Spanking holiday

[damyanti]

The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, a Catholic saint. In many places St. Nicholas is the main gift giver, in others people today celebrate both St. Nicholas and Santa Clause.

St. Nicholas brings gifts to children on his feast day, December 6th.

On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, children polish their boots until they gleam before placing them on a windowsill to wait for the good saint.

St. Nicholas fills good children's shoes with candy, fruit, and gifts.

Krampus (a strange and frightening demon) usually accompanies him. This devil figure, often in chains, is dressed in fur with a scary mask and a long red tongue.

Krampus carries wooden stick or switches to threaten children who misbehave or do not know their lessons.

He leaves twigs for naughty children—the worse the behavior, the larger the twig in their boots.

Every child gets a twig as a warning; each gets sweets as well.

Talk about a spanking holiday, .

I was always more interested in Krampus than St. Nicholas and Santa Claus....guess that explains a lot, .


p.s. who says its only for children, .