Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-3125844-20131227211558/@comment-24397663-20140117130241

New-newby wrote: In "twelwe days of Krampus", what we saw was a Krampus, not Santa, and the Koschie was a mythological creature by their own...but yeah, I didn't notice, but you are right, this season show mostly myths... in the other hand, "one night stand" was based on "the little mermaid" so I guess that one is a tale and a myth at the same time The Grimm-Krampus is a mixture of Krampus and "Knecht Ruprecht".

Both are accompanying St. Nick on December 6th in european traditions, though Krampus is a kind of devillish creature that comes in a small group, never alone. While St. Nick fills the shoes of nice kids with small presents and sweets Knecht Ruprecht leaves coal with the naughty ones and punish them with a rod.