Horny with a 13 inch tongue, back again

It's a special day, dear reader!

From this very blog back in 2013:

Allegedly experiencing a bit of a revival in popularity "as a reaction against a holiday that has become increasingly anodyne, child-centric and commercialised, and [in] an attempt to re-engage with a darker, pagan tradition", according to The Guardian, every Yuletide Krampus - the ancient goat-demon from Germany; the "anti-Santa" - appears armed with a rusty chain to beat naughty children and a sack to cart them off to the underworld.

There is also an annual Krampuslauf - or Krampus run - in which drunken men dressed as devils parade through the streets frightening everyone.

And from 2015:

...across Germanic and middle European lands it is Krampusnacht - the night the demon spirit Krampus comes to punish all naughty boys! [And girls, apparently.]

I am preparing my horn-headed outfit as we speak, replete with chains, lumps of coal and birch twigs.

'Tis the loveliest time of the year, indeed. And here's a special song about it, courtesy of a "performance artist" called Actually; actually...

Actually - Krampus Redux

He will hit you with his sticks
and lick you with his tongue...
13 inches long.

Slurp.

Happy Krampusnacht, dear reader!

Try not to wear out your birch twings, or indeed, your tongue.