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Hi, let me share some childhood meomeirs with you:St. Nicolas visits children on Dec. 6th, along comes his companion, the devil-like "Krampus". Naturally Krampus scared the living he** out of us, because he was the one to identify the children, who had been bad throughout the year! He would dish out spanks and coals instead of praise and chocolotes, which the good children would receive from St. Nicolas. So the late afternoon of Dec. 6 was a dreaded, but yet longed for moment. Traditionally - during the night from Dec. 5th to 6th - children would put their highly polished shoes and boots outside the door or on the window sill to find the infamous charcoals or delicious chocolates inside. You got it: this depended again on how naughty you were during the year. Also, presents in Austria are not brought by St. Nicolas or Santa Claus, but by the "Christkind", the "christ child" on the evening of Dec. 24th. Dads and Granddads always go out with the kids in the afternoon to get them out of the way and to allow the moms and grandmas to cook Christmas dinner, set up the tree, decorate it, put the presents underneath. Children would not be allowed in the living room until after the ringing of a small bell has announced that the Christkind had just made his appearance (Usually the Christkind would leave the window open, as it had no time to close it properly before leaving! ;-)) I will always remember standing in front of thepreciously decorated tree (heaved again with chocolates :-) being totally in awe with gleaming eyes and blazing red cheeks. Despite the Krampus it is still great fun being a child in Austria... :-)
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Daurineia
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16 december 2014, 11:05:08
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