GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Christkindl Markt at the Grand Rapids Downtown Market is preparing for its first-ever Krampus Bash on Friday, Dec. 19. The third annual Christkindl Markt runs through Tuesday, ...

While Santa Claus brings joy and gifts to good children, there's a darker figure lurking in European Christmas traditions. Krampus, a half-goat, half-demon creature, roams the streets punishing ...

Santa Claus and St. Nicholas are figures who have long been associated with Christmas. But in recent decades, a darker figure has arisen among American Christmas traditions. Krampus, a fabled ...

Grant Tatum had been walking with the Cub Scouts during past Homewood Christmas parades, but he decided to change course amid the pandemic. What emerged in 2021 was a float representing the ...

When Edgar Loesch was growing up, his Christmas was filled with family, friends and St. Nicholas. But his German parents also had one, terrifying addition: a hairy monster named Krampus who they said ...

SALZBURG, Austria — As you approach Salzburg's Max Aicher Stadium on the eve of the feast of St. Nicholas, you'd be forgiven if you thought that, from a distance, there appeared to be a Chewbacca ...