German artist Rita Fürstenau has created a cross-stitch-style Google Doodle to celebrate the edelweiss, the most romantic of Alpine blooms. The common name for Leontopodium nivale, which means lion’s ...

Krampus comes at Christmas time, hairy backed, brown or black, cloven hooves, horns of the goat. You might know him from his appearances on The Office (ala Dwight Schrute) or in the show The League.

NENDAZ, Switzerland (Reuters) - The soft sounds of hundreds of wooden Swiss alpine horns filled the valley below Switzerland's Mount Tracouet on Sunday, as the world's largest festival of its kind ...

The demonic Krampus, considered the opposite of Santa Claus in primarily Alpine folklore, is both feared and celebrated by kids in Austria, Germany, Bavaria and the like during the holiday season.

Krampus, the horned anti-Santa of Alpine folklore, is said to handle the naughty children Santa leaves behind by throwing them in his sack and carrying them off to some unimaginably hellish place.

Christmas arrived early and with a chilling twist as the fearsome figure of Krampus loomed large in York. Inspired by Alpine ...

For most people, the holidays are a time of jolly laughter and good cheer. For others, the spookiness of Halloween extends ...

German artist Rita Fürstenau has created a cross-stitch-style Google Doodle to celebrate the edelweiss, the most romantic of Alpine blooms. The common name for Leontopodium nivale, which means lion’s ...