It’s Krampusnacht!
This is appropriate in my household, for a couple of reasons. OK, one reason.
- We are having our new fancy adjustable bed moved in!
- This meant that we had to clear a path from the driveway door to our bedroom. Our house is a bit twisty on the inside, so I had to wonder how we got our current bed in here, almost 25 years ago, when I was the mover.
- We are a little concerned about our very own Krampus, the evil cat. She’s going to be locked in the basement all morning, because with strangers going in and out, we don’t know what wicked chaos she will unleash.
- I got a bit distracted, because when we lifted the mattress off our box frame — which was genuinely a box, the interior walled off top, bottom, and on three sides, I discovered the most amazingly elaborate cobweb filling the interior space. I’m impressed. It could not have been a rich hunting ground, but somehow this pholcid, or generations of pholcids, made it a comfortable and fancy home.
The movers are at the door! I’d better show them the way.



At least it’s not Zwarte Piet.
BTW, the funniest depiction of Krampus was from The Venture Bros.:
https://youtu.be/MPCH8H0i20M?si=BWp3lzEvgogdaaRw