Short Summary
Krampus is the anti-Santa of European folklore. While St. Nicholas went from town to town in the Alpine region giving gifts to the good children, his devilish pal Krampus took care of the bad kids by beating them with sticks and, if they were really bad, throwing them in a basket and dragging them to Hell.
While we absolutely do not support child abuse, The Kramplings think today's kids could use a little more of that old-time incentive to clean up their acts, especially around the holidays. That's why we're putting on Breakfast with Krampus, a FREE community event on Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, NY).
Breakfast with Krampus -- which is not intended for ages 16 or younger -- will include a visit with Krampus himself. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to disadvantaged children. If Krampus thinks your offering is worthy, you'll get a breakfast treat. If he's unimpressed, you may get beaten. At the very least you'll be harassed.
Other activities include professional photos with Krampus (for a nominal fee), educational displays on Krampus and other disturbing holiday icons, an alterative arts & crafts fair and bake sale, live performances, and games and crafts. For more information visit breakfastwithkrampus.com.
Again, this is a FREE event. To put this on properly we need donations to cover Krampus costumes, the food and drink, decorations, promotional materials, etc. We cannot do this without your support.
The point of the event is to put on a fun and subversive event for the community, support local artists, gather donations for needy families, and to spread the word about an archaic holiday tradition that frankly deserves a comeback.
What We Need & What You Get
We're looking for $3000. That will go to creating the Krampus costumes (we're going to need more than one to do this properly, and they aren't cheap to make), buying all of the breakfast items that people will eat/drink (donuts, bagels, muffins and juice/coffee/cocoa for several hundred people), decorations (we need to recreate the flames of Hell here, people), materials for crafts (make your birchen beating rod!), a promotional budget, and although the space is being donated, we want to make sure to support our wonderful host venue, MuCCC.
But supporters of Breakfast with Krampus will get a little something for themselves. We have several levels of perks, including:
-Your name added to Krampus's official Naughty List on breakfastwithkrampus.com ($5 level)
-Breakfast with Krampus buttons ($10 level)
-Team Krampus t-shirts ($25 level)
-Personalized threatening videos from Krampus himself ($150 level)
-And if you're really serious about Krampus, you can get one of our Krampus costumes all to yourself ($3000 level)
If we don't fully meet our funding goal, the money raised will go to paying for our "hardest" costs, the costumes and the breakfast items. Kind of hard to do Breakfast with Krampus without either breakfast or Krampus...
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can't contribute financially to Breakfast with Krampus, you can still support the cause. If you live in the Rochester, NY, area, we are looking for more volunteers to join the Kramplings. But more important than that, you can help spread the word by sharing this campaign via Indiegogo's share tools, or by posting about the project on social media. Send people to breakfastwithkrampus.com, follow us on Twitter at @Krampus2013, or Like us at Facebook.com/BreakfastWithKrampus.
