PinGGG!.......................
At least we have St. Nicholas Day on Dec 6!
Hope Kachinas can be like this. Some adults dress in costume with masks and visit children and seem to know just how the kid has been naughty. I saw a museum exhibit about this years ago. I forget what happened but I think there was a fairly benign consequence.
Yup. In certain German towns high-spirited youth would run up and down the streets hitting random strangers in the butt with switches. Probably not a good idea to try exporting that custom to an open-carry state...
Not so subtle reminder for the kiddos about naughty and nice.
“Kindergarten Cop - Stop whining! You kids are soft! You lack discipline!”
https://youtu.be/VXbS1QWQPUo?si=jz9Xbq-08EY-HOPh
Here’s a fun one. The Finns are weird:
“On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that the dig. And then there’s Santa’s elves, who are determined to free their leader”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/?tref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_4_nm_4_q_rare%2520
In some countries, Krampus appears in the streets with St. Nicholas.
Krampus punishes the naughty children while St. Nick rewards the good ones.
LOL, as it should be...
I think there was an episode of Grimm that involved Krampus.
He kidnapped naught children (to be eaten at midnight) and left a lump of coal.