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Krampus Takes a Holiday
Krampus Takes a Holiday is a 4-minute Krampus Tale, a fireside Christmas story told by an Alpine innkeeper and introduced by Krampus himself. Press play to hear it free, right here.
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The story
The innkeeper explains that Krampus has come down from the mountain for a week's rest and is staying in the inn's back room, complaining about the food and the bells. He asks the travellers to recommend a good hotel.
How it begins
Sit down, sit down, and put your boots by the stove where they will dry. Yes, the soup is hot, and yes, it is the last of the turnips, so do not ask me what happened to the chicken. Now, you asked about the room at the back. Keep your voice low, friend, because the walls here are thin and the guest in that room has very good ears. Three nights ago, a traveller came down the mountain path in the snow. He had great curling horns, a coat of matted brown fur, and a long red tongue that he kept rolling out of his mouth like a dog after…
The folklore behind it
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