honeybeemcgee

honeybeemcgee:

communismkills:

I was very briefly seeing a guy who grew up in Germany and he told me about how terrifying all of the Brothers Grimm stuff was growing up and basically all Germans do is terrify their kids.

What the hell is wrong with that part of the world.

They were just instilling a fear of going outside at night, or trusting strangers in to their children.

I was traumatized by that “Don’t Talk to Strangers” book my mother read to me as a kid. I loved people until then..

I was very briefly seeing a guy who grew up in Germany and he told me about how terrifying all of the Brothers Grimm stuff was growing up and basically all Germans do is terrify their kids.

What the hell is wrong with that part of the world.

yair-can-i-give-u-a-lapid-dance

yair-can-i-give-u-a-lapid-dance:

vintagegal:

Krampus is the dark companion of St. Nicholas, the traditional European winter gift-bringer who rewards good children each year on December 6.

The kindly old Saint leaves the task of punishing bad children to a hell-bound counterpart known by many names across the continent — Knecht Ruprecht, Certa, Perchten, Black Peter, Schmutzli, Pelznickel, Klaubauf, and Krampus. Usually seen as a classic devil with horns, cloven hooves and monstrous tongue, but can also be spotted as a sinister gentleman dressed in black or a hairy man-beast.

Krampus punishes the naughty children, swatting them with switches and rusty chains before dragging them, in baskets, to a fiery place below. (via)

Europe what the fuck

I’ve heard of Zwartze Pete, but I don’t think this is the same thing…? Like, 100% sure according to my friend in the Netherlands.