You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixenbut do you recall the most petrifying Christmas figures of all? Not all children fear just a lump of coal in their stockings. Discover the terrifying Yuletide fables, folktales, and folklore that have horrified kids (and adults) for generations during the holiday season.He sees you when youre sleeping, he knows when youre awake. He knows if youve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake. This lighthearted song is a bit more ominous in the context of other Christmas traditions. From beasts that threaten to cook children into stew to sinister crones who snatch little ones from their beds, you wont find any dancing sugar plums here. Outside of the heartwarming Christmas tales we all know and love, there are an abundance of frightening stories to chill all who hear them to the bone. Discover folklore from all corners of the world, includingKrampus (Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and northern Italy), a demonic halfgoat monster who drags chains and whips bad children with birch sticks, or stuffs them in his sack to take awayThe Kallikantzari (Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Turkey), goblins who come out during Advent to cause mischiefPre Fouettard (France, Belgium, Switzerland), Saint Nicholas eternal cannibal manservant who deals with naughty childrenHans Trapp (AlsaceLorraine, France), who roams the countryside disguised as a scarecrow and goes door to door on Christmas looking for children to feast uponGryla (Iceland), the...

Binding: Paperback;146 pages; Publisher: Thomas Nelson, Inc.; Classification: DQ; Weight: 364 g; Dimensions: 127 x 204 x 16

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