We thought we’d offer a Goodies & Baddies costume theme for today as it does tie into the lead up to
Christmas quite nicely. Only the good boys and girls get presents don’t they?
We have a large selection of Goodies & Baddies costume ideas – why not take a look?
Day 2 of the ‘early Christmas’ celebrated in some European countries because of it’s being St Nicholas’ Day today. For example, when we mentioned the arrival of St. Nicholas in Holland yesterday, we noted he was accompanied by his coloured assistant ‘Black Peter’ who supposedly deals with the children who haven’t been good. In the Czech Republic he arrives with a collection of angels and devils in tow, who have a similar purpose. In fact we have noted that, in general, our continental cousins take this ‘whose been naughty and whose been nice’ thing to a whole new level:– In Germany there is ‘Knecht Ruprecht’, dressed in black rags with blackened face and unkempt black hair (in the Bavarian region he has fur and horns). In Austria, there is ‘Krampus’, covered in bells and dragging chains. In France, ‘Père Noel’ is sometimes helped by an ex-butcher called ‘Père Fouettard’ who is called ‘Houseckler’ in Luxembourg.
In all cases, the origins of these characters seem to be as ‘bogeymen’ contrasting with the nice old Father Christmas and intended to scare children into behaving themselves – they certainly put Sexy Santas and Perky Pixies in the shade and give a whole new meaning to the Nightmare before Christmas.
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