Last night was the eve of St. Martin’s. In certain regions of Germany there is a cousin of Krampus who greets children with enticing handfuls of nuts and sweets AND SWITCHES on that night. He is called the “Nut Martin … Continue reading
LA Krampus Elizabeth Herndon is taking inspiration from a particularly odd straw-covered cousin of Krampus appearing annually in the town of Bad Mitterndorf, an Alpine town southeast of Salzburg. These broomlike Schabmänner (roughly: “sweepers”) appear alongside their more typical Krampus cousins in the … Continue reading