Spellbound Stitchery Merry Krampus Needlepoint Canvas

This hand painted needlepoint canvas by Spellbound Stitchery features Krampus a horned, anthropomorphic figure in Central and Eastern Alpine folklore. During the Christmas season, Krampus scares children who have misbehaved. Assisting Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, the pair visit children on the night of December 5th, with Saint Nicholas rewarding the well-behaved children with modest gifts such as oranges, dried fruit, walnuts and chocolate, while the badly behaved ones only receive punishment from Krampus with birch rods.