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[topaz]

Thanks to keyne for this account of traditional holiday cheer from the Alps: Beware the Christmas Krampus.

The name Krampus comes from the Old High German word for claw, apparently referring to just one of this being’s scary attributes. Other less-than-friendly features include a long, long tongue, shaggy black hair/fur, goat's head with horns, and cloven feet. ... The town of Schladminger is home to a sort of Krampus convention, with more than a thousand goat-men roaming the town's streets, harassing the town's young women.

I know you're all thinking what I'm thinking: ROAD TRIP!