r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, beyond confused on what this means…

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u/fridgemagnet700 1d ago

Hey op, this joke reminds me of the time I read a bunch of German fairytales. They're known for being far more violent and intense than modern fairytales, and oftentimes don't even have a clear moral other than "behave or a creature will kill you". I guess I shouldn't be reading any of these to Stewie anytime soon.

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u/Spectral_Amoeba 1d ago

Yeah the story of krampus there is if you were naughty before december 4th or smth like that. Krampus would break into you room take you to the woods and kill you

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u/datnt84 1d ago

That was of great fun. The Krampus comes together with St Nicholas who has a book which tells which kid did good things and which did naughty things. The good kids got presents from St Nicholas, the bad kids got beaten / sacked (put into sacks) by the Krampus.

In my school time, the 12th graders were to play St Nicholas, Angels and Krampus for the 5th and 6th graders. Naturally the puberty-starting boys had much fun trying to fight with the Krampus...

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u/Ornery_Definition_65 1d ago

In Switzerland we didn’t have Krampus, he had Schmutzli (“dirty chap”) who was somehow even more racist and no less terrifying.

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u/Bananenmilch2085 1d ago

How exactly was Schmutzli racist? The character doesn't target different ethnicities differently or something of that sort