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I am your host Rebecca Felgate and I love Christmas.
Not long now!
Traditionally, Christmas is a great time of year for Ghost Stories.
The winter solstice, where the nights are at their darkest and the weather has turned….
A classic time for spooks.
Don’t get me wrong, I love to jingles those bells and deck those halls but I am also really
into a classic Christmas spook.
Join me as we talk about the Top 10 Scary Christmas Urban Legends ! Before we get into
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10 - Krampus Woah woah woah…..
I am scripting this video on December 5th and research has just told me that December
5th is Krampus night.
WHAT.
Now I am scared…
Krampus is like the anti santa.
He is a half-goat, half demon …maybe he is a messenger from the devil himself or maybe
he IS lucifer incarnate.
Who knows.
All we know is that legends of the Krampus are rife in Austria, Bavaria, Northern Italy
and Slovenia at Christmas time and that the monster is said to punish kids who misbehave.
How does he punish them?
With a severe beating.
With the worst of the kids, he is said to drown them or send them to hell.
Fun.
As I said, for me…tonight is Krampus night which means that people in North East Europe
will be out celebrating dressed like Krampuses.
The problem with the Krampus parades and celebrations are that often people get too carried away
and actually beat people while they are in character.
9 - Black Peter / Zwarte Piet This has been in the news quite a bit recently
because it is pretty below par these days.
Black Peter is scary to look at but also because he is a racist stereotype.
A lot of people have accused the people of the Netherlands and Belgium where he is particularly
celebrated of perpetuating a racial stereotype.
Blacking up just isn’t cricket.
Other than that, though, Peter is a benevolent fellow who gives candy to good boys and girls
and is a friend of St Nicholas.
A lot of people want to keep Black Peter alive and thriving but others vehemently protest
him.
What do you think?
8 - Farmhand Rupert Ahhh…Farmhand Rupert ….what a terrifying
foe!
Farmhand Rupert is a meanspirited trickster of a man.
Sure we have talked about the naughty list and the nice list but Farmhand Rupert has
a different way of dealing with insolent children.
Part of German Legend, Farmhand Rupert walks around the hood or…err…the country and
asks unsuspecting children if they can pray.
If they can then he gives them a delicious gingerbread gift, but of they cant he gives
them random pieces of junk.
If they refuse, what does he do – he beats them with a bag of ashes.
Thanks for the beating Farmhand Rupert…you gingerbread wielding creep.
7 - The Elf on the Shelf OKAY listen up, on my opinion the Elf on the
shelf is absolutely terrifying!
It has become popular with parents these days to but a gangly looking elf since the book
of the same name came out in 2005.
The book is all about elves who visit kids homes and watch them to determine whether
or not they are naughty or nice.
The book now comes with actually little creepy blue eyed elves you can have in your home
and the product description says that they are santas eyes and ears in the house.
Hello surveillance state of Santa….you are invading my privacy.
A police state is no laughing matter.
The elf on the shelf is like a threat to kids
While we are talking about the Elf on the Shelf….why don’t we talk about the Naughty
list in general at number 6 So urban legend has it that Santa Claus, father
Christmas, pere noel, whatever you want to call him….the legend is that he has a naughty
list and a nice list….which is pretty concerning, not least to mention the he sees you when
you’re sleeping, he knows when you are awake bit.
Those on the nice list are rewarded with gifts and those on the naughty list receive lumps
of coal….coal is something you throw in a fire…which basically seems like a thinly
veiled threat from santa to me.
The whole thing is like a weird mind control thing for kids….
There are allegedly ways to check the naught and nice list, too.
I went on the North Pole Times to check if I was nice, I was….but then I started checking
other names…and …er…well… look.
5 - The Portuguese Ghost Dinner In Portugal people get up early on Christmas
morning and have feast for the dead called Consoda – it is to honour ancestors and
dead relatives.
Families will leave out extra plates and food as offerings for those who have passed.
The offerings appease the dead and ensure good fortune for the household.
If the feast isn’t held for the ghosts and offerings not made….well…it could be a
bad year.
4 - Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn had a bit of a hard life didn’t
she.
Historically speaking she is frowned upon as being kind of a strumpet but in reality
King Henry the 8th was an abhorrent oaf.
Saying that would have got me killed 500 years ago, but that’s the thing about oppression…you
can only silence people while you are alive….
Your legacy speaks for itself when you are dead….
Anyway, poor Anne Boleyn of course ended up being locked in the Tower of London and then
beheaded by her husband.
Life wasn’t always so sad for her, though – she grew up with her sister Mary in Hever
Castle in England.
It is said that every Christmas eve the ghost of Anne Boleyn can be spotted at this very
castle in Kent gliding around the grounds and across the bridge over the river Eden.
3 - The Ghostly Gathering Poland’s beautiful castle, the WAWEL Royal
CASTLE was built high upon Wawel hill in the 1500s.
Old Polish legend says that the within the belly of the hill there is a cave where an
ancient great dragon used to live – although the fearsome beast was defeated - the hill
is shrouded in mystery and magic and is an important spot for the history of the Polish
nation.
It seems that urban legend also has it that in the hill there is a grand chamber and in
that chamber on every Christmas Eve evening all of the former kings of Poland hold a special
ghostly council.
They produce a magical energy that protects Krakow.
2 -Frau Perchta Merry Christmas….
Hurrah….oh look it is the The Organ Witch Fray Perchta.
This nightmare from Germany and Austry appears during the 12 days of Christmas up until the
Epiphany.
She is said to be a direct descendent of the goddess of Nature and she generally lives
in the words all year round outside of the 12 days of Christmas where she enacts judgement
on townsfolk.
It is said that she loves to reward good people, but she has gruesome punishments for the sinful
– she scoops out their internal organs and replaces them with garbage.
Thankkkkkkkks Frau Perchta.
That’ll learn em.
She also issssnt the greatest looker….not that I am judging.
I AM judging the organ scooping though.
That is uncalled for.
1 - Jólakötturinn Beware Jolak-otturinn the nasty killer Christmas
cat!
This aint no household kitty cutie.
No no no.
The Icelandic Yule cat is part of a tradition of new clothes at Christmas.
Good people, children and adults alike are supposed to receive new clothes to wear before
Christmas eve.
If a person receives new clothes, they are hard working.
If they don’t, they are said to be lazy.
The Yule Cat is the pet of a giantess and is said to prowl the snowy countryside and
set upon anyone who has not received new clothes.
The cat will gobble down the unfortunate soul, leaving no trace.
COMMENTS from Nursery Rhyme Dark Origins ApoO said: Hello darkness my old friend....let's
sing your creepy rhymes again.?
Klaymore said: Please do another South African Urban Legends video.
There were so many cool ones not mentioned in part 1, such as the Tokoloshe, Kempton
Park Hospital, Pilgrim's Rest and many many more!?
Oh zoe!
I love zoe….she said: This is pretty creepy, but with Rebecca in the video, I feel safe.
She's so nice?
THAT’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO THINK.
Hannah Lee 88 williams wrote: It's insane that such dark history can be made into a
cheery children's rhymes.
I knew about ring a ring a rosie was about plague but that's it.
You can imagine the people of London with there hammers and chisels trying to see if
there really is kids buried into the walls.
Love the channel love the presenters much love from sunny stoke Rebecca and crew
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