Thursday, December 31, 2009

Something you should know about Austria

If you are in Salzburg around Christmas time, and you hear bells jingling and see antlers from just above the crowd -- don't assume that Santa is coming with his reindeer. It could also be terrifying troll demons coming to say hello to the children.


We're still not exactly sure what was going on, but we were there on Winter Soltice, and our waitress later that night told us that it is tradition for these 'characters' to come and scare away the bad ghosts of the year past for the children. If you are a good child you have nothing to be scared of and you are happy to see these guys. If you are a bad child, they will beat you.


Either way I did not want one of these guys anywhere near me!


2 comments:

Nat said...

Still so jealous of you guys. Looks like a fun time one day maybe.

Nicole said...

So scary! I hated them....it made it worse that I couldn't understand them.