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Traditionally, young men in Southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and even Northern Italy dress up as the Krampus during the first two weeks of December, particularly on the evening of December 5, and roam the streets in grand, sweeping parades through town. Often, they will go after adults in the audience who are in on the fun, especially tourists encountering their first "Krampus Parade" or attractive young women. Curiously, despite their fearsome appearance and reputation, the (plural) Krampusi are generally fairly kind to children, generally exempting them from the schenanigans they pull on the adults.
Despite the frightening overtones, Krampus is quite a popular character in the Alpine countries. He brings some harmless "scary" fun to the Christmas season, not unlike what happens at Halloween. He is also not alone as the companion of St. Nicholas. Compare him with [[wikipedia:Knecht Ruprecht|Knecht Ruprecht]], a German character who performs a similar role (though more as a stern authority figure than a nasty devil), or [[wikipedia:Perchta|the Lady Perchta]], a female version of Krampus who can either be [[Hot
=== Depictions of the Krampus in media ===
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In [[Carn Evil]], Krampus acts as the boss of the Christmas stage, although here he's more [[Bad Santa|a demonic green Santa Claus combined with Rudolp the Red-Nosed Reindeer.]]
* The Krampus was added as a boss fight in ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* He was even on ''[[Cracked]]'' as an example of a creepy christmas tradition. [http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html Link].
* A [[Running Gag]] on the ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' [[Christmas Special]] has various characters wondering if Jinga and Beru are the Krampus, and if he was just smashed.
* Krampus received his own episode on [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/cr/ff/28993-episode-45-krampus CR's Familiar Faces series.] [[Couch Gag|Since CR always draws a title card featuring the respective character in a different style,]] [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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