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.

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.

Long before Dr. Seuss gave us the Grinch, the people of Europe's Alpine region created the original "mean one" of the Christmas season—Krampus. Cuddly as a cactus, charming as an eel, the hairy, scary ...

Have you been naughty or nice this year? Either way, the legendary Christmas demon returned to Asbury Park this weekend. Krampus — a mythical monster from Alpine folklore, with a long pointed tongue ...