Frau Perchta is a folkloric figure from the Alpine region, one that rewards the good and punishes the bad around Winter festival time. Like most folkloric figures,… Read more “The Rounder the Belly, the Harder it is to Slit! Beware Frau Perchta”
Tag: Christmas
Greeting from Krampus!
For every Yin, there is a Yang. Every time the Beatles sang that they ‘want(ed) to hold your hand’, there was a Mick Jagger swaggering on a… Read more “Greeting from Krampus!”
El Caganer: Gifts That Keep On Giving.
El Caganer (which roughly translates to “The Shitter”) is one of the top billed customs on those “Craziest Christmas Traditions Around the World” lists that circulate through… Read more “El Caganer: Gifts That Keep On Giving.”
Santa and the Pickled Children
It’s no secret that Santa Claus is a fictional evolution of the Christian Saint Nicholas, a man born in 280 AD who became the Bishop of Myra,… Read more “Santa and the Pickled Children”