K.A.C. 2025 - T - 20 Days ... [2002]

   

     Sorry, he's starting without you. Spanning the globe for juvies to go in the sack builds up an appetite! Do yourself a favor and DON'T reach over to his side of the table for a helping ... our boy Krampus isn't much of a sharer!

 

      If you're unfamiliar with this charmer (and I'd find that very hard to believe if you're a longtime reader of this blog!), allow me to introduce you to Krampus, Santa's go-to 'enforcer' for those recalcitrants who were given warnings All Year by their exasperated parents what happens to bad boys and girls this time of the year - Into the Bag, kids!

     For a quick refresher, take a gander at host Dr. Emily Zarka's PBS blog, Monstrum, which gives a nice concise history and a look at vintage Krampus postcards!

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSrajd9D8k

     Amongst all your Christmas cooking and baking, do you have a recipe calling for tomatoes? And do you wonder just WHY they're scarce this time of year? The answer is not what you think - behold the gory glory that is the 'Tomatina' Festival in Buñol, Spain. What began as a food fight among tomato enthusiasts in 1945 became an annual knockdown, drag-out Festival which grew and grew over time until, in 2002, it was recognized as 'Fiesta of International Tourist interest'. During this year, over 120 tons (!) of tomatoes were thrown. As The Odd Truth reported: "In an hour-long frenzy, the small town's central street was transformed into a blur of flying fruit as Spaniards and visitors from around the globe hurled tomatoes and cavorted in the shin-deep pools of puree which give the "Tomatina" its name."

 

      Want to read more from someone at Ground Zero? Then read 'How To Survive La Tomatina Festival, Buñol Spain' below! 

 

 

     https://theflipsidetravels.com/home/2019/6/9/how-to-survive-tomatina#:~:text=In%202002%20the%20festival%20was%20recognized%20as,its%20overwhelming%20success%2C%20and%20for%20good%20reason! 

      And before we leave, here's the answers to yesterday's Kringle's Khristmas Kuties Kwiz!

    - 1. Britney Spears

    - 2. Stephen King

    - 3. Bruce Willis

    - 4. Cameron Diaz

    - 5. Oprah Winfrey

    - 6. Elton John

    - 7. Megan Markle (NOT Jennifer Lopez, as I had her listed originally). Thanks to sharp-eyed contestants Donna and Jennifer - you get to step OUT of Krampus' Switch Line ... of course that means I get to GET in! :( What's that, K? For ME, FRONT OF THE LINE! *sniff* 

 

     Back tomorrow with more (as soon we get all this pureed tomato off - hey, why is Krampus sniffing the air and looking this way? Steady, boy, steady ...).