Frau Perchta Origin: Alpine folkloreDescription: A witch-likefigure who rewards goodchildren with silver coinsbut punishes the naughtyby slitting their bellies andstuffing them with straw.Story: She appears duringthe 12 days of ChristmasKrampus Origin: Austria, GermanyDescription: A horned, goat-like demon who punishesnaughty children by beatingthem or dragging them to hislair in a sack.Story: Krampus accompaniesSt. Nicholas and appears onDecember 5thJólakötturinn (The YuleCat) Origin: Icelandic folkloreDescription: A gigantic,fearsome black cat.Story: It prowls duringChristmas and eats anyonewho hasn’t received newclothes to wear beforeChristmas Eve.Hans Trapp Origin: Alsatian folklore(France)Description: A dark, Scrooge-like figure dressed in rags.Story: Based on a greedy,cruel man who was cursedand now roams, scaringchildren and sometimeshelping St. Nicholas.Frau Perchta Origin: Alpine folkloreDescription: A witch-likefigure who rewards goodchildren with silver coinsbut punishes the naughtyby slitting their bellies andstuffing them with straw.Story: She appears duringthe 12 days of ChristmasKrampus Origin: Austria, GermanyDescription: A horned, goat-like demon who punishesnaughty children by beatingthem or dragging them to hislair in a sack.Story: Krampus accompaniesSt. Nicholas and appears onDecember 5thJólakötturinn (The YuleCat) Origin: Icelandic folkloreDescription: A gigantic,fearsome black cat.Story: It prowls duringChristmas and eats anyonewho hasn’t received newclothes to wear beforeChristmas Eve.Hans Trapp Origin: Alsatian folklore(France)Description: A dark, Scrooge-like figure dressed in rags.Story: Based on a greedy,cruel man who was cursedand now roams, scaringchildren and sometimeshelping St. Nicholas.

Christmas Monsters - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Frau Perchta Origin: Alpine folklore Description: A witch-like figure who rewards good children with silver coins but punishes the naughty by slitting their bellies and stuffing them with straw. Story: She appears during the 12 days of Christmas
  2. Krampus Origin: Austria, Germany Description: A horned, goat-like demon who punishes naughty children by beating them or dragging them to his lair in a sack. Story: Krampus accompanies St. Nicholas and appears on December 5th
  3. Jólakötturinn (The Yule Cat) Origin: Icelandic folklore Description: A gigantic, fearsome black cat. Story: It prowls during Christmas and eats anyone who hasn’t received new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.
  4. Hans Trapp Origin: Alsatian folklore (France) Description: A dark, Scrooge-like figure dressed in rags. Story: Based on a greedy, cruel man who was cursed and now roams, scaring children and sometimes helping St. Nicholas.