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Meet the Krampus


 
 
The time of the Krampus is upon us. Every year we look forward to his Teutonic Yuletide child snatching and extreme corporal punishment.  We also have to ask if any culture with a nasty Christmas imp that punishes naughty children can be all bad.
OK other than that business in the 1940's?

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