Terrifying Christmas Legends

Masked and dressed in tattered clothes and furs very much like the alpine christmas bogeymen belsnickel visits children in the early days of december.

Terrifying christmas legends. While christmas is largely known to be a great time for love joy and family that does not entirely entail that it is devoid of horror. He was exiled into the forest where he preyed upon. Legend tells how trap began as a wealthy man but greedy and evil to boot. If you enjoyed this story please share it on social media.

Most families may be. Updated february 20 2020 88 1k views10 items. Some of us though love spooky stories all year round. He comes equipped with a sack of sweets and a whip.

For some time now christmas has been a terrifying holiday masquerading as the most. That of the jolasveinarnir or the yule lads following tradition his 1932 poem poem jolin koma or christmas is coming depicts the yule lads as the offspring of the mountain trolls gryla and lappaluoi their mother gyra was herself especially unpleasant. Here are six of the scarier christmas legends lurking about and they don t come from the north pole. Belsnickel another whipping character from germany that has taken root in the us state of pennsylvania is that of belsnickel.

Hans trapp hans trapp is another anti santa figure from french german border region of alsace lorraine. David wray december 15 2017. Johannes ur kotlum also immortalized another icelandic yuletide legend. Christmas is a time for family love and joy but that doesn t mean horror doesn t have a place in the holiday.

Even more than halloween the time around christmas has traditionally been associated with folkloric creatures of terrifying darkness. However in europe there are certain yuletide traditions that hint at a darker past. You know dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen comet and cupid and donner and blizten but do you recall the most terrifying christmas characters of all. The legend says that trapp was a real man a rich greedy and evil man who worshiped satan and was excommunicated from the catholic church.

For most the christmas season is a time of joy presents and family. 10 christmas and werewolves. While many families will be celebrating the annual visit from st. The ghost s of christmas past present future.

Halloween is behind us and all the scary stories and creepiness is too. 5 little known terrifyingly scary christmas legends. Christmas isn t all jingle bells and jolly old st. Terrifying traditional christmas legends.