Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Krampus, the \"Christmas Devil\" of Austrian and Bavarian folklore, has entered the popular culture of North America; Christian Jacobs notes that \"thanks to the Internet and YouTube [Krampus] is now very much on America's Christmas radar\". Tanya Basu interprets this as part of a \"growing movement of anti-Christmas celebrations\": a \"bah, humbug\" rejection of- or novel alternative to- mainstream festivities. Brian Joines of Image Comics suspects that the reason Krampus (specifically, as well as dark aspects of Christmas in general) has not been historically popularized in America is a social artifact resulting from \"the nature of how we view Christmas in this country, both as a big day for kids and as the birth of a big religious figurehead\". In some North American depictions, Krampus is an antihero who seeks to prevent children from becoming spoiled by rampant consumerism flowing from the economics of Christmas.While tangential mentions of Krampus sometimes appear in media related to Christmas, notable instances where the character played a significant role in North American media include:"@en }
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- Krampus_in_North_American_popular_culture abstract "Krampus, the \"Christmas Devil\" of Austrian and Bavarian folklore, has entered the popular culture of North America; Christian Jacobs notes that \"thanks to the Internet and YouTube [Krampus] is now very much on America's Christmas radar\". Tanya Basu interprets this as part of a \"growing movement of anti-Christmas celebrations\": a \"bah, humbug\" rejection of- or novel alternative to- mainstream festivities. Brian Joines of Image Comics suspects that the reason Krampus (specifically, as well as dark aspects of Christmas in general) has not been historically popularized in America is a social artifact resulting from \"the nature of how we view Christmas in this country, both as a big day for kids and as the birth of a big religious figurehead\". In some North American depictions, Krampus is an antihero who seeks to prevent children from becoming spoiled by rampant consumerism flowing from the economics of Christmas.While tangential mentions of Krampus sometimes appear in media related to Christmas, notable instances where the character played a significant role in North American media include:".