In article >, Margaret Suran >
wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > 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.

Is Krampus cute? Would I want to be carried off?

> In the same bag as he carries the coal. Or spanks them with his Rute, a
> bundle of sticks.

Spankings, huh? Hmmmm. Kinky.

> 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.

Knecht Ruprecht's no dummy -- he's sticking close to the goodies!
Prolly would roll Nick in a heartbeat if he thought he could get away
with it.
--
-Barb
State Fair prizewinning jams and jellies for sale at the Burnsville
Senior Citizens Bake Sale, November 19, 2003; 9:00 a.m. -6:00 p.m.
Diamondhead Education Center, Burnsville Parkway & Nicollet Aves,
Burnsville. 952-707-4120