• Noite_Etion@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Christmas Man! Christmas Man!

    Does whatever a Santa can.

    Brings a gift, any size.

    Laughs aloud when he flies by.

    Look out!

    Here comes the Christmas Man!

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    15 days ago

    Sounds like Christmas lads would bring you shenanigans, cheeky antics and whatnots

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      14 days ago

      They do actually, iirc Iceland has like 13 different trolls (small elves) with each their own personalities and pranks for people. I think they’re also all children of a big ogress who wants to eat misbehaving kids

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      Krampus does not bring gifts. Krampus punishes naughty children, nice children get presents from Saint Nicholas, but that’s usually dec 5/6

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        Yes, it’s true, Befana doesn’t traditionally other much gift selection either (coal & candy).

        But taking away kids is a gift on its own, and things didn’t bring gifts until ppl just started doing so (iirc “father Christmas/baby Jesus” in the pic above didn’t always do that).