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These characters act as a <a href="/wiki/Foil_(literature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foil (literature)">foil</a> to the benevolent <a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer">Christmas gift-bringer</a>, threatening to thrash or abduct disobedient children. <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Grimm" title="Jacob Grimm">Jacob Grimm</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Mythologie" title="Deutsche Mythologie">Deutsche Mythologie</a></i>) associated this character with the pre-Christian <a href="/wiki/Household_deity" title="Household deity">house spirit</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kobold" title="Kobold">kobold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">elf</a>) which could be benevolent or malicious, but whose mischievous side was emphasized after <a href="/wiki/Germanic_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic Christianity">Christianization</a>. The association of the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer">Christmas gift-bringer</a> with elves has parallels in English and Scandinavian folklore, and is ultimately and remotely connected to the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_elf" title="Christmas elf">Christmas elf</a> in modern <a href="/wiki/American_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="American folklore">American folklore</a>. </p><p>Names for the "dark" or threatening companion figure include: <i><a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a></i> in Germany, <i><a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a></i> in Austria, <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, Parkelj in Slovenia, <a href="/wiki/Friuli" title="Friuli">Friuli</a>, Croatia, Hungary (spelled <i>Krampusz</i>); <i>Klaubauf</i> in Bavaria, Austria; <i>Bartel</i> in <a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a>; <i>Pelzebock</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Befana" title="Befana">Befana</a></i>; <i>Pelznickel</i>; <i>Belzeniggl</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Palatinate_(region)" title="Palatinate (region)">Palatinate</a> (and also <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, due to <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch" title="Pennsylvania Dutch">Pennsylvania Dutch</a> influence); <i>Schmutzli</i> in Switzerland; <i>Rumpelklas</i>; <i>Bellzebub</i>; <i>Hans Muff</i>; <i>Drapp</i>; and <i>Buzebergt</i> in <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a>. </p><p>The corresponding figure in the Netherlands and <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> is called <i><a href="/wiki/Zwarte_Piet" title="Zwarte Piet">Zwarte Piet</a></i> or <i>Black Pete</i>, and in <a href="/wiki/Swiss_folklore" title="Swiss folklore">Swiss folklore</a> <i>Schmutzli</i>, (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schmutz" class="extiw" title="wikt:Schmutz">schmutz</a> meaning dirt).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Czech Republic, Saint Nicholas or <i>svatý Mikuláš</i> is accompanied by the <i>čert</i> (Devil) and <i>anděl</i> (Angel). In France, Saint Nicholas' companion is called <i>Rubbels</i> in German-speaking <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorraine (region)">Lorraine</a> and <i>Hanstrapp</i> in <a href="/wiki/Alsace" title="Alsace">Alsace</a>, East of France<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard" title="Père Fouettard">Père Fouettard</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, Northern and Eastern France). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearance">Appearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Often the subject of winter poems and tales, the Companions travel with Saint Nicholas carrying with them a rod (sometimes a stick and in modern times often a broom) and a sack. They are sometimes dressed in black rags, bearing a black face and unruly black hair. In many contemporary portrayals the companions look like dark, sinister, or rustic versions of Nicholas himself, with a similar costume but with a darker color scheme. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Knecht_Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Knecht Ruprecht"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg/220px-Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg/330px-Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg/440px-Samichlaus_un_Ruprecht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2072" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a> (on the left) and Saint Nicholas</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">folklore</a> of Germany, Knecht Ruprecht, which translates as <i>Farmhand Rupert</i> or <i>Servant Rupert</i>, is a companion of Saint Nicholas, and possibly the most familiar. Tradition holds that he was a man with a long beard, wearing fur or covered in pea-straw.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Knecht Ruprecht sometimes carried a long staff and a bag of ashes, and wore little bells on his clothes.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to tradition, Knecht Ruprecht asks children whether they know their prayers. If they do, they receive apples, nuts, and <a href="/wiki/Gingerbread" title="Gingerbread">gingerbread</a>. If they do not, he beats the children with his bag of ashes.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other (presumably more modern) versions of the story, Knecht Ruprecht gives naughty children gifts such as lumps of coal, sticks, and stones, while well-behaving children receive sweets from Saint Nicholas. He also can be known to give naughty children a switch (stick) in their shoes instead of candy, fruit and nuts, in the German tradition. </p><p><i>Ruprecht</i> was a common name for the devil in Germany<sup id="cite_ref-siefker_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-siefker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Brothers_Grimm" title="Brothers Grimm">Grimm</a> states that "<a href="/wiki/Robin_Goodfellow" class="mw-redirect" title="Robin Goodfellow">Robin fellow</a> is the same home-<a href="/wiki/Sprite_(creature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprite (creature)">sprite</a> whom we in Germany call Knecht Ruprecht and exhibit to children at Christmas<span class="nowrap"> </span>..."<sup id="cite_ref-siefker_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-siefker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Knecht Ruprecht first appears in written sources in the 17th century, as a figure in a <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a> Christmas procession.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiefker1997155_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiefker1997155-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Alexander Tille, Knecht Ruprecht represented an archetypal manservant, "and has exactly as much individuality of social rank and as little personal individuality as the <i>Junker Hanns</i> and the <i>Bauer Michel</i>, the characters representative of country nobility and peasantry respectively."<sup id="cite_ref-tille_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tille-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tille also states that Knecht Ruprecht originally had no connection with Christmastime.<sup id="cite_ref-tille_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tille-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ruprecht sometimes walks with a limp, because of a childhood injury. Often, his black clothes and dirty face are attributed to the soot he collects as he goes down chimneys. In some of the Ruprecht traditions, the children would be summoned to the door to perform tricks, such as a dance or singing a song to impress upon Santa and Ruprecht that they were indeed good children. Those who performed badly would be beaten soundly by Servant Ruprecht, and those who performed well were given a gift or some treats. Those who performed badly enough or had committed other misdeeds throughout the year were put into Ruprecht's sack and taken away, variously to Ruprecht's home in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Forest" title="Black Forest">Black Forest</a> to be consumed later, or to be tossed into a river. In other versions the children must be asleep, and would awake to find their shoes filled with either sweets, coal, or in some cases a stick. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Krampus">Krampus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Krampus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg/220px-Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg/330px-Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg/440px-Krampus_at_Perchtenlauf_Klagenfurt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1486" /></a><figcaption>A modern <a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a> at the Perchtenlauf in <a href="/wiki/Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a> (2006)</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Krampus</i> is a terrifying figure found in parts of Austria, Bavaria, South Tyrol, Slovenia, and Croatia, most probably originating in the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Christian_Alpine_traditions" title="Pre-Christian Alpine traditions">Pre-Christian Alpine traditions</a>. In Tyrol, he is also called "Tuifl".<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Feast of Saint Nicholas is celebrated in parts of Europe on December 6. On the preceding evening, <i><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Krampusnacht</i></span></i>, the wicked hairy devil appears on the streets. He sometimes accompanies St. Nicholas. However, Krampus will at times be on his own, visiting homes and businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-Bruce_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruce-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saint Nicholas dispenses gifts, while Krampus supplies coal and bundles of birch branches.<sup id="cite_ref-Siefker_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siefker-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Europeans have been exchanging <i>Krampuskarten</i>, greeting cards featuring Krampus, since the 1800s. A <i>Krampuslauf</i> is a run of celebrants dressed as the beast, and is still quite popular, many of the participants fortified with <i>schnapps</i>. Over 1200 "Krampus" gather in <a href="/wiki/Schladming" title="Schladming">Schladming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a> from all over Austria wearing goat-hair costumes and carved masks, carrying bundles of sticks used as switches and swinging cowbells to warn of their approach. In the past few decades village Krampus associations parade without St. Nicholas at Krampus events throughout late November and early December.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, National Public Radio helped advertise the formation of a <i>Krampuslauf</i> by Krampus enthusiasts in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Belsnickel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG/220px-Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG/330px-Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG/440px-Belsnickel_in_Modern_Day_Travel_Attire.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption>Modern day <a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a> on his way to scare children in his travel attire, December 2012</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a> is a companion of Saint Nicholas in the Palatinate (Pfalz), Germany. Belsnickel is a man wearing fur which covers his entire body, and he sometimes wears a mask with a long tongue. He is a rather scary creature who visits children at <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> time and delivers socks or shoes full of candy, but if the children were not good, they will find coal in their stockings instead. </p><p>In parts of the United States in the 19th century, "Pelznickel" traditions were maintained for a time among immigrants at least as far west as the US state of <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>. Today, remnants of this tradition remain, known as the <i>Belsnickel</i>, especially in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. </p><p>A first-hand 19th-century account of the "Beltznickle" tradition in <a href="/wiki/Allegany_County,_Maryland" title="Allegany County, Maryland">Allegany County, Maryland</a>, can be found in <i>Brown's Miscellaneous Writings</i>, a collection of essays by Jacob Brown (born 1824). Writing of a period around 1830, Brown says, "we did not hear of" <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a>. Instead, the tradition called for a visit by a different character altogether: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He was known as Kriskinkle, Beltznickle and sometimes as the Xmas woman. Children then not only saw the mysterious person, but felt him or rather his stripes upon their backs with his switch. The annual visitor would make his appearance some hours after dark, thoroughly disguised, especially the face, which would sometimes be covered with a hideously ugly phiz – generally wore a female garb – hence the name Christmas woman – sometimes it would be a veritable woman but with masculine force and action. He or she would be equipped with an ample sack about the shoulders filled with cakes, nuts, and fruits, and a long hazel switch which was supposed to have some kind of a charm in it as well as a sting. One would scatter the goodies upon the floor, and then the scramble would begin by the delighted children, and the other hand would ply the switch upon the backs of the excited youngsters – who would not show a wince, but had it been parental discipline there would have been screams to reach a long distance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, a Christmas tradition known as Belsnickling occurs, where, similar to mummering, people go from house to house within the communities dressed in multiple layers of clothing and with scarves around their faces to conceal their identity. These people are then given food and drinks (usually rum or eggnog) until their identities are guessed, and then they're off to the next house. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zwarte_Piet_(Black_Pete)"><span id="Zwarte_Piet_.28Black_Pete.29"></span>Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-POV plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-POV" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a> of this section is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas##" title="Talk:Companions of Saint Nicholas">talk page</a>. Please do not remove this message until <a href="/wiki/Template:POV#When_to_remove" title="Template:POV">conditions to do so are met</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sintenpiet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Sintenpiet.jpg/170px-Sintenpiet.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Sintenpiet.jpg/255px-Sintenpiet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Sintenpiet.jpg/340px-Sintenpiet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1853" data-file-height="2587" /></a><figcaption>Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Zwarte_Piet" title="Zwarte Piet">Zwarte Piet</a> and <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard" title="Père Fouettard">Père Fouettard</a></div> <p><i>Zwarte Piet</i> (English: <span lang="en">Black Peter or Black Pete</span>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Père-Fouettard</i>, meaning father whipper) is the companion of Saint Nicholas (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Sinterklaas" title="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</a></i>) in the <a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_the_Low_Countries" title="Folklore of the Low Countries">folklore of the Low Countries</a>. The character first appeared in his current form in an 1850 book by Jan Schenkman and is commonly depicted as a <a href="/wiki/Blackamoors_(decorative_arts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackamoors (decorative arts)">blackamoor</a>. Traditionally Zwarte Piet is said to be <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a> because he is a <a href="/wiki/Moors" title="Moors">Moor</a> from Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-BDF_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BDF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Participants portraying Zwarte Piet typically wear <a href="/wiki/Blackface" title="Blackface">blackface</a> make-up, by painting their faces black, wearing exaggerated red lipstick, and a "nappy" or "kinky" wig, as well as colorful <a href="/wiki/1550%E2%80%931600_in_fashion" class="mw-redirect" title="1550–1600 in fashion">Renaissance</a> attire and gold earrings. The character has become a reoccurring subject of controversy, especially in the Netherlands, for its perceived cultural and ethnic insensitivity. Historically, Zwarte Piet is referred to as a servant, not a companion.<sup id="cite_ref-Felicity_Morse_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Felicity_Morse-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like Knecht Ruprecht, he was traditionally the one punishing ill-behaved children by beating them with a birch rod or even taking them back to Spain in a sack he carried (which on arrival contained the gifts for the good children). However, in the 20th century these punishments were abolished and Zwarte Piet became a friendly character, although the punishments can still be heard in Sinterklaas songs.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joulupukki" title="Joulupukki">Joulupukki</a> – Christmas figure from Finland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bingle" title="Mr. Bingle">Mr. Bingle</a> – Fictional character used for marketing purposes by retailers in New Orleans, Louisiana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">Santa Claus's reindeer</a> – Legendary sleigh-pulling flying reindeer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snegurochka" title="Snegurochka">Snegurochka</a> – Character in Russian fairy tales</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Grimm" title="Jacob Grimm">Jacob Grimm</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Mythologie" title="Deutsche Mythologie">Teutonic Mythology</a></i> (trans. Stallybrass): "Their pranks, their roughness, act as a foil to the gracious higher being from whom the gifts proceed ... how to explain the Swiss <i>Schmutzli</i> I do not rightly know, perhaps simply from his smutty sooty aspect? Instead of Grampus there is also in Styria a <i>Bärthel</i> (pointing to Bertha, or Bartholomew?) <i>Schmutzbartel</i> and <i>Klaubauf</i>, who rattles, rackets and throws nuts."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abcog.org/xmas2.htm">"Christmas Eve Pre-Christian Traditions"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Nutt, 1899), 116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Taylor-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Taylor_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Taylor_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/12/krampus-saint-nicholas-dark-companion/100639/">Taylor, Alan. "Krampus: Saint Nicholas' Dark Companion", <i>The Atlantic</i>, December 3, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bruce-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bruce_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBruce1958" class="citation journal cs1">Bruce, Maurice (March 1958). "The Krampus in Styria". <i>Folklore</i>. <b>69</b> (1): 44–47. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F0015587X.1958.9717121">10.1080/0015587X.1958.9717121</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Folklore&rft.atitle=The+Krampus+in+Styria&rft.volume=69&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=44-47&rft.date=1958-03&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F0015587X.1958.9717121&rft.aulast=Bruce&rft.aufirst=Maurice&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompanions+of+Saint+Nicholas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Siefker-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Siefker_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSiefker1997" class="citation book cs1">Siefker, Phyllis (1997). <i>Santa Claus, last of the Wild Men: the origins and evolution of Saint Nicholas</i>. <a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_North_Carolina" title="Jefferson, North Carolina">Jefferson, North Carolina</a>: McFarland and Co. pp. 155–159. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7864-0246-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7864-0246-6"><bdi>0-7864-0246-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Santa+Claus%2C+last+of+the+Wild+Men%3A+the+origins+and+evolution+of+Saint+Nicholas&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=155-159&rft.pub=McFarland+and+Co.&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-7864-0246-6&rft.aulast=Siefker&rft.aufirst=Phyllis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompanions+of+Saint+Nicholas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRidenour2016" class="citation book cs1">Ridenour, Al (2016). <i>The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil</i>. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House. p. 9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781627310345" title="Special:BookSources/9781627310345"><bdi>9781627310345</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Krampus+and+the+Old%2C+Dark+Christmas%3A+Roots+and+Rebirth+of+the+Folkloric+Devil&rft.place=Port+Townsend%2C+WA&rft.pages=9&rft.pub=Feral+House&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9781627310345&rft.aulast=Ridenour&rft.aufirst=Al&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompanions+of+Saint+Nicholas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jacob Brown, <i>Brown's Miscellaneous Writings</i>, Printed by J.J. Miller (Cumberland, Maryland 1896), page 41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BDF-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BDF_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFForbes2007" class="citation book cs1">Forbes, Bruce David (2007). <i>Christmas: A Candid History</i>. 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UK: Huffington Post<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.stnicholascenter.org&rft.atitle=St.+Nicholas+Center+%3A%3A%3A+Dutch+Sinterklaas+Songs&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stnicholascenter.org%2Fhow-to-celebrate%2Fresources%2Fmusic%2Fsongs%2Fdutch%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompanions+of+Saint+Nicholas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Müller, Felix / Müller, Ulrich: Percht und Krampus, Kramperl und Schiach-Perchten. In: Müller, Ulrich / Wunderlich, Werner (Hrsg.): Mittelalter-Mythen 2. Dämonen-Monster-Fabelwesen. St. Gallen 1999, pages 449–460.</li> <li>Laity, K. A.: When Little Joe the Krampus Met. 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href="/wiki/Christmas_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas seal">Seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secret_Santa" title="Secret Santa">Secret Santa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanbaum" title="Spanbaum">Spanbaum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_szopka" title="Kraków szopka">Szopka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stamp" title="Christmas stamp">Stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stocking" title="Christmas stocking">Stockings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wassailing" title="Wassailing">Wassailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_window" title="Christmas window">Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_goat" title="Yule goat">Yule goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log" title="Yule log">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country" title="Observance of Christmas by country"><span style="color:white">By country</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Australia" title="Christmas in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Colombia" title="Christmas in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_and_Christmas_in_Denmark" title="Yule and Christmas in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_England" title="Category:Christmas in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Christmas" title="Ethiopian Christmas">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Finland" title="Christmas in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_France" title="Christmas in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihnachten" title="Weihnachten">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Christmas in Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hungary" title="Christmas in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Iceland" title="Christmas in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Indonesia" title="Christmas in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ireland" title="Christmas in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Italy" title="Christmas in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Mexico" title="Christmas in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Zealand" title="Christmas in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Norway" title="Christmas in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines" title="Christmas in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Poland" title="Christmas in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Romania" title="Christmas in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Russia" title="Christmas in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Scotland" title="Christmas in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Serbia" title="Christmas in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Sweden" title="Christmas in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ukraine" title="Christmas in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Christmas in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Christmas in the American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hawaii" title="Christmas in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Mexico" title="Christmas in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_United_States_(1946%E2%80%931964)" title="Christmas in the United States (1946–1964)">Post-War United States</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music"><span style="color:white">Music</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Carols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols" title="List of Christmas carols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_operas" title="List of Christmas operas">Operas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music#Popular_Christmas_songs" title="Christmas music">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">Hit singles in the UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popular_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of popular Christmas singles in the United States">Hit singles in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts">Music charts (<i>Billboard</i>)</a></li> <li>Music books <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The New Oxford Book of Carols">The New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_by_medium" title="Christmas by medium"><span style="color:white">Other media</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas in literature">In literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas novels">novels</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films" title="List of Christmas films">Films (Christmas,</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_in_film" title="Santa Claus in film">Santa,</a> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_horror" title="Christmas horror">Christmas horror</a>)</li> <li>Poetry <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Santeclaus_with_Much_Delight" title="Old Santeclaus with Much Delight">Old Santeclaus with Much Delight</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas" title="A Visit from St. Nicholas">A Visit from St. Nicholas</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_in_the_Workhouse" title="Christmas Day in the Workhouse">Christmas Day in the Workhouse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomten" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomten">Tomten</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_television_specials" title="List of Christmas television specials">Christmas television specials</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)" title="Yule Log (TV program)">Yule Log</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%">In<br />modern<br />society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Conspiracy" title="Advent Conspiracy">Advent Conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(partying)" title="Black Friday (partying)">Black Friday (partying)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Black Friday (shopping)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronner%27s_Christmas_Wonderland" title="Bronner's Christmas Wonderland">Bronner's Christmas Wonderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_club" title="Christmas club">Christmas club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_(Trading)_Act_2004" title="Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004">Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures" title="Royal Institution Christmas Lectures">Christmas Lectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Mountains" title="Christmas Mountains">Christmas Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seals" title="Christmas seals">Christmas seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_truce" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_controversies" title="Christmas controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Monday" title="Cyber Monday">Cyber Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_of_Christmas" title="Economics of Christmas">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giving_Tuesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Giving Tuesday">Giving Tuesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grinch" title="Grinch">Grinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Christmas_Lottery" title="Spanish Christmas Lottery">El Gordo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jews_and_Christmas" title="Jews and Christmas">Jews and Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_July" title="Christmas in July">In July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_August_(Yellowstone)" title="Christmas in August (Yellowstone)">In August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">NBA games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Christmas_Day" title="NFL on Christmas Day">NFL games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikkujoulu" title="Pikkujoulu">Pikkujoulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SantaCon" title="SantaCon">SantaCon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Candy_Castle" title="Santa's Candy Castle">Santa's Candy Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Village" title="Santa Claus Village">Santa Claus Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge" title="Ebenezer Scrooge">Scrooge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Business_Saturday" title="Small Business Saturday">Small Business Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Saturday" title="Super Saturday">Super Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Ugly sweaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_O%27Hanlon" title="Virginia O'Hanlon">Virginia O'Hanlon</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus" title="Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus">Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(weather)" title="White Christmas (weather)">White Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays" title="List of multinational festivals and holidays">Winter festivals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tribute_to_the_Troops" title="WWE Tribute to the Troops">WWE Tribute to the Troops</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xmas" title="Xmas">Xmas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_dishes" title="List of Christmas dishes"><span style="color:white">Food and<br />drink</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_dinner" title="Christmas dinner"><span style="color:white">Dinner</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joulup%C3%B6yt%C3%A4" title="Joulupöytä">Joulupöytä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julebord" title="Julebord">Julebord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%AB%C4%8Dios" title="Kūčios">Kūčios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9veillon" title="Réveillon">Réveillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_desserts" title="Thirteen desserts">Thirteen desserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve-dish_Christmas_Eve_supper" title="Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper">Twelve-dish supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%C3%B6rg%C3%A5sbord" class="mw-redirect" title="Smörgåsbord">Smörgåsbord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigilia" title="Wigilia">Wigilia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Sweets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baked_Alaska" title="Baked Alaska">Baked Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candy_cane" title="Candy cane">Candy cane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cake" title="Christmas cake">Cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cookie" title="Christmas cookie">Cookie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cozonac" title="Cozonac">Cozonac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruitcake" title="Fruitcake">Fruitcake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gingerbread" title="Gingerbread">Gingerbread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutia" title="Kutia">Kutia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mak%C3%B3wki" title="Makówki">Makówki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melomakarono" title="Melomakarono">Melomakarono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mince_pie" title="Mince pie">Mince pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampushka" title="Pampushka">Pampushka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panettone" title="Panettone">Panettone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavlova_(cake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavlova (cake)">Pavlova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecan_pie" title="Pecan pie">Pecan pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poppy_seed_roll" title="Poppy seed roll">Poppy seed roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pudding" title="Christmas pudding">Pudding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_pie" title="Pumpkin pie">Pumpkin pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurabiya" title="Qurabiya">Qurabiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_velvet_cake" title="Red velvet cake">Red velvet cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stollen" title="Stollen">Stollen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szaloncukor" title="Szaloncukor">Szaloncukor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turr%C3%B3n" title="Turrón">Turrón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log_(cake)" title="Yule log (cake)">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Soup</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Menudo_(soup)" title="Menudo (soup)">Menudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borscht" title="Borscht">Borscht</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Sauces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bread_sauce" title="Bread sauce">Bread sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranberry_sauce" title="Cranberry sauce">Cranberry sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcurrant_sauce" title="Redcurrant sauce">Redcurrant sauce</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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