Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article >, Margaret Suran >

> > And don't forget, December 6th is St. Nikolaus Day, with possible treats
> > left by him for the good guys.
>
> A truckload of tomato juice could imply a trainload of Stoli or Absolut.
> "-)
>
> I suppose St. Nick is going to leave a switch and a lump of coal for the
> others of us.
> --
> -Barb

I can't believe you typed this. St. Nikolaus only leaves good things,
even if he may skip a bad person. He brings candy, tangerines and
walnuts in the shell.

The Krampus leaves the lumps of coal. Or carries off the bad person.
In the same bag as he carries the coal. Or spanks them with his Rute, a
bundle of sticks.

Stephanie Schultz, one of our rfc readers, but not posters, wrote to me
and told me that instead of a Krampus, a Knecht Ruprecht came to where
she lived in Germany as a little girl. He hit the bad ones with a
switch, but also helped St. Nikolaus to carry his heavy bag of goodies.