Man dressed as a modern Belsnickel in his travel attire on his way to scare children in the schools in Norwich, New York. December 2012.
Belsnickel (also known as Belschnickel, Belznickle, Belznickel, Pelznikel, Pelznickel, Bell Sniggle[1]) is a crotchety, fur-clad Christmas gift-bringer figure in the folklore of the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany along the Rhine, the Saarland, and the Odenwald area of Baden-Württemberg. The figure is also preserved in Pennsylvania Dutch communities[2] and Brazilian-German communities.[3]
^Adams, Thomas (21 December 1854). "Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah, War - War". Daily Illinois State Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^Castro, Álisson (January 2015). "Percursos de personagens natalinos da Europa para a América: entre familiaridade e estranhamento [Routes of christmas Characters from Europe to America: between familiarity and strangeness]". Métis.
Belsnickel (also known as Belschnickel, Belznickle, Belznickel, Pelznikel, Pelznickel, Bell Sniggle) is a crotchety, fur-clad Christmas gift-bringer figure...
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Austria; Bartel in Styria; Pelzebock; Befana; Pelznickel; Belzeniggl; Belsnickel in the Palatinate (and also Pennsylvania, due to Pennsylvania Dutch influence);...
in history, as Russell "Firefist" Collins in Deadpool 2 (2018), and as Belsnickel in The Christmas Chronicles 2. In 2021, Dennison played Josh Valentine...
Alraune and Irrwurz.[citation needed] Popular folklore includes Krampus, Belsnickel, and Knecht Ruprecht, a rough companion to Santa Claus; the Lutzelfrau...
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protests. Dwight, who dresses up as Belsnickel, has one of the warehouse workers, Nate, dress up as Belsnickel's assistant, Zwarte Piet, before the office...
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or Christkindel are diminutive versions of Christkind. Christkind and Belsnickel are also found among communities of Volga German descent in Argentina...
Ruprecht, Rubbels, Hanstrapp, Little Babushka, Pelzebock, Klaubauf, and Belsnickel. These companions of Saint Nicholas are often depicted as a group of closely...
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are divided into two camps, with one faction of "naughty elves" led by Belsnickel, who plots to overthrow Santa. Valentine D'Arcy Sheldon's children's picture...
jackal and a coyote. They appear in The Christmas Chronicles 2 where Belsnickel created them through an unknown method so that they would pull his sleigh...
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family dog is named Knecht Ruprecht rather than Santa's Little Helper. Belsnickel Zwarte Piet Krampus Tom A. Jerman. Santa Claus Worldwide: A History of...
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