Krampus Night
5 December 2026 — Clang-clang! Krampus strolls past the stars, but tonight he is a kind one!
Krampus Night is celebrated on the evening of 5 December, the eve of St Nicholas Day (6 December), in Bavaria, Austria and neighbouring Alpine regions. Krampus is a horned, hairy creature from Alpine folklore who, according to tradition, accompanies St Nicholas. While the saint rewards well-behaved children, Krampus symbolically frightens the naughty ones. Today many towns hold a Krampuslauf (Krampus run), where people in carved wooden masks, furs and bells parade through the streets. The custom resembles Bulgarian kukeri, whose masks and bells also drive away winter evils, though they belong to a different time of year. The date is fixed and does not depend on the Moon, It falls just over two weeks before the winter solstice, when nights are longest. That is why fires, noise and bells in the dark have such a place in winter folklore.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of luminous dots and fine lines like a constellation, shaped as a shaggy horned Krampus with a long curling tongue and swinging bells, walking across the night sky
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