Flula & Christoph Waltz explain KRAMPUS on American TV! 😂 | Feli from Germany

December 6th is St. Nicholas Day which is celebrated in many cultures all over the world! In Germany, St. Nick typically doesn't only bring treats and presents but also his *not so lovely* companion...

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[lindsay]

I grew up in Ramstein, Landstuhl, and Kaiserslaughtern Germany in the 80s and I can tell you Krampus is 99% of why I was a very well behaved child...I still think of him coming on winter nights when it is really dark and cold outside. Germany was amazing to grow up in. I was there when they tore down the Berlin Wall and remember how amazing it was to watch.

[tobiwan]

I am German and I always thought of Krampus being Austrian. Apparently, it is also Bavarian. I never heard of Krampus growing up, but we had "Knecht Ruprecht".

[Karl-memh]

I grew up in germany near Cologne. I am 39 Years old and I never heard of Krampus until about a year ago, when I watched a Video about it on youtube. Knecht Ruprecht was mentioned by my grandparents once in a while before Christmans but my parents didn't even talk about him anymore. That's how much of a regional thing Krampus really is.

[istvanpeterkovacs]

Hi! I’m from Hungary, Budapest. Krampus! This custom is same in Hungary. I suppose, it arrived from Austria nearly 200 years before. When I was small child, long long ago, the Mikulas (Szent Miklos, St Nicholas) visited our kindergarten with krampus. It happened in the whole country. 😊

[Minnesota_Vance]

Elf on a Shelf is a relatively new thing. Starting in 2005 with a book of the same title. The story was inspired by a family tradition started by Carol Aebersold for her twin daughters, Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts, in Georgia. It has become a marketing campaign for the toy and even has animated TV movies now but, it really isn't a "tradition" of most U.S. families.

[nothingspecialQ]

I grew up in Germany, NRW and never heard of Krampus until my big sister moved to Bavaria when I was 10. She told me of Krampus and I was so happy living in Nordrhein Westfalen and have to deal with Knecht Ruprecht only 🤣😝

[Bj-yfim]

In Iceland, we have 13 “Santa Clauses”, each of whom leaves a small treat in your shoe if you’ve been good. But if you’ve been bad, they leave a potato in your shoe 🤣🤣🤣

[Hepsewind]

In Belgium we also have Sinterklaas in some areas, here he comes at night and the morning of the 6th presents are on the breakfast table.
But in other regions there is Saint Martin instead on the 11th of November who is now mostly the same as sinterklaas but traditionally was a roman soldier with red cape but that's only jn a few places anymore.

[MLWitteman]

In the Low Countries, and especially in the Netherlands, St. Nicholas arrives at the end of November. He travels on a steamboat from Spain, and a special kids show follows all of this in the week before he travels to the Netherlands. When he arrives the whole event gets broadcasted live on national television for the whole country to follow. St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas is accompanied by his helpers called “Piet” or “Pieten”. Sinterklaas then travels through the country on the back of a white horse, on which he can ride the rooftops to allow him to put the presents through the chimneys. After Sinterklaas has arrived in the country, the kids are allowed to put their shoes in front of the fireplace, and put something in the shoe for the horse like a carrot. They then sing a special Sinterklaas song to ask the good saint for a nice present. But on Sinterklaas Eve, so on the 5th of December, the whole family gets together and celebrates Sinterklaas. Uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and the grandparents all come together, sing songs and have dinner. Then a loud banging on the window or door is heard. A black hand will appear of Piet, which throws special Sinterklaas candy into the room. The kids then start to look for a big bag filled with presents for all the kids and even the parents. This is how we celebrate St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas in the Low Countries, and especially in the Netherlands.

[anmichele]

I’m American but was born in Germany and my parents found out about St Nicholas and brought their own spin of it back to State Side. St. Nicholas comes to our house but instead of out things in our shoes, he brings presents and stockings. Christmas is for Jesus’ birthday party

[maschinka_]

I was born and raised in Berlin and I was always fascinated with both Krampus as well as the „alemannische Fastnacht“ which I remember both regularly being shown on TV, like in the news for example, whenever these events were taking place

[teniente_snafu]

I ran as a Krampus as almost everyone else in their youth in our village in the Austrian Alps. The look and even the Nature of Krampus and Perchten is different even from valley to valley.

Some have the fur, the horns and grim masks. But there also are "beautiful" variants, with elaborate, colored dresses and mirrors and jewels integrated into the costume. Some of the costumes are so over the top they need helpers to support them all the tinsel they are carrying.

[enriques]

We here in Switzerland Santa Clause, he is called "Samichlaus", also has a companion like Knechtruprecht. He is called "Schmutzli". In Switzerland we love to give cute names to everything ;-)

[robertworthington]

Griaß God, my name is Robert, and I was stationed in Bavaria in Bad Kissingen as well as Fulda. But my mother comes from Koln and every 2 years we flew back to by grandparents to have St. Nichlastag and had to deal with Krampusnacht as well. Krampus got me into shape at times to be nice. But I loved the parades.

[jcnock]

Thanks for great content. I was in Munich in 1973 and had a wonderful time. Augustiner-Brau definitely the best!

[LickeyWebster]

Louisville, Kentucky has had a Krampus event for the past few years. Always fun!

[richscary]

BIG THANK YOU!!! I lived in Germany for many years (Wiesbaden and Bad Hersfeld) and well aware of St. Nicholas and Krampus... We actually celebrate it at our house because we loved the tradition, but up until watching your video we always thought St. Nicholas from December 6th was a different St. Nicholas that we know as Santa Claus. Thank you again for clearing this up!!!

[helgaioannidis]

My father has 4 brothers and one of them at age 8 was bragging around all day on the 6th of December that he doesn't care about Nikolaus at all. When it got dark someone knocked heavily on the door, shouting: "where's the boy that doesn't care about me?!" My uncle ran into the bathroom and didn't come out until Nikolaus left about 1 hour later 😂😂😂

[invadertifxiii]

I was looking for a krampus video from you. I grew up with st. Nicholas day as my adopted mom was polish but never new about krampus til i was older and i just loved learning

[ulrikehoffmann]

Hi, I am from the Rhine Region and we have Knecht Ruprecht and we (or better say, the kids) believe that the Christkind brings the presents.