Well, I rambled about Krampus and stuff a couple of years ago when I finally got around to doing a krampusy doodle: http://nashoba-hostina.deviantart.c.....?_sid=1c89f52a so, I’ll spare you the usual lecture.

Aaaanyway, earlier this year, it occurred to me that in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Krampus would be the perfect intermediary between Halloweentown and Christmastown, and could carry letters and packages between the two... except on Christmas Eve or Saint Nicholas’ day, where he’d sneak out to scare and punish wicked children.

So, I decided to doodle a Tim Burton-ish Krampus. One horn is peppermint, the other coal, as sort of a naughty/nice metaphor, while his holiday vest is stitched from Christmastown textiles and Halloweentown materials. His sack can carry either packages or the naughty children who he kidnaps away to Halloweentown… likely, both at the same time. However, for the not-so-naughty children, he of course carries a gift of switches. The ribbon tethers around his snow-white reindeer legs and the ornament ball-and-chain are indicative of how the ‘evil’ Krampus is sometimes considered enslaved by the powers of goodness.

Merry Christmas everyone!