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  2. Kallikantzaros - Wikipedia

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    Additional ways to keep them away included marking one's door with a black cross on Christmas Eve and burning incense. [6] According to legend, any child born during the twelve days of Christmas was in danger of transforming into a kallikantzaros during each Christmas season, starting with adulthood. It was believed that the antidote to prevent ...

  3. Krampus - Wikipedia

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    1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.

  4. Nisse (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    A tomtenisse made of salt dough.A common Scandinavian Christmas decoration, 2004. Modern vision of a nisse, 2007. A nisse (Danish:, Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]), tomte (Swedish: [ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish:) is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable ...

  5. Forget elf on the shelf: how we fell for gnomes in our homes

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    Since Asda released a Christmas advert starring a gang of gnomes, searches for them on the supermarket’s website have shot up by 5,425 per cent. “Once people began listing the gnomes on sites ...

  6. Christmas in Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Christmas (Swedish: jul, IPA: ⓘ) is celebrated throughout December and traditionally until St. Knut's Day on January 13. The main celebration and the exchange of gifts in many families takes place on Christmas Eve, December 24. The Feast of St. Lucy, a high point in the Swedish Christmas season, is celebrated during Advent, on December 13.

  7. Tomtarnas julnatt - Wikipedia

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    In pre-school and at school, the song has become popular, and is often dramatized during the Saint Lucy processions with children dressed up like Christmas gnomes, but the song can also be used as a finger game. During Saint Lucy processions, the Christmas gnomes often do their entrance to this song. The chorus are often heard loudly, because ...

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