Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-109.204.186.215-20150124224509

What makes people think that Krampus is "anti-santa". See Finnish folklore about the "real" Santa; Joulupukki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joulupukki. From Finnish wikipedia arcticle, roughly translated: Joulupukki wandered from house to house drinking served alcohol adn spooked children. Sometimes Joulupukki gave gifts to nice children and wicker/whip [for spanking] to the naughty children. [end] Also my parents and grand parents remembered to remind me and my siblings about Joulupukki bringing wicker to naughty children if we wouldn't behave near christmas :P.

I also recommend to watch Rare Exports, which is a movie about the more original Joulupukki (ofcourse it's exaggerated... a little ;). imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/)

Although I have to admit that both original Joulupukki and Krampus are very far from "Coca-Cola Santa", what he has become today.

Sources: Wikipedia, I'm Finnish. 