Krampus Campus

While perusing Travis Louie's Curiosities, Tim noticed that there were a bunch of paintings based on the krampus.

Tim: "You know what a krampus is?"
Me: "No."
Tim: "They say he goes around with Santa, if Santa gives good children gifts he punishes the bad ones."
Me: "Talaga?"
Tim: "Yup."

I didn't believe him, same way I didn't believe him when he said Christopher Plummer was Captain Von Trapp. So I Googled the krampus. Of course, he was right.

Check out these freaky postcards/photos I found of the mythical creature.

The krampus reminds me of Mr. Tumnus (from C.S. Lewis' Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) + El Fauno (from Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth).