While many people kick off the Christmas season by decking the halls, people in Austria have a more sinister way of getting into the holiday spirit. That's because the residents in some Austrian ...

While good little boys and girls in America are preparing for St. Nick's Dec. 25 flyby, children in Austria are probably running for their lives because of Santa's not-so-jolly Christmas companion.

In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to ...

If you want to find out if you've been "naughty or nice" this year, some stomping devils may be able to tell you. In the weeks leading up to Christmas each year, parades are held throughout many of ...

Krampus devils have been accused of a record number of assaults, starting fights and leaving people bloodied in the streets in the build up to their centuries old Krampus Day in Austria. An ...

With traditional masked processions, this ominous ‘half-goat, half-demon’ creature visits naughty children in central Europe at Christmas. AP As clanging chains and pounding metal drums fill the ...

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There were days when St. Nick might have delivered stockings full of coal or switches to bad kids, but when was the last time anybody's naughty little offspring got anything but exactly what they ...

Teenagers attending a pre-Christmas event in Salzburg have been left with injuries after people dressed as the Krampus, an Austrian folklore horned figure that punishes badly behaved children, got out ...

In Austria, the approach of the Christmas season is heralded each year by a pair of advance agents who make the rounds of hearths and homes on the eve of Dec. 6 to determine which children are ...

MAINZ, Germany — The integration of Syrian and Iraqi refugees is facing a terrifying challenge in rural Austria this holiday season. Officials in the village of Virgen worried about how new arrivals ...