10 Monsters Of Christmas Legends

Christmas is generally seen as a jolly and wholesome time of the year. But in some parts of the world dark legends are told at Christmas, describing everything from an evil monstrous Santa Claus to hungry Portuguese ghosts.

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[BenCDBrown]

My squad leader was a large black man who married a Dutch woman. He went to her hometown, which had a very black people living in it. On Dec. 5th, he was mobbed by a large group of people thinking he was Black Peter.

[carrioncrow]

I love how Greensleeves is playing in the background.

One thing bothers me though:
I've been into Greek mythology for a very long time and never once read anything about a world tree there. The world tree appears in Norse mythology and is named Yggdrasil, but there is none in Greek mythology. Golden apple trees and stuff, yes. A world tree, no.

[BigBadRedMantis]

Awesome video!! it's nice seeing how much cultures differ but are the kinda similar at the same time.

[humbertojimmy]

I'm from Portugal. I believe what you tried to mention was "Consoada" (Christmas' Eve or the night before December 25). But it's just a regular celebration, nothing creepy involved. I have no idea how that story came about (?).

[LordBitememan]

Well these are a few I've never heard of. Good video!

[rumrain]

the German part of me is telling me to be good this year

[christinahahn]

May I say I can't stop watch your videos very well done. Love listening to them well I'm working and watching when I can you do a wonderful job looking forward to new ones. Thank you .

[hannesproductions]

lol I live in Iceland and why not have the Yule cat he is grýlas cat and he eats people

[moritz]

I'm from Germany and I've never heard of "Belsnickel" but the companion of the nicolaus Knecht Ruprecht is kickin the asses of bad children with a route

[sharonpereira]

Krampus is the evil twin of Santa Claus. Krampus teaches kids not to be naughty.

[StoriesofLore]

Very interesting video. It is amazing to learn about what other cultures believe around the world. It is also amazing what we will tell our children so that they behave lol

[FlyingAlfredoSaucer]

Saint Nicholas hangs around some shady people.

[shadowshinobin]

Krampus can be stopped with a copper pot the more you know.

[franboos]

Fun fact, no one is actually sure of the origins of zwarte piet (black peter).

Some believe they are the inhabitants of a starving Turkish village who joined St. Nicholas after he persuaded a tradesman to let him take as much as of his merchandise from the tradesman's boat as long as the boat's weight remained the same(they drew a line on the boat and emptied the boat but it didn;t rise) so the thankful villagers joined the saint. It is believed that they are black because they enter and leave houses through the chimney to leave presents or coal for children (depending on their behaviour) resulting in them being covered in soot and ashes.

Once I heard was that they are descendants of a Scandinavian tribe whose warriors painted their bodies black.

There are also people who believe they were freed slaves who joined St. Nicholas.

[asafs.]

i'm dutch and around 2015 they call Black Peter racist but is'nt because they give children presents and if they misbehave they get no presents at all but coal

[leviblackwell]

I remember my grandmother telling me about belsnickle

[willowtree]

Belsnickel reminds me of a Docter from the Renisance.

[Chaos-]

I think Window-Peeper was at my house last

[jbanks]

our next creature has a name I'm not even gonna try to pronounce 😂😂😂Kallikantzaros

[cthulu]

In the very least, setting a plate for bygone loved ones doesn't seem that far fetched. How many people toast the departed . Personally I think that dead people liked to be remembered .