Depictions of Krampusz alongside St. Mikulás in Hungary (Magyaroszag) for December 5th.
Examples of Presents on December 6th for well behaved children from St. Mikulás can typically include fresh fruit, nuts and candies:
Some popular candies/chocolates in Hungary, include Szaloncukor (which can include fillings of coffee cream, rum jelly, marzipan, etc), Balaton (wafer candy), Sport (rum chocolate), Duna Kavics (candy covered peanuts), etc.
Some parents may go a step further to include toys and clothes as gifts. Gifts are delivered on a doorstep usually in a stocking or shoe, but not always. It’ll depend on what parents prefer.
Many Hungarian parents may favor gift giving on St. Mikulás Day (or alternatively/additionally Christmas Eve) over doing so on Christmas Day out of religious respect and tradition.
Szaloncukor is also a popular treat typically hung from the Christmas Tree.
Examples of a “present” from Krampusz on December 5th for the naughty children:
Other presents can include coal and I’ve read someplace that there’s the rare possibility of extremely bad children getting horse shit? I did not ever hear of that from my parents. It sounds extremely traumatic if you ask me.
💕Positivity prime time! Share five things you love about yourself, four things you're excited about, OR three people you care deeply about and why.💕
Awh, this is sweet, thank you!! I don't know which to choose, so I'll just squint and assume that OR in an AND hehe
Five things I love about myself:
My reputation: I know I jokingly complain about it but honestly it's actually really damn cool that wherever I go I seem to be well liked, and known to be trustworthy, kind and respectful. I came a long way.
My style: I just... dress really really cool and fun and awesome actually. And it actually works to get across who I am too, and it grows with me.
My art: I might not make art as much as I used to, but I'm getting back into it and I do actually make stuff that feel me with joy now.
My story: I have done so much and been to so many places. I'd watch a movie about me if I didn't already know how it goes. And there's going to be more to happen too - I cannot wait.
My eyes: It's not too shallow if I'm going with just one physical thing right? I just really love my eyes, they have a wonderful shape and long lashes and while they are blue they are dark enough to be soft... Love my eyes.
Four things I'm excited about:
Leaving my job: I already resigned, I'm doing my one month notice period. My last workday is on the 21st... I can't wait, I have so many plans for after.
Playing music with others: I'm still not on the level, but I'm practicing hard to learn the guitar enough to go to jams or maybe start a bad. I really cannot wait to finally make music with others - that's what I'm learning for.
Moving to Spain: I'm still not sure how I'm gonna do it, I'll probably jump headfirst into it again. I just need to collect a little courage and go. But oh the life waiting for me there!
Seeing my childhood best friend: the day after tomorrow I'll see her for the first time after years!! I have missed her, I really have.
Three people I care deeply about:
My best friend: he has gone through some incredibly difficult times, during which I couldn't even reach him. But he is back, he is well, and he is the same wonderfully kind man that he always was - if not even more so. He was with me through such hardships of my life, and he is to thank for so many magical memories. I hope we have many many years of friendship ahead of us still.
My mom: she struggles so much, but she is so strong always. She maybe doesn't even know how big of a role model she is to me. I wish I knew how to hug her in a way that feels like the coziest blanket and a hot chocolate.
Krampusz: that's my dog, he's a person too. He is so old and has dementia, and is so fragile now, but I look at him and I see all the past 15 years with him by my side. He was with me as I grew up - I was with him as he grew old.
[:hu]Jonathan Green: Drakula – A vámpír átka (2023)[:]
[:hu]Jonathan Green 2015-ben indította el ACE Gamebooks című saját játékkönyv-sorozatát, melyben olyan irodalmi klasszikusokat emelt át a sci-fi és a fantasy világába, mint az Alice Csodaroszágban vagy az Óz, a nagy varázsló. A Chameleon Comixnál 2021-ben megjelent A Krampusz éjszakája után pedig itt a Drakula lapozgatós változata, amelynek érdekessége, hogy akár négy (!) különféle karakter…
mikor a portán végre megtaláltam, s megpróbáltam felrugdosni a két összetolt fotelben, mert kezdték elunni a reménytelen várakozást a túlfűtött teremben izzadó, a vonatkozó repertoárt ötödször is előadó gyerekek. Tavaly józanabbat küldtek, suttogta a portás bácsi, de nem jobb a krampusz sem, fűzte hozzá bizalmasan. Látom, mondom, évek óta ismerem: egy kurva a Flamingóból az idei krampuszunk, csak ezen legyünk túl valahogy. Mindeközben kínkeservvel ébresztgettem, fokozódó nyomatékkal pofozgattam a kajlán félrecsúszott, rendkívüli módon csapzott, egykor hófehér paróka alatt:
keljél már föl, nyomás, pörgés, csapjál a lecsóba, Mikulás!
Amikor magához tért, csak rosszabb lett a helyzet - ilyen fazont még nem láttatok. Beszélt volna, de gombócokban jött neki a slejm fölfelé, nem tudott. Felkelt volna, de kicsúszott a félcipő alóla, nem tudott. Mondom neki, akard, próbáld: intsél, vagy a szemeddel jelezz! Mondom neki, magadnál vagy, meglesz a cucc, fogod bírni, kamerád? Mire üveges, kigúvadt szemekkel, a memóriát túráztatva végigméri önmagát, tekintete azt kérdezi, hogy nézek ki, hol vagyok? Te vagy, bászm, a Télapó. Tapogassál ki a placcra csomagokat osztani. Ittam, rebegi lefolyatva sárgás nyállal a szakállát, két hakni közt egy keveset, és megmondom őszintén, bebasztam, testvérem, alighanem. Ebben, veregettem meg a vállát, senki nem kételkedett, fel kéne viszont most már lassan tényleg lépni, harminc gyerek vár egy órája odafent.”
He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake... 👹#creaturedesign #entenn #drawinganatomyart #krampusz #heresthedevil #darkartoninstagram #darkfantasywip #heknows (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYokyb3qAQn/?utm_medium=tumblr
In my country, St. Nicolas comes on December 6th. The night before, you have to clean your boots, and put them in the window. If you were a good child, they will be filled with chocolate, brought by Santa.
Last year, my flatmates woke to the fact, that all of our boots are filled with chocolate (I did it, but hush). I could keep my facade up until the afternoon, playing I have no idea how the sweets appeared. They almost believed in Santa again.
Today they knew right away who did it. Worth a shot.
Btw, if you are a bad kid, then the Krampus will come for you, or you will get so-called virgács. Literally a bunch of twigs.
Once my parents told me, I’m so mischievous I could get a whole forest. Which some years later I got.
[:hu]Különféle ünnepekhez kapcsolódó antológiákkal több ízben is találkozhattatok már a CineGore oldalán (Holidays, Tales of Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve 2), most pedig a 2015-ben készült A Christmas Horror Story mellé ismét csak egy karácsonyi tematika köré csoportosított rövidfilmekből álló gyűjteményt szeretnénk megosztani veletek. Ebben a több mint két óra hosszú produkcióban huszonnégy (!)…