Twitter user @stuart appears to have started the shark discussion by tweeting a screenshot from the Ocearch shark tracker and saying: “sharks are amassing on the east coast.”
They added: “I occasionally log in to check that the nearest Great White is at least 2000 miles away.”
The Twitter user was then shocked to be notified of around 100 sharks very close to the East Coast.
One person replied: “Is this normal? Or could this be a sign of a natural disaster? Or am I overthinking this?”
We took some time to look back in history as to how often newspapers of America and the world talked about Krampus during Christmas..
It was a mixture of mentions, especially tied to St. Nicholas day, and also American reporting on the Austrian tradition.
A few opinion based snippets talked about how harmful Krampus was to the mind of a child and how fear should be left out of the season..
In 1935, an AP news report circulated in various city news rags.. this cutout comes from the Pittsburgh POST-GAZETT on December 25, 1935: The devilish Santa was losing is popularity, fake news of the day reported..
The days of the unpleasant Santa were numbered, the Associated Press reported in 1935–children were so scared they would tremble for days. Authorities condemned him. And his pagan tradition had no place in the season of goodwill, the AP concluded.
Fast forward to today: Krampus has never been more popular..
Krampusnacht. The Feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated in parts of Europe on 6 December.
Some think Halloween is the most paranormal time of the year!!! Tradition tells us, it just begins on Samhain with the ultimate culmination at Christmas..
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On the preceding evening of 5 December, Krampus Night or Krampusnacht, the wicked hairy devil appears on the streets. Sometimes accompanying St. Nicholas and sometimes on his own, Krampus visits homes and businesses.
The paranormal should be kept in the season!!
Beginning around Halloween, the most paranormal time of year evokes memories from ancient times, pagan festivals, and as we know today, Krampusnacht.
St. Nick is the patron saint of kids. Krampus is a force children don’t want to deal with.. with whips and punishments!
The history of Krampus dates back much further than just modern Christianity and movie theater scripts.
The notion of a Christmas demon has been around for some time. And the parables of Christmas showcase how this time of year is a dark and bleak moment before the rebirth and rise of the sun, the solstice where the days begin to lengthen again.. When the ‘son’ is born.
Some believe Krampus is a pagan character who eventually transformed into the modern Christian version of the devil himself. Pagans today celebrate Krampus with runs, modern festivals, and homages to the night air as it descends over the land.
Krampus has been the subject of widespread European attention for centuries. Over the past few years he has regained some official authority as the pagan beast of the holiday season because of his reemergence in pop culture and movies that are named after him.
In some European lure, St. Nicholas and Krampus travel together, judging children as they meet them.
Even when I was a child in Holy Spirit School in Mt. Carmel, we celebrated St. Nicholas day with style: Kids would put their shoes in the hallway until they heard bells, knowing that St. Nick stopped by and gave candy. IF there was coal? ….a whole other story.
So today.. as Krampus looms after nightfall, lock up your house tight and hope you’ll hear the bells of St. Nick instead of the chains of the one..the only…Krampus.
