2:00

Amongst the crowd, many gloved

2:02

hands clutched onto steaming cups

2:04

of hot cocoa or mulled

2:06

wine to combat the chilling winds. This

2:10

was Louis's first time back in France,

2:13

his mother's homeland, since he was a

2:15

toddler. And now he was

2:17

entering high school next year back in Boston.

2:21

Of course he enjoyed being in France, but

2:23

he wished his parents had chosen another time

2:25

of year to visit. As

2:28

beautiful and interesting as the Christmas

2:30

market was, his nose and

2:32

lips were numb from the cold, and he

2:35

wanted to get into a warm bed. He

2:38

was probably just tired from the transatlantic

2:40

flight the day before. And

2:43

truthfully, the timing of the trip was actually

2:45

good for him. Just

2:47

before they left, Louis had taken the cash

2:50

he was supposed to have turned in

2:52

for the holiday school fundraiser on

2:54

behalf of his parents. And

2:57

bought the air chardines he'd wanted for

2:59

months for himself instead. He

3:01

reasoned that after spending a month in

3:04

Europe at Christmas time, his parents would

3:06

likely forget all about the donation and

3:08

his theft would go undiscovered.

3:12

The scent of gingerbread wafted through the

3:14

air from various vendors, making Louis's

3:16

mouth water. From

3:19

a short distance, he saw a costumed

3:21

character, Santa Claus, in a long red

3:23

robe. Walking alongside his donkey ready for

3:26

photo ops. Then

3:29

he noticed that behind him was another

3:31

sort of holiday character. This

3:33

man had a beard also, though it

3:36

was grey, not white, and his

3:38

robe was covered in a massive bear skin.

3:42

From his sleeves, Louis could see what looked to

3:44

be twigs protruding. Hey

3:47

mom, Louis yelled out since she was a ways

3:49

ahead of him. After

3:52

finishing a sip of her mulled wine, Odile turned to

3:54

him and said, yes, Louis? Odile

6:01

nodded her head and continued. One

6:05

day Hans Trapp was struck by lightning

6:07

and died, and after

6:09

that parents in this part of France

6:11

began to warn their children of Hans

6:13

Trapp because his spirit

6:15

returns every Christmas in the form

6:17

of a scarecrow to snatch up

6:19

naughty children and eat them up.

6:25

Man, Europeans are so dark, Louis

6:27

responded. Both

6:30

his mom and dad laughed and continued to

6:32

walk along the market until

6:34

they came upon a big bright

6:36

ferris wheel where Odile immediately stopped

6:38

in her tracks. Oh,

6:41

let's go, she said with all the

6:43

excitement of a little girl. I

6:45

don't want to, Louis stated plainly. Oh

6:49

come on, Odile begged. That's

6:51

okay, Kirk, Louis' dad, then

6:53

said. You go on, have

6:56

fun. We'll meet up after. We'll

6:58

make this one a romantic ride, he said as

7:00

he winked at his wife. You

7:02

have the cart if you need to buy anything or if you

7:04

get hungry. Oh, and make

7:06

sure you pay attention to your phone, kid. We

7:08

want to be able to find you right after

7:10

we're done. Louis nodded and left

7:13

his parents holding hands in line. The

7:17

blinking lights of the crepe cart were calling

7:19

his name. After

7:22

purchasing a crepe filled with Nutella, he

7:24

continued down the route he was on,

7:27

stopping once in a while to check out a

7:29

shop or stall. Surrounded

7:32

by buildings decked out in dazzling

7:34

colorful holiday decor and lights, as

7:37

well as surrounded by the smell of sausages

7:40

and soups cooking, he

7:42

was tempted to stop at nearly every

7:44

stall. Louis

7:46

then noticed a chocolate shop with the

7:49

most delicious looking confectionaries he'd ever seen,

7:52

not far away. He

7:54

stopped to scan the shelves from the window to

7:57

decide which he'd go in and buy. Looking

8:00

down the row of truffles, just out of the

8:02

corner of his eye, he noticed

8:04

what seemed to be an odd looking face,

8:06

peeking from around the corner of the

8:08

building. Something

8:10

about the face registered wrong

8:13

in his brain immediately, though

8:15

he was not looking directly at him. Louis

8:18

turned quickly to look, but all he saw

8:20

was what seemed to be a hand, covered

8:23

in cloth, pulled away fast and

8:25

disappeared around the corner. The

8:28

sight sent a chill up his back

8:30

instantly, but he shook it off

8:32

and went into the store. After

8:36

purchasing an assortment of chocolates and macaroons, Louis

8:41

walked back outside into the crisp air. Following

8:45

the sound of Christmas carolers, he

8:48

found a group of children near the canal, animatedly

8:50

singing, holding sheet music. He

8:54

smiled for a moment as the scene before him reminded him

8:56

of his own middle school choir concerts. But then his smile

8:58

dropped when he looked down at his feet. He was

9:02

wearing the very

9:04

sneakers he bought with his stolen

9:06

gains. They cost more money than he'd ever had,

9:10

and the temptation of that cash had

9:12

just been too much. His parents really

9:14

should have known better

9:16

than to give that kind of money to a kid, he told

9:18

himself. And by the time they got back

9:20

to the States, hopefully it would

9:23

be forgotten. Or at least, this would

9:25

give him enough time to come up with

9:28

a goodbye. After

9:30

finishing his crepe, Louis threw away

9:34

the napkin and continued along the lane of

9:36

vendors. Then

9:42

a feeling hit him. His hot

9:44

cocoa from earlier was now really hitting, and he needed to be.

9:46

He began to look around him for a public toilet, and just

9:48

a short distance off, he

9:51

could see a sign for a water closet with an

9:54

arrow pointing down a little alley. nearby.

10:02

Walking in that direction, he found that

10:04

the closer he got, the more

10:06

he felt an inexplicable sense of dread. As

10:10

he approached, he slowed. Something

10:13

didn't feel right. Would the

10:15

public toilet really be located in such

10:17

a dark alley? But

10:20

before he could think too much about it,

10:22

he felt his pocket vibrate. His

10:25

phone, he realized. He

10:27

quickly pulled it out. His father, of

10:29

course. It was a quick text

10:31

letting him know they were down at the Ferris wheel.

10:35

Louis wrote back saying he'd meet them after

10:37

he was done and then stuck his phone

10:39

back in his pocket. The

10:41

text break had been enough to shake any lingering

10:44

feelings of fear and

10:46

he headed down the alleyway. That's

10:49

when he really noticed how dark it was. He

10:53

could barely see his own hand and

10:55

he definitely couldn't see any structure. He

10:58

felt strangely quiet in this darkness even though

11:01

the lights and the music of the market

11:03

were so close. The

11:07

dread slowly grew again, though he continued

11:09

on. He

11:13

suddenly heard a clatter, something metal. Louis

11:17

could feel his heart beat hard against his

11:19

chest. He

11:21

squinted his eyes in the direction of the sound.

11:24

Could it be rubbish bins, he wondered? This

11:27

was probably just a cat or something looking

11:30

for a meal amongst the trash. He

11:33

decided he'd look a little closer. He

11:36

withdrew his phone from his pocket again and

11:38

turned on the flashlight. Holding

11:41

it up in the direction of the bins, he

11:43

continued closer. There

11:46

was a sudden movement. What was that? He

11:49

saw something moving quickly. What was it? Was

11:52

it a human face? It

11:54

seemed human, but strange somehow.

12:00

It almost looked as if his face were

12:02

made of cloth and from around his collar

12:04

were bits of straw. But

12:07

before he fully processed what he was

12:09

seeing, the creature leaped ahead and instantly

12:11

took hold of him. Louis

12:16

was dragged deep into the darkness, never

12:19

to see the Christmas market lights or

12:22

anything else ever again. At

12:25

the end of the night, after an extensive

12:27

search of the market by his parents, locals,

12:30

and police, all

12:33

that was found was a pair

12:35

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winter holidays have generally been seen

15:37

as a time of peace, goodwill,

15:39

and generosity. It's

15:41

a time when a lot of us gather with

15:43

family and friends, exchange gifts,

15:46

devour comfort food and goodies, and

15:49

decorate our homes in festive decor. But

15:52

in contrast to all the light and twinkle and

15:54

shine, darkness has always

15:57

historically been part of the celebrations as

15:59

well. The

20:00

Christmas monster that has experienced a

20:02

recent surge of popularity in the

20:04

United States is Europe's Krampus.

20:08

Christmas in America has long

20:10

focused only on the jolly aspects of

20:13

the holiday and not the punishing counterparts

20:15

to Santa. However,

20:17

Krampus has become so popular here

20:20

that he has a Hollywood movie.

20:23

And if his recent breakthrough on this

20:25

side of the Atlantic is any indication,

20:28

other Christmas monsters will likely follow. Though

20:32

the exact origins of Krampus are

20:34

unknown, he is traced mainly to

20:36

the eastern Alpine region in Europe,

20:39

particularly Germany and Austria. But

20:41

he is also found in Italy. And

20:44

he appears in folklore in

20:46

Slovenia, Romania, and other places.

20:50

Descriptions of Krampus vary from region

20:52

to region, though certain

20:54

aspects remain consistent. Krampus

20:58

is said to be half goat and half man

21:00

or half demon, and to have giant

21:02

horns that curl up from his head

21:04

and his snake-like tongue. His

21:08

face often appears deranged and

21:10

he is covered in coarse fur. His

21:12

body and arms are strung with chains

21:15

and bells, and he carries

21:17

a large sack or basket on his

21:19

back to cart off misbehaving children. Krampus

21:23

historically comes to visit the homes of children on

21:25

the night of December 5th, tagging

21:28

along with St. Nicholas. As

21:31

the saint is filling shoes of good kids

21:33

with candy, Krampus is filling the shoes of

21:35

bad ones with twigs. Legend

21:38

has it that throughout the Christmas season, naughty

21:40

children are beaten with birch branches,

21:45

grilts are stuffed into his sack,

21:47

taken back to his lair to

21:49

be tortured or eaten. Some

21:53

legends suggest he takes the bad kids to

21:55

hell. Though

21:57

Krampus is now linked to Christmas, like

21:59

Moose's. holiday traditions, his roots actually have

22:02

nothing to do with Christmas. Krampus

22:05

is actually believed to date back

22:07

to pre-Germanic paganism in the region.

22:11

His name translates to claw, and it's

22:13

said he either is or bears

22:15

a striking resemblance to the Old

22:17

Norse legends about the son of

22:19

Hal, the god of the underworld.

22:23

Due to his resemblance to the Christian

22:25

devil, the Catholic Church attempted to banish

22:28

Krampus from the celebrations. Krampus

22:31

was considered so creepy in fact

22:33

that he was banned by the

22:35

fascist Christian Social Party in Austria

22:37

in 1923 for fear he

22:39

contributed to moral decay. They

22:42

passed out pamphlets titled, Krampus is

22:45

an evil man, to warn parents

22:47

against his influence on young children.

22:50

Society wasn't convinced, and the ban

22:52

on Krampus only lasted for four years.

22:56

Krampus simply could not be kept down. Krampus

23:00

folklore is now openly celebrated. Krampusnacht

23:03

or Krampus Night takes place on

23:06

December 5th, the day before the

23:08

Feast of St. Nicholas. On

23:11

that night, Krampus and St. Nicholas pair

23:13

up to make the rounds, often

23:16

nowadays to homes and businesses, offering

23:19

small gifts and playful threats. Some

23:22

people even exchange Krampusnacht greeting

23:24

cards. His

23:27

celebrations also extend to Krampus runs.

23:31

Many European cities and towns host a

23:33

Krampus run where large groups of people

23:35

dress up as Krampus and run amok

23:38

through the streets. These

23:41

costumes are often very elaborate and

23:43

consist of fursuits and carved wooden

23:45

masks. Of his

23:48

observations of Krampus celebrations, anthropologist

23:50

John J. Hoggeman wrote in

23:53

1975, quote,

23:55

The St. Nicholas festival we

23:58

are describing incorporates cultural elements.

24:00

elements widely distributed in Europe,

24:03

in some cases going back to pre-Christian

24:05

times. Nicholas

24:07

himself became popular in Germany around

24:10

the 11th century. The

24:12

feast dedicated to this patron of children

24:14

is only one winter occasion in which

24:16

children are the objects of special attention,

24:20

others being Martinmus, the Feast of

24:22

the Holy Innocence, and New

24:24

Year's Day. Masked

24:26

devils acting boisterously and making

24:28

nuisances of themselves are known

24:30

in Germany since at least

24:32

the 16th century, while animal-masked

24:35

demons combining dreadful comic

24:37

antics appeared in medieval

24:39

church plays. A

24:42

large literature, much of it by

24:44

European folklorists, bears on these subjects.

24:48

Austrians in the community we studied

24:50

are quite aware of heathen elements

24:52

being blended with Christian elements in

24:54

the St. Nicholas customs and

24:56

in other traditional winter ceremonies. They

25:00

believe Krampus derives from a pagan

25:02

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25:05

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Krampus may currently be the one

26:47

gaining the most attention, as I

26:50

mentioned before, he is just one

26:52

of many holiday monsters. In

26:56

pre-Christian European traditions, many

26:58

legends arose of mythical

27:00

monsters and creatures who

27:02

roamed the land during winter's long

27:04

nights around the solstice to punish

27:06

those who aren't on their best

27:08

behavior. So

27:11

let's get into a few more of these winter

27:13

beasts. From

27:16

southwestern Germany and the Palatinate

27:18

region, we found Balsnickel. His

27:21

name comes from Bals, an old German

27:24

word for fur and nickel, as a

27:26

reference to St. Nicholas. He

27:29

wears a mask or in some places

27:31

his face is smeared with charcoal

27:33

and he dresses in ragged tatters

27:36

and furs. In

27:38

his hand he carries a punishing switch.

27:41

Like Santa Claus, Balsnickel's main role

27:43

is to determine if children have

27:46

been good or bad. But

27:48

he goes about the job a very different way.

27:52

He visits children before Christmas, usually a

27:54

week or two before, and quizzes them.

27:57

And If they are determined to be good children, they are determined to be good children. During

28:00

he gives them with yummy treats.

28:03

And if he decides they are not

28:05

he he punishes them with a switch

28:07

and frightens them into changing their ways.

28:09

And been said by Christmas. Bells.

28:12

Nickel may have had his origins around

28:15

the middle ages in Europe. And

28:17

he's actually wanted a few holiday

28:19

monsters who gain any traction. and.

28:22

North America early on. He

28:24

was brought to this continent by

28:27

German immigrants to settles in Pennsylvania.

28:29

Known as a Pennsylvania Dutch. In

28:33

the book Christmas in Pennsylvania

28:35

A Folk cultural Study by

28:37

Alfred Shoemaker and Dawn Yoder

28:39

is written quote. The.

28:41

Annual visitor would make his appearance

28:44

some hours after dark. The really

28:46

disguised. Especially the face

28:48

which would sometimes be covered with

28:51

a hideously ugly says. He

28:53

or she would be equipped with an ample

28:56

said about the shoulders. Filled. With

28:58

cakes, nuts and fruits and a

29:00

long he's Us which. One

29:03

would scatter the goodies upon the floor

29:05

and and the scramble. It began by

29:07

dividing children. And. The other

29:10

hand would fly to switch upon the

29:12

backs of the excited youngsters to a

29:14

not. Schiller wins But had it been

29:16

parental discipline there would have been screams

29:19

to reach a long distance and close.

29:26

The. Spells Nichols tradition largely went

29:28

away in America after World War

29:30

Two, as popularity of all things

29:32

term and plummeted. But.

29:35

It has seen a resurgence in recent

29:37

years. So. Much so that in

29:39

the American version of the Tv show

29:41

The Office. Dwight Schrute issue

29:43

dressed and thirteen as the Beast

29:45

in a Christmas episode. Moving.

29:49

On to Iceland. We find a

29:52

whole family full of wintertime creatures.

29:55

We. Begin with a giant

29:57

ogress gorilla. Beginning

30:00

her through oral tradition, she's

30:02

part of Norse mythology. The

30:06

first written it can be signed

30:08

his from thirteenth century proceed as.

30:11

A transcription of the area sagas.

30:13

And homes. One.

30:15

Raids Quote: Here comes Grella down

30:18

in the fields with fifteen tales

30:20

on her And quote. Another

30:23

one describes quote down comes

30:25

grill are from the Outer

30:27

Fields with Forty tells. A

30:30

bad and her bank a sword nice

30:32

and our hands coming. To carve out

30:35

the stomachs other children who cry for

30:37

meet. During lunch and quote.

30:40

In the thirteenth century transcript, she

30:42

is described as ugly and evil

30:45

like most other giants in Norse

30:47

mythology. She. Wasn't

30:49

associated with the winter holidays until

30:51

the nineteenth century. Prior

30:54

to that she was more a. Personification

30:56

of winter and darkness. She

31:00

was seen as representing the threat of

31:02

winter. As she control

31:04

the landscaping conditions. For

31:08

name loosely means growler. And

31:10

she has thirteen tales, as

31:13

well as an insatiable bloodlust

31:15

for naughty children. She

31:17

carries them away in of our

31:19

sack to drag them up the

31:22

mountain where they will beep Wales

31:24

and eaten. Unlike

31:26

her holiday monster. Counterparts in.

31:29

Other countries she's not punishing.

31:31

Not a children are trying

31:33

to get them to behave.

31:35

She simply takes the naughty

31:37

children because they taste better.

31:40

Grill has worked her way through

31:42

many husbands. Her first see

31:44

eight when she got bored of him. She.

31:47

Eventually acquired more troll like husband's

31:50

as well as a giant block

31:52

your cat. Who shares her love

31:54

for the flesh of. Children's. But.

31:57

am i grew up to your cat is it

31:59

picky about the temperament of his food. In

32:02

the more modern legends of the Yule Cat,

32:05

he is said to roam the

32:07

Icelandic countryside, looking for those

32:09

of the holidays who did not receive new

32:11

clothes. It was

32:14

said that kids who had accomplished all their

32:16

work throughout the year were given new clothes

32:18

before the new year. Those

32:21

who didn't receive clothes were deemed

32:23

lazy, and a Yule Cat apparently

32:26

loves the taste of laziness. In

32:30

rounding out this monstrous Icelandic family

32:32

are the 13 Yule Lads, Gryla's

32:35

adult sons. It

32:38

was in the 17th century when she

32:40

became the mother of the Yule Lads,

32:42

officially. They all

32:44

have a distinct name that correlates to their

32:46

behavior, not unlike the seven

32:48

dwarves from Snow White. The

32:51

Lads are Sheepcoat Claude, he

32:54

likes to suckle baby sheep in

32:56

farmer's sheep shed, Gully

32:58

Gulch, who likes to steal foam from

33:00

buckets of milk. Then

33:02

there's Stubby, who is a little guy compared

33:05

to the others, and

33:07

she enjoys stealing food from frying

33:09

pans. The next three

33:11

are the liquors, Spoon Liquor,

33:14

Pot Liquor, and Bowl

33:16

Liquor. Finally we

33:18

have Door Slammer, Skyra

33:20

Gobbler, who eats up all

33:22

the Icelandic yogurt, Sausage

33:25

Swiper, Window Peeper,

33:28

Dog Sniffer, Candle

33:30

Beggar, and Meat Hook,

33:32

who steals meat that's left out. These

33:36

13 Lads love to cause mayhem,

33:39

as their names indicate. They

33:44

live in a mountainous cave with their parents

33:47

and the Yule Cat. In

33:49

the 13 days leading up to Yule or

33:51

Christmas, children leave their shoes in

33:53

the window sills and the Yule Lads will leave

33:56

gifts for them in their shoes if they are

33:58

well behaved. a

34:00

potato if they aren't. The

34:04

first written account of the Jüllads

34:06

was in a 17th century poem

34:08

and not long after, in 1746,

34:10

the government of Iceland banned parents

34:13

from telling scary stories about them

34:15

to their kids. In

34:18

their early days they were considered much

34:21

more monstrous but

34:23

today they are depicted as jolly men

34:25

who come down from the mountains to

34:27

celebrate and entertain. And

34:31

for our next monster we go back to

34:33

the mainland of Europe, right back to Austria

34:36

and Germany with Frau

34:38

Perchda. In

34:40

Alpine Paganism she was a goddess

34:43

but as so often happened in

34:45

early Christianity she was called

34:47

a witch. The

34:50

meaning of her name is bright one and

34:53

depending on your behavior she may appear

34:55

before you as a bright young woman

34:58

or a witch in raggedy garb with

35:01

a long nose, one large foot

35:04

and a knife under her skirt. Frau

35:07

Perchda calls the Austrian mountains

35:09

home but in the 12 days

35:11

leading up to Christmas she comes

35:13

down to the villages and towns for

35:16

a little visit. If

35:18

you are lucky and good she may leave

35:20

you a silver coin but if

35:22

you are naughty she may

35:24

just disembowel you. She

35:28

is said to come into the rooms of naughty children

35:30

while they sleep, slit their

35:32

bellies, disembowel them and

35:35

then replace the internal organs with straw

35:37

and pebbles. While

35:41

all this darkness around what many consider

35:44

the happiest time of year may seem

35:46

counter to many, darkness is meant to

35:48

be part of this time of year

35:51

and it actually serves to bring

35:53

loved ones together. In

35:56

the earliest celebrations of this season everyone

35:59

gathered Relatives were

36:01

brought together, both living and dead,

36:04

but also elves, trolls, and

36:06

other magical creatures of lore who

36:09

inhabit the winter landscape along

36:11

with all of us. As

36:19

a closing note to this episode, I

36:21

realize there are some other magical spooky

36:23

creatures of the holidays that I have

36:25

left out, but I am saving a

36:27

specific view for the episode I'm planning

36:29

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