Austria

奧地利

Austrian children still get to celebrate the arrival of Ol’ Saint Nick, but they also have to brace themselves for the arrival of his evil counterpart, Krampus. Where Saint Nicholas rewards good behavior with treats and toys on December 6, the demonic Krampus arrives on December 5, looking to punish all the bad children. His weapons of choice are birch switches to beat children with and burlap sacks to kidnap them and throw them into the river. The worst part is that local men actually dress up like Krampus (just like many men dress up as Santa in America) and terrorize the streets. In some villages, kids are even made to run what is known as a Krampus-gauntlet, in an attempt to outrun the switches.

地利的孩子們慶祝圣誕老人的到來，但同時他們也得迎來邪惡的克拉普斯（Krampus）。圣誕老人在12月6號給表現好的孩子送美食、發玩具。而惡魔般的克拉普斯5號就到了，意在懲罰所有的壞孩子。他把樺樹枝做的鞭子當武器，還用粗麻袋綁架他們，把他們扔到河里。最糟糕的是，當地的男士會打扮的像克拉普斯（就像許多美國人打扮的像圣誕老人一樣），在街上嚇唬小孩子。在很多村莊里，很多小孩子甚至必須接受“克拉普斯大挑戰”，他們努力比克拉普斯的鞭子跑得更快。