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Santa's Big Evil Helper, THE KRAMPUS

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Santa's Big Evil Helper, THE KRAMPUS

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For those of you who do not know about the Krampus, here is some information I put on my blog:

http://warusho-author.blogspot.de/2014/ ... he-is.html

The Krampus punishes bad children, sometimes whips them, or carries them back to hell with him. Worse is, he travels as St. Nicholas's companion and acts on his behalf.
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What about Zwart Piet?
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I did mention him in my blog.

Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete is another aide to Saint Nicholas, particularly in the Netherlands and Belgium. He travels through the chimney, resulting in him having a charred black face. In some regions, he may, in fact, be he a “slave” to Saint Nicholas, and why his tale is considered racist by many people
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In Holland, Zwart Piet is depicted as a Moor.

In a French St. Nicholas legend, the butcher who killed 3 boys and sold their flesh as pork during a famine was named Pere Frouettard. The similarity of Pere and Pierre would make this butcher Black Pete as Pere, according to the legend, became an assistant to Nicholas. He is the dark or shadow side of Santa. The light side--the bishop in the red robe--hands out the gifts to the good kids while the dark side--Black Pete--delivers blows of switches to the bad kids.
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great stuff! thanks a felt 'n meltin million gents. :)
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