 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
 5252 Posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:19:17 AM
It's weird seeing Santa when he's not at work. |
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 furrything
Male, 50-59, Europe
348 Posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 7:42:15 AM
Knecht Ruprecht? |
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 PierreJeanFR
Male, 40-49, Europe
1336 Posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:42:38 AM
some very nice masks, want. |
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 Monosandalos
Male, 30-39, Europe
253 Posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:31:55 AM
The lord of the rings meets skyrim |
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 alpensepp
Male, 70 & Over, Europe
1084 Posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:00:37 AM
sadly Krampus turned into a kind of scary parade. when i was young, the costumes were not so elaborate, but they used to walk around freely and beat everybody up really bad. it was way more fun. |
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 Fleaman1797
Male, 18-29, Southern US
719 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:50:19 PM
The Krampus has alot more back-story then just (a horned mountain demon that snatches up naughty children) the Krampus was the Anti-Santa Claus actually.. Wiki him.. but still i LOVE this parade. the TRUE Spirit of Christmas. HAIL SATURN! |
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 Ani187
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
3806 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:11:37 PM
Man, plain ol' Christmas sucks. |
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 Loxen
Female, 30-39, Western US
1392 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1:48:15 PM
@Verbatim Oops, yes sorry Epiphany. Not Christmas. My bad. X_x Not a custom I'm really that familiar with.
Still cool though. :D |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1:41:01 PM
thats some cool costumes |
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 xiquiripat
Male, 18-29, Western US
2419 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1:28:41 PM
Ah yes, the Krampus. |
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 shiftyplus1
Male, 18-29, Southern US
312 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1:00:06 PM
Now that's a damned Christmas parade!!! |
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 _Verbatim_
Male, 18-29, Southern US
161 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:46:08 PM
@Loxen, Close, but La Befana is actually after xmas, and it's a totally different deal, she's looking for the christ child because when the wisemen were on their way to see the christ child they stopped and asked her if she would like to go with them and she claimed she was too busy. Upon discovering that it really was the christ child they were going to see she felt bad, so she cleans up the rooms of children and leaves them small presents in hopes that one day she will find the christ child and make up for her choice. My family and I have celebrated this for generations, it's a wonderful little tradition, but not many people know about it or celebrate it. |
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Mattimeo
Male, 18-29, Western US
6 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:27:32 PM
krampus rocks! As I recall, Krampus gets you if you are naughty 3 x in a row. after that, he tosses you in a sack and takes you to hell where you work to death mining coal among the damned. Santa puts the coal in bad kid's stockings to warn them of their doom if their ways do not change. |
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 GothPirate
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
125 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:13:10 PM
Those masks were seriously impressive. |
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cossack10
Male, 18-29, Europe
46 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:08:17 PM
Snatches up naughty children/ hot women. |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:18:54 AM
OMG that rocks!!! |
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Loxen
Female, 30-39, Western US
1392 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:59:14 AM
Oh as a side note. In Italy, they have a good christmas witch called la Befana. :)
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Loxen
Female, 30-39, Western US
1392 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:54:08 AM
Haha Christmas is so messed up.
Don't get me wrong, I love it. But I also enjoy history. Brush up on history and you find out that Christmas is based on a lot of pagan rituals. yada-yada Jesus not born Dec 25'th etc, church using date to gain converts... we all know that story (hopefully). So anyway...
Pagan rituals. right? Ok. So history also shows us that Christians didn't like competition (like Greek and roman gods when neo-paganism had its rise in Victorian days ), so they warped fertility symbols like the Greek deity Pan, (the satyr dude with the funky flute) into a visual representation of the Devil.
Long story short (because it's a tad more complicated than that, but I'm trying to be brief)... this is all sorts of funny. Devils that scare bad kids on Christmas, a holiday based on old symbolism that would have seen horned deities as nice... so crazy. |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16887 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:36:49 AM
We need more stuff like this for kids now-a-days! |
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swaffire
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
67 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:34:00 AM
do they win at metal now? |
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 RyanHake
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2698 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:54:26 AM
Looks like a lot of fun! |
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 Pandabee
Female, 30-39, Europe
725 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:51:37 AM
I was just watching this yesterday on pinterest. I had no idea there was an anti-Santa....may have to go next year, it looks fun. |
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10187 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:50:36 AM
And zen Krauten Claus makes unt juden strudels in his special ovens!!
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 diylobotomy
Male, 18-29, Western US
1619 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:35:39 AM
Austria is now the most metal country. |
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 Isobel
Female, 18-29, Europe
248 Posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:22:02 AM
Krampus kicks ass. |
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