Prizes will be awarded to those that complete the crawl and for best costumes. How it works:
Collect your Krampus card at any of the following locations. Follow the crawl to participating pubs
Purchase something (food or beverage) at each location to get a stamp on your Krampus card. At midnight meet at the final stop to receive prizes! The Krampus (pronounced krampuss or krumpuss depending on region) is a part of European folklore. Although details vary by region, the Krampus is a goat like creature that punishes naughty boys and girls. The Krampus is sometimes said to be the twin brother of St. Nicholas or just a counterpart. In earlier times young men from the village would dress like the Krampus in goat skins with masks and terrorize children.They were wrapped in chains and adorned with cowbells (not sure why) and they would jump up and down to create more noise and confusion. After the children were sufficiently repentant for their past years transgressions the parents would invite the Krumpi in, feed them beer and schnaaps and send them on to the next house. This all took place on Krumpusnacht (Krumpus Night), which is also the eve of Saint Nicholas Day. After being scared straight the young people would receive their Saint Nicholas gifts by putting their shoes or boots by the door and waking up to find fruit and toys in them. The truly unrepentant would receive a birch rod instead. Descriptions of the Krampus vary greatly. In some cultures he is described as a sinister man in a black suit. More cultures describe the Krampus as goat like or satyr like. The Krampus generally has horns, Cloven hooves (or one cloven hoof and one bear paw), a whip like tongue, a tail, and is always covered in hair. The Krumpus always has long claws which are his namesake (the name Krampus is derived from the German word for claw). The tradition has enjoyed a resurgence in Europe and in some parts of the U.S. Although modified to include Krampuslauf (a kind of drunken Krampus run) and many other non traditional activities it is celebrated today throughout the new world and old. It is widely known that there are only two ways to be safe from the Krampus. One is to be good all year, (yeah right) The other way is to join our pub crawl.
