I’ve never really considered myself a fan of Anthony Bourdain, but now that I know he was behind the following short film, I may have to change my mind. Done for a Bourdain Christmas special, but rejected by the network for not projecting the joyful holiday spirit they were looking for, A Krampus Carol is where beloved stop-motion holiday specials meet weird old Northern European Christmas tradition… and win my shrivelled black Christmassy heart.
[...] Dork Forty favorite (as evidenced by last night’s sharing of the Krampus Carol), the Krampus is an old Alpine folk tradition, stemming from the same Norse sources as much of the [...]