tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post6764675870480956673..comments2024-03-11T05:46:35.380-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Stollen : Brrrr... We're winterizing some doors and windows!WSTKS-FM Worldwidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-89185057331431717562008-12-08T21:07:00.000-06:002008-12-08T21:07:00.000-06:00Ah, interesting, mein Herzog! Danke! :-)Kind of li...Ah, interesting, mein Herzog! Danke! :-)<BR/><BR/>Kind of like the original old fairy tales and such often had some pretty dark stuff going on.Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-76237659651219984252008-12-07T21:21:00.000-06:002008-12-07T21:21:00.000-06:00St. Nicholas is usually depicted working in a good...St. Nicholas is usually depicted working in a good-cop-bad-cop routine with another, more sinister character, who carries the birch rods and lumps of coal for naughty children (or those who haven't adequately mastered their catechism, depending on your religious background). The dark sidekick goes by many names and faces across German-speaking Europe--Schwartz Pieter, Pelznickel or, as shown here, Krampus, the most daemonic of the shadow-Klaus characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-60469114799347476842008-12-07T18:27:00.000-06:002008-12-07T18:27:00.000-06:00Any ideas why there's a devil standing behind St. ...Any ideas why there's a devil standing behind St. Nick in that depiction?Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-36812322709617949252008-12-07T15:59:00.000-06:002008-12-07T15:59:00.000-06:00Ah, good. Now on with the battle.-- JeffAh, good. Now on with the battle.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.com