The 25 Best Things About Krampus

Are you familiar with Krampus?  Our Alpine friends cooked him up as a sort of counter to Saint Nicholas.  He’s basically a Christmas monster that shows up and punishes bad kids and if they’re particularly bad, they get stuffed in his sack and taken back to the lair.  What happens in the lair?  Ha ha, festive treats!  Or maybe he just eats them, I dunno.

1. He’s the Satan of Christmas
2. He’s proof Germans can’t enjoy themselves
3. The first syllable of his name is Kramp
4. Few other modern beliefs really support the insertion of children into sacks
5. It’s funnier if kids go to sleep on Christmas Eve in abject fear and uncertainty
6. Krampus sounds like cram ass
7. Christmas really needs more villains
8. More kids eaten by Krampus means more presents for everyone else
9. Good to see minorities getting jobs
10. Keeps the child-sized sack makers in business
11. Shames other holiday villains like the Easter Badger and the Arbor Day Boggart
12. Gives awesome Secret Santa gifts
13. May be an exception to Rule 34
14. Everyone loves a horned, goat demon
15. The following 10 pics