Krampus - Christmas Demon - European Legend - Extra Mythology

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Krampus's name is growing popular in the United States, but most of us don't really know what he does OR that he is partners with St. Nicholas himself. He is in fact just one of many Christmas demons...
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[@Jacksiloution]

Do 1916 rising on history, please

[@NerdgoneCrazy-lm9um]

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[@theresahall8206]

Can do some about tough girls? I really couldn't care if the girls were real or not. I just love tough girl stories. There must be a few in mythology.

[@ivanvucak4222]

Family friendly content for little children

[@LordBloodySoul]

He follows the old saint~ His eyes don't look so quaint~ When the bells ring high~ Beneath the night sky~ And the snow covers the plain~ With horns atop the head~ Whip lashing till you're dead~ Drown you like sack of puppies~ Krampus Day is on our door step~ I think that would be one heck of a catchy song :P

[@Justin_Joy]

Krampus can't punish me if I used *incognito mode* for my sinful activities.

[@Avicerox]

hahahaha

[@plokko1]

You better watch out You better not cry Better not watch porn I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a spyware You got it twice; He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows that you've cheap IOT So close the firewall ports for goodness sake!

[@jasongeorgiou4620]

Can you defeat Shaggy??

[@lordinquisitorpeter8221]

Ha! I will purge krampus first!

[@doopboop8359]

Shaggy will only need to use a fraction of a fraction of a fraction ofbhis power to kill krampus

[@timothymclean]

Krampus: A demon who got an internship at the North Pole.

[@jopersoniusker4268]

Timothy McLean * Spain

[@richmcgee434]

Hardly surprising. We all no that Santa is just an anagram for Satan.

[@Julianicos]

@@richmcgee434 shhhhh

[@panzerschiff9805]

Krampus Head: An Item that shoots Brimstone.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Sounds like a good sitcom

[@Carols989]

adults: hey how can we make the winter holidays happier for the kids? also adults: let's like, traumatize them

[@majorfallacy5926]

That's just how Catholicism works really

[@mancave10369]

Better to keep those kids in check

[@nyasputin]

Honestly, in my experience, that's just Christianity in general.

[@Carols989]

you guys know there are more religions than christianity right? and that winter holidays weren't created by chriatians right??

[@tinaherr3856]

​@@Carols989 I believe they are referring to these specific traditions from the video. The Devil is more of an Abrahamic religion thing after all

[@therainbowwillow4453]

Now: Bad children get coal Then: Bad children get whipped or kidnapped. Have fun, kids!

[@darklordnuggut1875]

Bad not bed

[@lord711]

I rather coal

[@rohandas5873]

At least I could use coal for heat.

[@agusmohamad8572]

Im pretty sure i could profit from selling coal, sooooo

[@MovieFan1912]

Or worst of all, “Welcome to Hell, Mothercupboards!”

[@shawnheatherly]

I love that Krampus' backstory basically boils down to, "No one knows, he just hangs out with Santa."

[@RavenLotz]

That one horror fan friend

[@misterdoono]

I like to think krampus just met santa and was like "bro youre nice can i come with you to not be nice?"

[@vdel9279]

What if they are just good buddy’s

[@Larper64]

Yeah, this is generally how D&D parties form. Player 1: I'm going to play a human cleric. Player 2: I'm going to play an gnome wizard. Player 3: I'm going to play a Tiefling (Fiendish heritage for those not familiar with D&D) Barbarian. DM: Cool how do your characters know each other. Players: *Shrugs* We just started hanging out.

[@grim_2000]

​@@Larper64 met in a tavern & decided to go on a quest together. All-time classic 😊

[@loog8621]

He comes from all those children who accidentally write to Satan instead of Santa

[@JohnDoe-pt1cq]

Frankenteddy

[@hellohowareyou9745]

Lol imagine the kids saying, "instructions unclear, wrote to Satan." I have a terrible sense of humor.

[@logancasner8467]

Well if the children were good and studied, they wouldn't have made that mistake....

[@forgottenprince3706]

Bruuuuuh XD I can't count how many times I've done that

[@davehoffman4659]

"Alright, Timmy, what does your letter say?" "Dear Satan...,"

[@vastprate5975]

Krampus: I send bad kids to hell Doom Slayer: Hold my Super Shotgun...

[@VelcR0Straps]

Krampus: *oh shit*

[@ukgghost2362]

Doom Slayer: come here boy!

[@Herobrine-xc5xk]

Claps cheeks

[@szyszszysz2062]

@@Herobrine-xc5xk doesn't work

[@Nahtanerk]

@@szyszszysz2062 ya ya i think we all see that

[@rebeccayrausquin2195]

The fact that I did not grow up with Santa Claus but instead with Sinterklaas, Krumps and with some family Father Christmas is amazing.

[@ecurewitz]

Don’t forget Jolakaterunn

[@miamackenzie9946]

Oh you better watch out You better watch out YOU BETTER WATCH OUT *YOU BETTER WATCH OUT*

[@SoJoever]

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

[@lolasierra7773]

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

[@blockeontheleafeon]

@@lolasierra7773 YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT *THE VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD* IS COMING TO TOWN!!! *HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE A WEEABOO!!!*

[@someveganprick525]

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

[@pocketsizedviking4555]

Y O U B E T E R W H A T H O U T

[@leowei771]

So Krampus is Santa's hitman technically?

[@gabejones8112]

"Santas Little Hitman"

[@ArkadiBolschek]

He's the Bad Cop to Santa's Good Cop.

[@OverseerMoti]

@@gabejones8112 Can't unsee that, thanks xD

[@markusbaumgartner2545]

No, he is Saint Nikolaus’ companion, free to do as he wants. In the regions of Austria and Germany where this tradition is still believed in and followed, people believe in “Christkind” instead of Santa.

[@TheDragonklatt]

Nikolaus isn't santa.. he comes at the 6 of Dezember and is actually an historical person who lived in modern day turkey as a bishop

[@jozseflorincz4640]

Fun story. As a DND Game Master, I always hold a Christmas themed game, usually trying to build around less known or more weird Christmas traditions. A couple of years ago, the idea was simple: the players will be Subkraampi, a race I created as a "Lesser Krampus", and their goal was to cause mischief and havoc in a city. They had one night to do so. Long story short, the characters realised that religion is the biggest mischief you can ever do, so they founded the Church of Kramplikan, with the Krampope leading the church. I am a proud member of the Kramplikan since that.

[@Cobra-King3]

Bro the "Krampope" killed me

[@jagurz]

NOT THE KRAMPOPE 😭😭😭

[@sarmeister1699]

I need to hear more about this, this is great!!!

[@Jesse-qh2uq]

Can we make this into reality? The religion. What do we need? 500-1000 people to join? Then we can all have devil's horns & red lenses in our eyes in the picture on our driver's license.

[@Retronomicon18]

@@Jesse-qh2uqWE NEED TO MAKE THIS A RELIGION FOR TAX EXEMPTION AND COOL DRIVER LICENSES

[@mynameisopulence]

“Name a weird Christmas character that most people don’t know about” normal people: “krampus, frau perchta...” me: *candy-craping log baby*

[@jordisaura6748]

Hey! Show respect for the Tió!

[@Starmadien2019]

You mean the pooping log?

[@lexalot8337]

In the Netherlands St. Nicholas is also the one who punishes the children. When he abducts children in his sack, he takes them to Spain rather than drowning them. That might have been scary a couple centuries ago, but nowadays that just sounds like a free vacation.

[@DavidChipman]

@LagiNaLangAko23, but no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@benjaminrubin2178]

Isn't the Dutch St. Nicholas the one that's always followed around by six to eight men in blackface?

[@ArkadiBolschek]

Didn't the Duke of Alba use to be a bogeyman for children in the Netherlands too? Like "If you don't eat your veggies, the Duke of Alba will come and take you away!"

[@DrTheRich]

@@benjaminrubin2178 so in the dutch story tradionally St Nicolas is originally a bisshop from turkey but lives in spain. He has helpers with him from africa, nowaydays often miss charaterized as slaves by people opposing this (cuz american politics). There is no specific number of helpers he has. They are all called Pete (Piet) and in the In modern variant they have different tasks, like Music Pete, Navigator Pete, etc. and they arrive with a boat. His birthday is 6 December but he delivers the presents the night before. So that is when we celebrate.

[@benjaminrubin2178]

@@DrTheRich Right, okay. I was actually referencing a monologue/speech/book segment by an American author named David Sedaris that describes Sinterklaas called "Six to Eight Black Men". Here's him reading it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZOtoYWCncaGp9U

[@squeethemog213]

Saint Nicolas pals around with demons. Huh guess he took levels in warlock to get those sweet eldritch invocations.

[@zimzimph]

Summon Lesser Demons? 2-8 demons summoned ;) or SGD for a specific one :D

[@Caelums_]

Mokey show

[@bredt2750]

Blasphemy. Chad level 20 clerics like saint Nicholas just use their divine intervention feature to summon the blessed servants of heaven to Don the mantle of Krampus. No need for infernal corruption like warlock classes, divine power is all we require to assault children, thank you very much.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Nick's pretty metal.

[@Bluecho4]

@@kennethsatria6607 I should think so. St. Nicholas WAS the one who punched a guy during the Council of Nicea. Santa is Bad Ass.

[@chiarawiedemeier5695]

I am Bavarian and always loved this myth. It's true that Perchta is probably one of the oldest myths of the Alps. Krampus runs are really cool and the highlight for every child who has a change to see them

[@brycevo]

Maybe Saint Nicholas was just such a nice guy, that he let Krampus tag along with him for some dude bro company. That and I bet Nicholas makes a mean Cake

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_At least the Krampus movie has better stories (and comedy) than the 2018 Grinch movie._*

[@Jacksiloution]

How did you get 14 likes in 5 secs?

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

There’s comedy in the grinch movie? Wat?

[@sampaiosamps9930]

What a fitting profile picture

[@miklosmagyar2556]

Friendship No Krampus is from binding of issac

[@wynautwarrior2161]

Amen to that

[@jonathanwiener4979]

As an Austrian I have to say this is actually really accurate great on the research although the traditions vary a lot from town to town

[@stephjovi]

Do you think that Perchten come from Frau Perchta? I had never heard of her

[@delayanimation423]

Frau Perchta has nothing to do with with the Perchten. (I think...)

[@stephjovi]

@@delayanimation423 the name is a weird coincidence than

[@ventor6470]

@@delayanimation423 Frau Perchta is actually the reason why we Austrians call those "devils" Perchten

[@tearsandink3204]

@@stephjovi fellow austrian here. i definitely agree, this is pretty accurate despite the small variations from region to region

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

In the Czech Republic, they have a very similar demon called Bertik. He visits the homes of children along with St. Nicholas and an angel. He rings a bell and threatens to stuff the children in a sack and take them to hell if they’ve not been good this year. As if that wasn’t enough psychological torture, he also encourages the children to sing and recite poems for him, one of which goes “Bertik, Bertik, what’s in your sack?”

[@maxk4324]

"happy mid-winter everybody" By jove I think he's done it! Hes found the perfect winter seasonal greeting! Truly you have master.. Australia: *ahem*

[@poisonedmaple6874]

'happy december" boom solved the problem

[@oceanberserker]

At the risk of sounding like an ignoramus, Australia doesn't have a winter season?

[@tomatojerk8380]

@@oceanberserker they do, except when the northern hemisphere (Europe, North America, Northern Africa, Asia and northern parts of South America) experience summer.

[@jaydeflayme2890]

@@oceanberserker The southern hemisphere's seasons are flipped. December, and therefore Christmas, are summer down under, celebrated with backyard barbecues instead of cozy dinners

[@oceanberserker]

@@tomatojerk8380 Oh, yeah. That's right. Winter up here means it's Summer down South.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Yes, because every kid studies Quantum computing

[@joshuaclare4860]

Daniel Staples I was gonna point that out! “What’re you reading there little Tommy?” “Reading up on the fundamental laws of the universe on the most microscopic level”

[@richmcgee434]

Not to mention spinning flax. Real common chore these days. Baba Not-Yaga is just jerking with people on that one.

[@woestewouter96]

Is that an MiB reference? Cause if so, you tha MAN!

[@azelfdaboi5265]

I do

[@HandmadeGoose97]

@@woestewouter96 0:58

[@queenskelaton6507]

Wow what an interesting set of stories so informa WAIT WHAT WAS THAT LAST ONE

[@thomaswilson3827]

Sounds like something that would be in a Japanese game show.

[@mixiekins]

What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs Rolls over your neighbor's dog? What's great for a snack and fits on your back? It's Log, Log, log! It's Lo-og, Lo-og, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's Lo-og, Lo-og, it's better than bad, it's good!

[@superduperisaac]

He pooped out a sick magic kit for me once

[@jesuscoutofandino6280]

The Tió is the log; they have those in Catalonia and Aragon and yes, they treat them for days like they are guest - they cover him with a blanket and leave food for it. Then the night of the 24 the children go and ... beat it with rods or walking sticks, singing a song that basically says "Caga tió" - "Shit, Tió!" And then when they rise next day, surprise, the Tió shitted sweets and candy, lets share them. And you want to know what is even weirder? ... It is not the only shit-related Christmas tradition there. There is the custom of, in the middle of your "belén", your nativity scene, have a "caganer". A figure of somebody squatting to shit. It is so popular than now there are "novelty" caganers, with famous figures of the news or the arts or sport. No, I dont have any idea why Catalonian Christmas is so invested in poo.

[@ewokrothaar8434]

@@delarkaBCN What do I want to ask?

[@smileguyanimations8776]

7:58,wait I lost you at "Beat with a stick".. say that one again?

[@sirseedott4436]

As a catalonian, that's exactly how it's done

[@madhavvishwanath1518]

St.nicholas and demons have a good relationship 👍

[@kys6557]

im not sure hes a saint im pretty sure hes a demon himself or a failed attempt at becoming an antichrist

[@Toast_Is_Good]

@8:03 excuse me wtf Edit: Thanks for the like everyone

[@fabichwan]

Oh yeah! We do that! We also have a shitting dude hidden in the Nativity called the Caganer (the Shitter). Merry Christmas!

[@wolfboi5202]

Lol I am dying

[@NyscanRohid]

Spain is so weird.

[@deds9517]

Krampus is afraid of catalonian children, and I am to.

[@cheese7432]

*Rip the Log*

[@erd249]

Can. Can you talk about the log that poops candy next year. Or next week.

[@polmarcetsarda]

I've never thought it was weird. Now I have a different perspective of it after seeing this video😂

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

erd249 Actually quantum mechanics forbids this

[@danielsjohnson]

Sounds like an eastern European equivalant of a piñata.

[@dansattah]

@@danielsjohnson It's a Catalonian tradition in Northern Spain. Throughout the country another famous Christmas symbol is the Cagane, a man, who squats down to poop.

[@BlackArcherGaming]

Its called a Tia cailda

[@myrmix4242]

Really a nice gift from you guys, tackling a myth from my country. As a kid I was often watching the "Perchtenläufe" (Or Perchta-runs) where a horde of demons ran through the village. And of course they are real! *hides his wooden mask and fur under the bed*

[@SasuKrow]

The Krampus creatures remind me so much of a tradition in my own country. In Bulgaria somewhere around the end of Winter there are people called "Kukeri" who dress in furs and wear big intricate masks with horns and fangs portraying animals or monsters. And, guess what, they also wear GIANT BELLS. Sound familiar, eh? Their scary attire and the noise the giant bells make are supposedly used to scare away the evil spirits of winter (in similar fashion of how scary halloween costumes ward of spirits). They go on parades, dance, jump and play out scenes (agrarian/fertility related if I'm not mistaken). It's most probably an ancient pagan tradition and the same thing can be seen throughout the Balkans and I've heard about similar traditions in other parts of Europe too. The Krampus parades in central Europe are quite similar I suppose. I think scary wintery monsters like the Krampus and in the ones the Kukeri portray definitely have some ancient common roots. Just goes to show how far back the origin of this myth probably goes.

[@Sarahh923]

Moral of the story : Never trust Santa.

[@MagusMarquillin]

But...it's full of presents he wants to give onto you. _Millions of them!_

[@ChowPunk]

@@MagusMarquillin ooof

[@oldshoes4290]

Santa's ballsack? Sure.

[@dylantennant6594]

Sarah Bergevin Never trust a genie.

[@obscureideaz3953]

Does that mean Krampus comes in to our house too, with 🎅?!

[@dontpanic9772]

Poor Knecht Ruprecht, not even a mention...

[@StefanSte]

Oh Yeah, good old childfriendly Krampus :D

[@nellll2710]

Guess he'll have to keep his potato peels ):

[@ToaHannah007]

Who's Knecht Ruprecht? He sounds someone from Harry Potter or HP Lovecraft's works.

[@arvidp.247]

In other parts of Germany, he's the one that travels with St. Nikolaus and beats up the bad kids. But he uses a rod instead of a whip.

[@liam606]

oh my God, this is so amazing! :) I can't believe I was lucky enough to watch this channel grow to these now epic proportions. Work like this makes me glad for the future.

[@TheNuclearArcade]

(Lady at restaurant): What do you want sir? Me: do you have a Satan with extra Christmas? Lady: Sure. Would you like fries with your Krampus?

[@Ry9022]

Wild Hunt? Praise The Erlking

[@Arbiter099]

Ess'tedd, Esse Creasa

[@majan6267]

The wild hunt is lead by wodan (Odin), the erlking is an Adaptation of the danish Ellerking (elve king) i don't know if you could say Elve King=Wodan Edit: i just realised that erlking was meant as a version of harlekin which goes back to old English herleking which is kin to german Heerkönig meaning "King of Hosts" and that definitly refers to Woden/Odin. I first thought of the German Erlkönig which goes back to the danish Ellerkong (King of Elves), who may not be Odin after all

[@Ry9022]

@@majan6267 Nah, Odin sometimes rides with the hunt, but he's usually Santa at that point.

[@majan6267]

@@Ry9022 actually it seems that the wild hunt varies wildly from region to region all over europe, in northern countries odin/woden leads it other places somebody else. In southern Germany sometimes even Perchta leads it

[@patafanmarti2913]

@@majan6267 Nonesense, even children know of Eredin, the king of the hunt

[@BuddhaKekz]

Belsnickel is not the same character as Krampus. Belsnickel is from the Palatinate, which is also the region of origin of most of the Pennsylvania Dutch (and mine too btw). Belsnickel looks more man and less goat-like than Krampus. His name comes from how we pronounce the word "Pelz" (fur) and the name Nicholas. In Nothern Germany there is another similar character called "Knecht Ruprecht", who unlike Krampus and Belsnickel, isn't a demon at all, just an evil man.

[@thekidfromiowa]

Pere Fouettard in France

[@Justin_Joy]

Krampus is like my Big Brother. Because *Big Brother is watching*

[@makapaka2924]

That's good because my birthday is at the 13th of december

[@cassidyjohnson8480]

Aw crap. You're lucky.

[@JoaoPedro-qp9cw]

Happy birthday!

[@payupthebill]

Me: "Ha, can't scare me into doing chores!" *Gets whipped and unwanted stomach surgery performed on*

[@tabathic3560]

Let’s kill krampus!

[@bradleygalatas8339]

*didnt learn prayers* "guess ill die"

[@StefanSte]

Thats how it works on a good christian Minecra..... ähhh in a good christian household ;D

[@mrpellagra2730]

*mercy i learnt mah prayers pls*

[@UnwarrierChicken]

Very cool animations/sound/script. Thanks extracredits you are great.

[@nomnomgoblin8901]

Had an xmas D&D oneshot the other day. Saint Nick was gone and his son, kris, had made the pole a most unjolly place. The loyal elves, the snowmen, would drag off those in the workshops and bakeries who sowed dissent. They freed the Krampus from the tree he was sealed in by santa, Nick's father, kris' grandfather. The order of things had been long since broken, before the kids were getting coal, and with Kris ' lack of care, presents like the good ones. Krampus beat Kris to death with his switch and the head of the teddy bear department was elected the new Santa. Christmas was saved. I mean, bad kids are being beat with a switch again but the nice list will be much better next year.

[@cartermiller853]

Beware, for all myths, legends and rumors are based off some sliver of truth.

[@PangolinMontanari]

Here the sliver of truth being "it's easier to get your kids to fall in line when you give them a boogeyman to be terrified of."

[@undeadwill5912]

Child abuse.

[@Raving_Rando]

Parenting.

[@AE-wv8jd]

How is it child abuse? If anything it keeps them alive. Look at the kelpie or grindylow

[@kaiahosey221]

then how'd the children escape a demon?

[@Jacksiloution]

Me: *Love extra mythology* New video pops up, *I have been blessed by Nicolas*

[@jenzyk1302]

blessed by Nicolas*

[@Jacksiloution]

@@jenzyk1302 ok fine XD

[@xnhydraulics6396]

Bro this is by far my fav series of y'alls

[@zentherealmmage3137]

It’s really close the Christmas and I’m watching this video.

[@neo967]

What frightens me the most is that Smiling Catalan Log that pools candies

[@muenchhausenmusic]

My girlfriend is catalan. Al tio is actually super cute XD

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Neo 96 *poop

[@violatingpanda8294]

2:40 We also have him in Slovenia. Though I feel like he's been a bit too lazy the past decade or two...

[@majacovic5141]

Croatia too.

[@BattleUnitVas]

Resno ti to? Od 15 novembra dalje so po celi državi razni eventi na temo parkljev ipd. Da sprevodov Miklavža in kompaniej po vaseh 5.12, sploh ne omenim. Bo treba malo 5.12. na teren iti. Če želiš samo parklje gledat, pa ti svetujem da greš v Podkoren! :)

[@martinsmolik2449]

Slovakia and Czechia as well. Poland probably too. We call him "Čert"

[@hebl47]

@@martinsmolik2449 interesting. So it's basically a heritage of the good ol' Austrian Empire.

[@violatingpanda8294]

@@BattleUnitVas Ne ne, ne da jih ni. Govorim da so preleni da bi razvajeno mularijo mlatil :)

[@catmagedsproductions1998]

Kids:karmpus is not real. Kids in the camp:KRAMPUS!

[@usywshhsha9607]

i really like your stuff dude it’s fun to watch and i just get lost in your videos cause they are really good

[@DeadBaron]

Germans, the hell happened to you to spawn these legends?

[@leadpaintchips9461]

Nothing worse than most of Europe. Seriously, look at the mythos of almost every European region and it's just as messed up.

[@hubbusubbu]

Thats how we keep our children from playing fortnite all day long.

[@doppelhelixes]

whait, you don't have those demons? in our city we had besmattel instead of krampus, every city git their own local demon - but i highly suggest reading the original (not the censored version) of grims fairytales, those are the storys we grew up

[@ottifant64]

As someone from northern Germany, all I‘m gonna say is: NO. It‘s those weird Catholics from the south who wanna scare their children to death. Must be the thin mountain air or something. The regional thing where I come from is that St Nicolaus also has a companion, but it‘s just a fucking donkey carrying his bag.

[@TheDrMashup]

Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland.

[@spartan_ma777]

_I saw krampus and he told me that KZbin rewind 2019 will suck_

[@Ghosty_Toaster]

:D D:DD::D:D:::D:D:D:D:

[@asmudgeinthewindow8642]

8:24 This is my new favorite song.

[@cassidybrash4243]

8:03 I wanna learn about that myth!

[@nekomatafuyu]

I prefer the version I learned as a kid: "You better watch out, you better not cry, you better be good, I'm telling you why... Santa Claus knows where you live. Santa Claus can break into your house whilst you're sleeping. Santa Claus is watching YOU."

[@someoneontheinternet6378]

Santa Claus wants to know your location

[@Udontkno7]

Santa Claus is 1984

[@InvalidOS]

huh? *Big Brother also nice username

[@jesuscastillo7318]

@@someoneontheinternet6378 No. Santa Claus KNOWS your location.

[@samfromtheshire6761]

Take notes Blizzard that’s how you design Krampus

[@amistake7443]

Don't you just love it when it's 9 pm on the 24th of December and you and your brother walk to the Library through a dark forest next to a construction site while your other brother dresses as Krampus and wacks the trees to scare the ever loving shit out of you?

[@millardfillmore2869]

This is my favorite extra credits video

[@rexrowan6411]

*Krämpûs get ze flamënwêrfer!*

[@Wanderlauch]

LOL

[@gabejones8112]

*Gätzīt mæn*

[@badjuju2721]

Ja!

[@agoodlad8195]

Het

[@untruelie2640]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXOun5aIbJdoatE

[@sannelohuis2958]

Saint Nicolas is almost the same as Sinterklaas from the Netherlands

[@BlazeStorm]

Almost like one is inspiration for the other.

[@wissesenger7196]

It is the same

[@cormoranch1539]

Saint nicolas is just sint nicolaas in dutch which people shortened to sinterklaas.

[@timothymclean]

He's also pretty similar to Santa Claus from the USA. Weird...

[@user-ge8yn4ql4i]

@@timothymclean Santa Claus is a mutation. Sinterklaas is his origin.

[@Deadknight67]

I'd love to see more about demons and their origins!

[@Rabbitearsblog]

Oooh! I loved to learn more about Krampus! Awesome video!

[@wrrrrrrr219]

My school does a dress up as your favorite Christmas character day 12/20 My school offers German classes Yea i went overboard and i got some looks Also only 18/1,500 kids take german

[@Ratchet4647]

EAS New York You went as Krampus?!

[@wrrrrrrr219]

@@Ratchet4647 correct i was like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4eunmOdrcaUmaM

[@myleshoward3120]

I swear human mythology is very strange

[@patrickols]

Rat mythology is even weirder, I swear!

[@emanoelmelo]

Don't even get me started on platypus mythology!

[@leadpaintchips9461]

@@patrickols The Great Horned Rat *shudders*

[@goldholz]

I think us people from europe just had a wild imagination and were just bored of all those wars

[@pg3384]

Myles Howard Agreed! Thank goodness I’m not related to them!

[@carmenguzman9537]

I love this art style so much

[@Wraithbored]

Really nice video! I also adore the song at the end :D

[@brandonkim8423]

"Have you been impish or admirable?" -Dwight K. Schrute

[@denizmetint.462]

Clariice

[@johnbagel2560]

This is all fun and interesting but we all know the truth. Belsnickel really is just Dwight from the office.

[@MrClickity]

Are you impish, or admirable?

[@korey3749]

:0 the Belschnickel! I always heard he was the German Santa Claus, and every new December I would go to a nearby furnace and see the Belschnickel. It's always fun, and the time period they base it from is the late 1800's. (Btw I do live in Pennsylvania)

[@we1rdo_man]

Exactly what I needed

[@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757]

So you telling me Krampus is pretty much Santa's Hustler

[@hat-eating-cthulu-goat3221]

Yes.

[@rapax2149]

I'd say more like his muscle

[@ChakChakGuy]

only that saint nikolaus is not exactly santa. Although they have been somewhat scrambled over time. Father Christmas was once completely separate form Saint Nikolaus nowadays in regions where Saint Nikolaus is not celebrated on his own at least his name has been merged into the Santa persona

[@TheRobRok]

I'm from Catalonia and I didn't expected you to talk about the caga tió at all xD

[@delarkaBCN]

Brutal! Encara que potser aquest any qui rep som nosaltres i no el tió! Salut des del Maresme!

[@liam-ethanwallis4924]

PowersXD Remember, it's fairly well known on the internet nowadays. Just the kind of depraved thing we love here on the internet

[@XRaimon]

Visca Catalunya! :D

[@polmarcetsarda]

Bon dia!

[@andrewpenny4676]

Catalonia like 3below.

[@op-tl1ib]

This is the first video of you guys that I ever watched

[@GoofballPaul]

I wasn't expecting you to mention caga tío.

[@Trashplat]

My dad got carried away in the bag of Krampus when he was a child. A very very naughty child that is. But my dad always had a knife on him and cut his way out. Then he ran back to his parents' house with Krampus and Saint Nicholas chasing after him. My dad's a badass. Greetings from Bavaria :)

[@Riley-ub2tf]

I love this story Also, WHO LETS A LITTLE KID CARRY AROUND A KNIFE

[@bussr1209]

Belsnickel: Are you impish, or admirable

[@bernadettenadia1320]

Does he live in schrute farms and works at dunder mifflin?

[@davehoffman4659]

YOU CAN'T HAVE THE BOWL!

[@GooseEnthused]

*office theme blasts in the distance*

[@HuuHuan-hb9mf]

The way you say krampus send chills down my spine

[@aname6104]

5:24 tis the season to be jolly

[@gaydes1012]

well thankfully I went to the hardware store and got this groovy chainsaw and shotgun to defend myself from the demons

[@oceanberserker]

timeroller I see what you did there. Hail to the King, baby.

[@VI5ix6]

just dont read from the creepy book

[@gaydes1012]

@@VI5ix6 I tried to tell them we shouldn't listen to the prerecorded message but did they listen nooooo they went right ahead and now look where they are the idiots

[@derrinerrow4369]

rip and tear

[@raymondhuke2524]

The starting to this is glorious

[@princepunk9728]

Really neat to see PA Dutch lore. I grew up in that area so it's super neat to see.

[@T-Girl]

You pronunciation of Krampus is so perfect. Just Perfect.

[@Sarfnic]

Everywhere that isn't culturally Germanic is safe.

[@tomc6255]

Sarfnic Games Nope. There is something in slavic countries called Baba Yaga. xD

[@Sarfnic]

@@tomc6255 I indeed heard of that. Never ends with these tales to keep children in line for the holidays.

[@Halogamer1388]

Britain is safe

[@mrsmith2876]

@@Halogamer1388 think again England=Land of the Angles as in Anglo Saxons who are a Germanic people

[@claudiohintermann4065]

Does Switzerland count

[@LeapsofFaith1234]

I've never heard of Belsnickel, but that tapping on the window pane had brought up flashbacks to those snowy nights I tried staying up (just to prove to myself I can). Each of those 3 nights, I heard it about 2:15-2:20; and each of those nights, I was too terrified to see if it was a branch from the tree too far away from the window to be making the noise. Especially to the upper half of the window...

[@masternervin4987]

Man, I wonder how the Doom slayers christmass is gonna be like when he hears about this...

[@JuanArandaAlvarez]

Awesome!!!!, thank you. I love scary winter stories.

[@Jacksiloution]

*Haloween is early*

[@anitaares8271]

Ghost stories at Christmas were popular in Victorian times! :D

[@jinjunliu2401]

hopefully that log doesn't come smiling into my room :d

[@ShadowRose]

Ah, the classic christian "be good or you will be suffering until the end of times", because we love you

[@alucard347]

Yep

[@cioplasmmajic8327]

That's what happens when Church leaders play telephone with their teachings over a thousand years. "Jesus came so you don't have to suffer until the end of times. So unless you don't want it, let's thank him by being good." got cut down to "Either be good or you have to suffer until the end of times." Keeps the peasants in line, and the coffers full though...

[@GivemesubscribersIwantacheckma]

Lol yeah

[@htoodoh5770]

Shadow Rose It is technically true. Although technically, good work doesn't give you to heaven.

[@hebl47]

George Carlin?

[@johnathanczakel5195]

Krumpus: *visits* Me: *waves gun threatening* Also me: Bang!

[@DMMacaw]

I'm for sure going to tell my kids about him and in all love these long tales

[@user-gv6eo2jv1m]

Talk about the legend of baba yaga

[@BjarniGunnarsson-oj5de]

Hi I am from Iceland and we have 13 Santa`s and they are brothers and ther mother is a half giant and she eats all the nugty children

[@grongo2302]

Spoon licker

[@caidenlipoth1247]

That's dope.

[@bagel_goose2305]

sausage swiper is the most *e p i c*

[@brandongutierrez9490]

Meh born a vampire , I can confirm this

[@TheWolfElder]

tHe YuLe LaDs

[@TycoonTitian01]

“I’m still coping” lol that is the best

[@the_VHS_system2411]

I'd like to see you cover Mari Llwyd next year, as I'd love for more people to knoe my countries traditions

[@Ben-ig5rg]

😂Nikolaus&Krampus come on the 6.12 on the 24 we have the Christkind Greetings from Austria

[@wiruwaruwolz]

Yes. But St. Nikolaus comes in the night between the 5th and the 6th. If not, when do you put your boots in front of the door for St. Nicholas to put gifts in them? Greetings from Piefkenland ;)

[@paulstruber2808]

@@wiruwaruwolz We don't but our boots in front of the door. Saint Nicholas and Krampus visit us in person on the evening of either the 5th or 6th of December.

[@tobila921]

For me it's Nikolaus & Knecht Ruprecht

[@notairsoft119]

@@paulstruber2808 in Germany we put our boots Infront of the door

[@paulstruber2808]

@@notairsoft119 I am talking about austria

[@saxonman]

Seems like child abuse is a long standing tradition in human history...

[@ZeraSeraphim]

So is invasion, genocide, slavery, oppression, etc. List goes on

[@bazingaburg8264]

The tradition of terrifying children into obedience is live and well, amen.

[@emotionalmangoo8937]

0:13 this is so wholesome 🥰

[@matthewsenn2595]

For anyone who is interested in Christmas/Yule mythology, I suggest the book The Old Magic of Christmas, it goes over almost every kind of folklore the belongs to the Christmas Season.

[@jonahboris6681]

I have looked into the origins of Christmas before and realized it wasn't worth celebrating anymore!

[@Oli414]

I never knew that Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas in the Netherlands) beating with twigs and being taken in a sack was something that matched with the story of Krampus. Very interesting stuff!

[@jumbocatstudios7239]

*Ooh! Judgment is nigh! For the Belsnickle ist I!*

[@TheWolfElder]

I'm from Pennsylvania. Lol.

[@demidream170]

I love listening to these storys

[@comradebread7251]

Mentions belshnikel Dwight: *smilling from corner*