Bonus Holiday Episode: Krampus

Unspookable

Nate DuFort

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

For those of us who have been good all year the holidays are a time for celebration and gifts... but, for for those of us who have been naughty, we may have a half goat, half demon visitor waiting to steal us away. What's that, cheery soul? Not familiar? Well then, let's tell you a little more about Krampus. Host: Elise Parisian Written by: Ellenor Riley-Condit with Elise Parisian and Nate DuFort Created, Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case https://www.jessecasemusic.com/ Logo by: Natalie Khuen http://nataliek.myportfolio.com You can find Unspookable on Twitter and Instagram at: https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable https://www.instagram.com/soundsingtonmedia/ Unspookable is part of the Soundsington Audio Network committed to making quality programing for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's that time of year again.
0:05.0	Time for gathering with your family and friends, eating a little too much,
0:10.0	and then getting all cozy in your bed just to get carried off in a sack by a fork-tongued demon with hooves.
0:16.0	That's right, friends.
0:18.0	It's that special time of year when the crampus comes out.
0:21.0	I'm Elise Peresian, and this is a special holiday episode of Unspookable. Now the Krampas is technically a Christmas monster and here at Unspucible
0:46.8	we know a lot of you celebrate many different holidays. So if you haven't
0:50.7	yet heard about the Krampas, consider this your warning.
0:55.2	Who is the crampas exactly?
0:57.8	Have you ever thought to yourself, hmm, I wish that parents around the world would come up
1:02.1	with more ways to try and scare their children into being good.
1:05.0	Well, if you didn't think that all of the Bookyman we talked about in our Slenderman episode were enough,
1:11.0	we've got this special holiday version for you. The Krambus is described by many as
1:16.4	half goat and half demon. He has a dark furry body, long goat horns, and walks upright on cloven hooves.
1:24.9	He announces his presence with the jingling of bells and the rattling of chains that he
1:28.5	carries with his basket or sack that's used to cart away naughty children.
1:33.0	Sometimes he carries a bundle of birch sticks to hit bad kids with.
1:37.0	In Eastern European folklore, the crampus is kind of like Santa's evil alter ego. We get the tradition of Santa Claus from St Nicholas,
1:46.9	an early Christian Bishop who lived around the year 300 in the ancient Greek city of Mira.
1:53.0	St Nicholas loved to give people presents.
1:57.0	The story goes that after his parents died,
2:00.0	he gave away all of their wealth to the needy
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