The customs of the holiday season, which include St. Nicholas Day, New Years Day, and Epiphany, as well as Christmas, often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated and adapted for contemporary use.

又到了各种节日纷至沓来的时节，圣尼古拉斯节，新年，洗礼节，还有圣诞节。这些节日的风俗习惯和早期异教徒的传统相结合，它们的正确打开方式变得越来越现代化。

Customs that encourage little children to be good so as to deserve their Christmas gifts often come with a dark side: the punishment you'll receive from a monster or evil being of some sort if you aren't good! These nefarious characters vary from place to place, and they go by many different names and images.

因为它们变成了鼓励孩子好好表现才能得到圣诞礼物，有表现好的自然也有表现不好的，如果孩子表现不好，就会受到来自一个怪兽的惩罚。这些凶恶怪兽因各个地方的不同而有着不同的名字和形象。（下面我们就一起来看看~）

1. KRAMPUS

圣诞恶老人

As a tool to encourage good behavior in children, Santa serves as the carrot, and Krampus is the stick. Krampus is the evil demon anti-Santa, or maybe his evil twin. Krampus Night is celebrated on December 5, the eve of St. Nicholas Day. Public celebrations that night have many Krampuses walking the streets, looking for people to beat. Alcohol is also involved. Injuries in recent years have led to some reforms, such as requiring all Krampuses to wear numbers so they may identified in case of overly violent behavior.

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