Where did you first hear of Krampus?

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I think it was the Grimm episode for me.

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Something Positive webcomic about 13 years ago.

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I believe it was Johnny LA that posted about it a couple of years ago and I then googled it. After that I had lots of Krampus ads from Amazon. It was spooky!

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I read about it a few weeks ago in a thread right here on the SDMB: Ever receive NOTHING for Christmas as a child?. The post is 5 years old, but I don’t remember seeing it until the latest resurrection of the thread about 3 weeks ago.

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As a teen, from friends.

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I saw a cartoon on Facebook last night - that’s the first I heard of it.

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I wrote a review for a book of old German Christmas postcards about it a few years ago.

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I read about Krampus 'way back when I was a kid, reading about Christmas customs around the world.

Here in Salem, MA last weekend I saw two people dressed as Krampus. One was in a furry suit, with cloven hooves and with a (plastic) baby in a cauldron slung over its shoulder. It was talking with two kids who didn’t seem, sat all scared.

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I think it was in the computer game Terraria. There’s an enemy called Krampus during the Frost Moon event.

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I learned about the Krampus when I was trying to find a movie I’d seen Adam Scott in on IMDB, and saw “Krampus” listed as an upcoming project. That guy makes weird choices on which movies he’s in.

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I think I first saw images of him in Monte Beauchamp’s Blab magazine.

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German class, 1984. Also heard about Knecht Ruprecht at the same time.

Those Germans, they know how to keep kids in line.

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Back in the 1970s, in a book of Folklore.

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First heard of Krampus on the 2013 Christmas episode of the NBC supernatural drama Grimm.

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Yep – this is the one.

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The first time I’m aware of being exposed to Krampus was in Season 3 of Supernatural, episode 8, “A Very Supernatural Christmas” in 2007.

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I had never heard the word until a commercial for Conan O’brien’s show last night

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Rare Exports.

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For me it was either that or the Krampus episode of the league. Although I think I was aware of “Evil Santa” well before that, just not the name.

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The Office final season had Krampus featured when Dwight got to plan the Christmas party.