Scenes from last year’s Krampusnacht at Neustift im Stubaital in Austria.
On the eve of St Nicholas’ Day (the 6th of December) drink-fuelled revellers dress up as the fearsome horned demon Krampus, shaking their cow-bell belts and running around scaring children to remind them what happens when they’re naughty at Christmas.
You’ve been warned.
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Now this is a christmas tradition I can get behind
After Christmas he subs as the PMS demon.
And there was I thinking they were celebrating the birth of the Free State.
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