POTTSVILLE — Unlike Santa Claus, the Belsnickel doesn’t make a list and check it twice to see which kids were naughty or nice. Nor does he give kids a warning that they should not cry or pout, as ...
Victoria Anderson and Elyse Pedri had no problem picturing life behind a wooden desk roughly 20 times older than themselves. Anderson of Shillington and Pedri of Fleetwood, both 11, said they wouldn’t ...
POTTSVILLE — The Belsnickel, a Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas figure, is coming to the Schuylkill County Historical Society. Keith Brintzenhoff, a Pennsylvania Dutch folklorist, will impersonate the ...
(WHTM) — Everybody knows Santa Claus is the most popular Christmas figure, but there is another, more intimidating gift-giver embedded in Pennsylvania Christmas lore who threatened to beat misbehaving ...
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