KRAMPUS HAPPY HOUR

PRESENTS

KRAMPUS HAPPY HOUR

 celebrating the folkloric tradition of the demon of xmas

please join us for  spirits & libations 

december 5th

6pm till 9pm

cash bar
ADULTS ONLY~ 21+

live performance by~ 

VIOLET TALEA

 accompanied by

 DARIN on drums.

ON DISPLAY~

RICK CASTRO: MASTERWORKS
25 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE OF S&M PHOTOGRAPHY

Krampus is a beast-like creature from the folklore of Alpine countries thought to punish children during the Christmas season who had misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards well-behaved ones with gifts. Krampus is said to capture particularly naughty children in his sack and carry them away to his lair. In Croatian culture in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzeovina, the tale says that on the night of 5th/6th of December, all the children have to clean up their boots and put them on the window, together with their letter to St. Nicholas. In the morning they will receive a surprise. The good kids get a gift from St. Nicholas and bad kids get gift from Krampus - a wooden stick.

Krampus is represented as a beast-like creature, generally demonic in appearance. The creature has roots in Germanic folklore; however, its influence has spread far beyond German borders. Traditionally young men dress up as the Krampus in Austria, Romania, southern Bavaria, South Tyrol, northern Friuli, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia during the first week of December, particularly on the evening of 5 December (the eve of Saint Nicholas Day on many church calendars), and roam the streets frightening children with rusty chains and bells.