Demonic Haystacks

Everyone I know loves Krampus, the half-goat, half-demon creature that acts as the anti-Santa, stealing misbehaving children and punishing them for their bad deeds. It's one of those pagan rituals from Eastern Europe that has managed to persevere and found a fond place on the Internet. But with all that being said, I don't really know a lot about them.

Enter this educational post on Krampu in which the history of the creatures are fully explained and even extends into a Part 2 explaining their Celtic brethren, Perchten.

It's a lot of good info on the strange creatures and, if nothing else, serves as a fun place to see a load of creatively creepy costumes.