Santa's got more than coal for the naughty kids...

[BOZ]

I could have sworn once that i saw somewhere among the varying legends of St. Nick from various countries something that caught my attention. I thought i saw it somewhrere, but i can't remember where i saw that.

was there a version of the legend somewhere in the world where santa carried a beatin' stick in one hand and a bag of treats in the other? guess what the nice kids get and what the naughty kids get...

 

[jaerdaph]

was there a version of the legend somewhere in the world where santa carried a beatin' stick in one hand and a bag of treats in the other? guess what the nice kids get and what the naughty kids get...

I'm guessing The Caning Santa of Singapore

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

That does sound vaguely familiar. No idea what it's from, though.

 

[Crothian]

Its been ages but I think Germany always had a little darker version of Santa. I may be wrong on that though.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

There's Pedro el Negro and the Krampus. Those are the only ones I'm familiar with.

More on the Krampus.

 

[Roadkill101]

I'm not familiar with the different cultural variations on St. Nick. However, I do recall hearing once or twice as a child, that he also left behind switches for the naughty children in addition to the coal.

 

[werk]

My brother-in-law once got coal for Christmas. That was all, several wrapped boxes of varying sizes filled with coal. I hear he was very bad that year.

He still can't talk about it without getting so mad he has to take a walk.

 

[Crothian]

My dad and older brother got coal one year. They busted through a wall at the farmhouse he grew up in so they could get at the presents. MY grandparents (his parents) gave all the presents to the youngest son that year.

 

[Crothian]

I broke my bat on Johnny's head;
Somebody snitched on me.
I hid a frog in sister's bed;
Somebody snitched on me.
I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug;
I made Tommy eat a bug;
Bought some gum with a penny slug;
Somebody snitched on me.

Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

I put a tack on teacher's chair
somebody snitched on me.
I tied a knot in Susie's hair
somebody snitched on me.
I did a dance on Mommy's plants
climbed a tree and tore my pants
Filled the sugar bowl with ants
somebody snitched on me.

So, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
Mommy and Daddy are mad.
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

I won't be seeing Santa Claus;
Somebody snitched on me.
He won't come visit me because
Somebody snitched on me.
Next year I'll be going straight;
Next year I'll be good, just wait
I'd start now, but it's too late;
Somebody snitched on me.

So you better be good whatever you do
'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you,
You'll get nuttin' for Christmas.

 

[Ranger REG]

was there a version of the legend somewhere in the world where santa carried a beatin' stick in one hand and a bag of treats in the other? guess what the nice kids get and what the naughty kids get...

The masochistic kids get the treat, not the stick.

The sadistic kids get the stick, not the treat.