http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/ madness, art and world affairs Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-12312 Abbey-Roads2 » Blog Archive » Santa Lucia Day Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:42:50 +0000 http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/#comment-12312 [...] Rupercht and Krampuss [...] [...] Rupercht and Krampuss [...]

]]> http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-10966 orangeguru Sun, 04 May 2008 10:35:19 +0000 http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/#comment-10966 @MufinMcFlufin: Oh well, the Krampus is usually played by some student - and he gets only a few bucks. And since this is only happening on the 5th and 6th of December it's not a big career ... @MufinMcFlufin: Oh well, the Krampus is usually played by some student – and he gets only a few bucks. And since this is only happening on the 5th and 6th of December it’s not a big career …

]]> http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-10948 MufinMcFlufin Fri, 02 May 2008 00:20:10 +0000 http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/#comment-10948 I heard from my German teacher that sometimes he takes the kid's parents out to "torture them for the kid's bad deeds" until the kid figures out that their mom was perfectly fine the next morning, and that the parents will often times just hire a professional to be each of them to make sure the kid gets a good scare, and that they would be paid handsomely. I want to be a parent in Germany now! I heard from my German teacher that sometimes he takes the kid’s parents out to “torture them for the kid’s bad deeds” until the kid figures out that their mom was perfectly fine the next morning, and that the parents will often times just hire a professional to be each of them to make sure the kid gets a good scare, and that they would be paid handsomely. I want to be a parent in Germany now!

]]> http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-7611 orangeguru Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:13:20 +0000 http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/#comment-7611 @Lisa: Problem is that there are less and less kids here in Europe - so Krampuss has less work to do. And many parents are considering this stuff as 'psychologically damaging' ... damn political correctness and overprotective soccer moms ... @Lisa: Problem is that there are less and less kids here in Europe – so Krampuss has less work to do. And many parents are considering this stuff as ‘psychologically damaging’ … damn political correctness and overprotective soccer moms …

]]> http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-7602 Lisa Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:57:43 +0000 http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/06/knecht-ruprecht-krampus-a-a-scary-old-germanic-tradition/#comment-7602 European children must be very well behaved with the threat of these guys coming to call. European children must be very well behaved with the threat of these guys coming to call.

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