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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Inventing the TV Dinner https://youtu.be/8C86EdBfNgo?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0HjtNM-IuWjliZeLoLVNan The Celestial Message in a Bottle https://youtu.be/1UMrdGausDs?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: Santa Claus has long been the symbol of Christmas, bringing joy and presents to all the good girls and boys. But if you are child in Germany, Austria, and other parts of the Alps region, there may be something much more dark, mischievous, and grumpy hidden in the shadows next to dear old St. Nick. That something is Krampus, the Christmas demon. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/12/krampus-christmas-demon/ Sources: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-truth-about-krampus http://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/blog/war-on-krampus/ http://ideas.time.com/2013/12/02/is-black-pete-racist/ http://thefairytaletraveler.com/2013/12/21/the-dark-side-of-christmas-the-legend-of-krampus/ http://www.krampus.com/who-is-krampus.php https://archive.org/stream/teutonicmytholo04grim#page/1768/mode/2up http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-germany-santas-sidekick-is-a-cloven-hooved-child-whipping-demon-180948178/ http://blog.dictionary.com/krampus/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil/ http://www.npr.org/2011/12/10/143485735/naughty-or-nice-krampus-horror-for-the-holidays http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/12/krampus-saint-nicholas-dark-companion/100639/ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03EED7103EE53ABC4B51DFB467838F629EDE http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/churchandministry/churchhistory/vonBuseck_Saint_Nicholas_Santa.aspx