, such as the playfully murderous gingerbread men, were conceived digitally, most of the other toys and minions ...

Typically, Krampus carries a birch rod to hit, chains to bind, or a basket to carry off naughty children, the University of Southern California reported. Celebrations for Krampus.

As the mythos of what Mays calls “Santa’s first elf” tells us, Krampus follows St. Nicholas around on the fifth of December, Krampusnacht, rewarding well-behaved children with gifts and thwacking the ...

Krampus traditionally "carries a ruten bundle, or birch rod, to whip those who have misbehaved and chains to bind those who have strayed from the straight and narrow," according to USC.

Krampus is said to carry a birch switch or rod to whip children and a basket to cart them off to Hell. San Antonio deserves a Krampus parade If any American city deserves a Krampus parade, it's ...

Some local dignitaries will receive the "Golden Birch Rods" of Krampus from the Valkyries. Among those honorees are John Doski, president of the King William Neighborhood Association, and David ...

Krampus isn't exactly the stuff of dreams: Bearing horns, dark hair, fangs, and a long tongue, the anti-St. Nicholas comes with a chain and bells that he lashes about, along with a bundle of birch ...

Krampus is a mythological figure of central and eastern European folklore, often rendered has a half-goat, half-man demon, ... Krampus punishes "bad" kids with a birch rod.

While Saint Nicholas rewards well-behaved children with gifts, those who have misbehaved are punished by his fearsome, birch rod-wielding companion. The Krampus, with his devil-like appearance ...