People look at Christmas baubles at the Wiener Chritkindlmarkt in front of Vienna's city hall, one of Vienna's most popular Christmas markets, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.

In Austria, police said they also were stepping up security around Vienna’s churches and Christmas markets, apparently responding to the same intelligence about a potential threat.

As clanging chains and pounding metal drums fill the snow-covered streets of Austria, the whispers spread among children, “Watch out, Krampus is about.” Naughty children in the U.S. may dread ...

These processions take place annually in Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary and Slovenia, The London Evening Standard reported. They take place around Christmastime, but the dates vary by location.

An Austria Avalanche Christmas Day mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs buried 10 people, according to the state-run Austrian Press Agency.

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Originally, 10 people were feared missing after the mass of snow, ice, and rocks began falling around 3 p.m. on Christmas Day at the Lech/Zuers free skiing area, the Austrian Press Agency (APA ...

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Ten skiers feared buried in a Christmas Day avalanche in the Alps were all accounted for Monday — miraculously escaping a deadly trap under the sudden snowslide. One man who was partly buried ...

Austro-German folklore has a Christmas villain that may be scarier than Krampus. The villain is a beaked demon-woman who disembowels her victims. Frau Perchta, the "Belly Slitter," sneaks into ...

It is easy to see a connection with the jolly old St. Nick of today. However, few people today know of this connection or the reason for which he is remembered around the world and celebrated in ...