Greetings from Krampus.

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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby Project Willow » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:31 pm

My buddy Carl modeled for this version of Krampus.

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He's one of the most kind and sensitive men I know. It looks like him.

http://io9.com/5889351/an-exclusive-first-look-at-broms-new-dark-fantasy-book-++-featuring-krampus-the-christmas-devil

An Exclusive First Look at Brom’s New Dark Fantasy Book — Featuring Krampus, the Christmas Devil!

Sure, it's only February — but do you want to catch a glimpse at the messed up, dark fantasy epic that everyone will be obsessing about at Christmas? Brom, creator of The Child Thief, is back — and we've got the first reveal of his mysterious, sinister new book.
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how do you like the size of these bells?

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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby Canadian_watcher » Sat Dec 22, 2012 1:03 am

I am making $$ off Krampus this year. that's right, I sit in my house, and money comes in due to the folklore that I didn't invent.
how's that for living the American way?
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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby justdrew » Tue Dec 25, 2012 3:57 pm

Canadian_watcher wrote:I am making $$ off Krampus this year. that's right, I sit in my house, and money comes in due to the folklore that I didn't invent.
how's that for living the American way?


grats :thumbsup



but I'm worried that this year the Grinch decided to stay up in his snipers nest :hrumph
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Not Krampus, but Creepy Claus

Postby Perelandra » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:57 pm

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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby justdrew » Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:46 am

it's all about der Belsnickel and Black Pete this year, krampus is sitting it out.

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I've yet to see anyone point out the old and well known fact that the US "Santa" is purely the invention of Coca Cola's advertising company.
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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby chump » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:49 pm

Bad Santa
http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2013/ ... error.html


http://www.av1611.org/othpubls/santa.html
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Santa Claus - The Great imposter
Who, REALLY, is this man we affectionately call Santa Claus?

What do we REALLY know about Santa?

Is Santa just a jolly, harmless, friendly fellow?

Or is there something or someone else hiding behind jolly ol’ St. Nick?





http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2013/ ... error.html

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http://www.cryptozoonews.com/santa-wildman2013/
Arriving to be an art professor for a few years ago at Umea University in northern Sweden, Vallance wrote that he “was puzzled by the enigmatic heraldic symbol of Lapland, the Wildman — a hairy, reddish, bestial character dressed in leaves, wielding a gnarled club.”

He reflected: “To me he looked like a typical prehistoric caveman or the Jolly Green Giant. I collected vague reports of an actual Swedish Wildman (Snömannen), a Yeti-like creature believed to inhabit the remote areas of the forest. One day when wandering through the wilds of Lapland, I beheld an astonishing thing: a colossal statue of the Wildman painted bright red with a snowy white beard. From a distance it looked like Santa Claus. As I stood at the base, staring up at the Herculean statue, it hit me like a hunk of red-hot ejecta from Mount Hekla: Santa Claus, the Wildman and Snömannen must spring from the same ancient source. I determined to find the connections between these enigmatic characters.”


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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078640 ... oologi-20/
Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem “The Night Before Christmas.” His description of Saint Nicholas personified the “jolly old elf” known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a longline of what scholars call Wild Men who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania’s Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms—Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow—into today’s carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.


http://curveofbell.blogspot.com/2013/12 ... -nick.html
Re: 'Alias St. Nick'
by Matthew Bell
with Jim Brandon
author of Weird America
and The Rebirth of Pan

As daylight dwindles and even the chill of autumn begins to seem to us a warm memory, we are beset from all sides by bad news. From relentless Centers for Disease Control flu alarmism to the repeated warnings of the imminent threat of economic catastrophe – on this, the 100th “birthday” year of the Federal Reserve – we are, it seems, infected with the dreaded “seasonal affective disorder.” To put it less clinically, our spirits flag and winter’s icy fingers extend from their polar stronghold to tighten their grip on our collective neck. Oh, “…[r]espite! Respite and nepenthe…”.[1] Exasperation drives the question: “Lord, to whom shall we go?”[2]

When, “what to our wondering eyes should appear” but that endangered species of architectural burlesque, the contemporary Cathedral of consumerism that is a shopping mall.

Hundreds of poor wretches scramble inside. On each heart is the hope of exchanging a wad of rapidly devaluing cash for just a little taste of Christmas cheer.

But, Lo! Who is this in the midst of this hustle-bustle, serenely enthroned, on a garish chair, in an ostentatious bright ruby-red getup?

In “normal” circumstances, such an apparently dreadful fashion sensibility would alert the style-conscious mavens of 21st-century America to the presence of mental disorder. Forthwith would commence a predictable process of social ostracization – punctuated, perhaps, with 50,000 volts bursting forth from the taser of some excitable police rookie or rent-a-cop charging forward toward the red menace like an enraged bull after a muleta.

Here however, amongst the surrounds of this luxuriantly festooned galleria, the figure decked out in a brilliant scarlet and snow-white outfit has all the animal charm of a living lodestone. The crowd is scattered about him, transfixed – like bits of iron frozen under the invisible influence of a tremendous red magnet.

And the children – how they throng the open space! Each tiny form draws slowly and inexorably in towards the jolly fat man, like a doomed little planet caught in the gravitational field of a red giant star. Most remarkably, on impact, they spill their little guts, some sobbing wildly, while others whisper secret desires into this stranger’s ear!

Is this the latest in the Nefarious Surveillance Agency’s bid to keep tabs on Americans? Is this some secret agent masquerading about, donning this absurd disguise and proffering an assumed name? Is it a modern retelling of the age-old tale of a wolf going hunting in sheep’s clothing?

No! It’s Santa Claus, of course. Alias Kris Kringle.[3] Alias Father Christmas.[4] Alias…Saint Nick! So check this out as “the jolly old elf” is cartoonized into a predatory cat licking his chops over delectable mice – or kiddies? – from Santa skeptics at MGM as early as 1935. (You may need to turn up the volume a bit on this one. Also, be sure to check the endnote to see what those movie folks were doing at their own studio Christmas parties. Adults only, please!)[5]...


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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby stefano » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:34 am

I'm off to Pretoria tonight for some time with my folks - I'm going to do my best not to touch a computer for sixteen days. Merry Christmas, if you're celebrating it. Cook well, eat well and spend worthwhile time with the family. Catch you in 2015.
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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby conniption » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:53 pm

stefano » Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:34 am wrote:I'm off to Pretoria tonight for some time with my folks - I'm going to do my best not to touch a computer for sixteen days. Merry Christmas, if you're celebrating it. Cook well, eat well and spend worthwhile time with the family. Catch you in 2015.


The Weavers - Marching To Pretoria

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Have a lovely holiday, stefano. Merry Merry.
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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby norton ash » Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:09 am

Canadian_watcher » Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:03 am wrote:I am making $$ off Krampus this year. that's right, I sit in my house, and money comes in due to the folklore that I didn't invent.
how's that for living the American way?




Merry Christmas, my dear dear friend.
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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby 82_28 » Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:25 am

This is prototype two of this "paper" we're trying to get off the ground. It happens to be our "holiday issue". The concept is coming together, we just don't know where to get the money to get it printed in any kind of quantities. We have three Seattle based writers, a Portland writer, a here nor there SF writer and lastly a Quebec based writer. Many of us are RI members except I'm the only one who really comments here.

https://archive.org/stream/TriCitiesGad ... 0/mode/2up

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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby Elvis » Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:36 am

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Postby Perelandra » Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:52 pm

Happy holidays and toast to 2015! :partyhat

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Re: Greetings from Krampus.

Postby elfismiles » Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:18 pm

On a walk this morning along Austin's Town Lake we saw some chalk graffiti about Krampus ... my wife immediately suspected Viral Marketing! No evidence of that yet - she thought of that because there is a film coming out soon.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/


Meanwhile, a friend sent me this link:

The Dark Side of Christmas: Krampus and Other Christmas Ghost Stories.
Posted on November 10, 2015
https://hauntedspotslibrary.wordpress.c ... t-stories/

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AND for those of you who've not seen it ... I really enjoyed RARE EXPORTS:

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pH9IyqTk1E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQlikX4vvw
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