Irish and Scottish Goddess of the winter has power over storms and wild snow. She is representative of the later stage of life and the power of nature.

La Befana is an Italian folk character of unclear origin who, like Santa, brings toys to good children. To bad children she gives cinders and garlic!

​Germanic Goddess who in winter leads the wild men through town to scare evil spirits. She will give gold to the good, or cut open the bad!

Todd and Margo plan to ruin the holiday plans of the Griswolds and fail miserably.

Children so bad that Gryla decided to keep them! They harass the household during Yule stealing, licking, spying, and generally annoying. 

Designed by victorian postcard makers in the 1890s, lady Krampus is sexy, has a whip, and steals bad men to put in her basket.

A rude fur-clad present bringiner from German mythology who is kind of a "drunk uncle" version of Santa.

A Bulgarian tradition where dancers dress as monsters to scare away the evil spirits from a village.

The Mothman is a winged humanoid seen most often in West Virginia. A 10 foot creature with red glowing eyes, some believe the Mothman is a sign of bad luck or disasters, including the Point Pleasant bridge collapse just before Christmas of 1966. However, some feel Mothman is a warning of impending disaster--Mothman loves you and wants to help you out!

The original wild men who would roam the German night with Perchta, over time they began working with St. Nick as the bad-cop to his good-cop.

The haunted horse skull that wanders the Welsh countryside challenging people to word battles to win whiskey and treats. If she likes you she follows you about.

Another of Gryla's minions, the Yule Cat is a huge and vicious cat that roams the countryside eating people who did not get new clothes for the holiday.

Harry Lyme and Marv Murchins are a pair of burglars who are featured in Home Alone (1992)

Slavic folk witch who roams the forest in her chicken leg hut and either saves you, or takes you and uses you for spell parts.

Widely reported in colder regions around the world, this Big Foot like creature leaves mysterious footprints for mountain climbers to find and steals your sheep.

From northern lands folklore, the Deer Mother is a hero to the animals. During a very hard winter she traveled south and was able to bring back the sun goddess to save the forest.

Hated 1957 character that steals Christmas from the children of Whoville-- along with  his pet dog Max.

Giantess living in the icelandic mountains that will eat children in the winter-- along with her nasty band of elves called the Yule Lads.

Elf on the shelf began as a dystopian nightmare to scare children into behaving... and still is. It sits and watches you and reports on your negative behavior to the big Santa.

A Russian tale which includes a queen seeking eternal winter and her plan to dominate the world with ice.

From the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Scrooge is a rich and miserly man who is visited by the sprits of Christmas Past, Present and Future-- each scaring him into changing his ways.