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These Details About Krampus, the Christmas Demon, would Make all Children Fear the Holidays

Trista December 21, 2018 12 min

A postcard titled Crushing on Krampus. The Paris Review.

10. But He Probably Isn’t Connected to Zwarte Piet

Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, is also commemorated around December 5 or December 6 in the Netherlands, Belgium, and some other European countries. Black Peter appeared in an 1850 children’s book as one of Saint Nicholas’s companions, though he was probably considered a slave.

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10. But He Probably Isn’t Connected to Zwarte Piet

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