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The Krampus is Mikulas's shadow, a horned, furry creature with a switch and a sack. In the old tradition, the Krampus would threaten to take naughty children away in his sack. In the modern tradition, he hands out virgacs and looks disappointed. The Austrian version is terrifying. The Hungarian version is merely intimidating.
Mikulas arrives on December 6th with a red robe, a bishop's hat, and a devil assistant named Krampusz. Good children get candy and nuts in their boots. Bad children get a bundle of twigs (virgacs) and a piece of coal. Most children get a little of both, because no child is entirely good or entirely bad.
