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</h2><h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0.2em; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; font-family: Metamorphous !important; color: rgb(218, 68, 68) !important; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img width="600" id="TIE.77645" alt="krampusfest logo.png" class="AOLInlineImage" title="krampusfest logo.png" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 5px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent;" src="cid:AOLP.77645"></h2><h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0.2em; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; font-family: Metamorphous !important; color: rgb(218, 68, 68) !important; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong style="line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4"><font color="#8ae846">Merry—or not-so-</font><font color="#8ae846">merry—Krampus!</font></font></strong></h2>
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<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Metamorphous !important; font-size: 16px !important; color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important;"><font size="3"><strong>Christmas is nearly upon us and, with all its </strong><strong>commercialism, it’s all </strong><strong>too easy to forget </strong></font><br>
<font size="3"><strong>the true meaning of the season. </strong><br>
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<strong>Luckily, a new appreciation of ancient </strong></font><strong style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">traditions that </strong><strong style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">smolder in the dark recesses of holiday revelry </strong><strong style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">continues to rise around the world; those looking </strong><strong style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">for alternatives to the typical jolly festivities of </strong><strong style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">December 25th. </strong><br>
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<strong>Enter KRAMPUSFEST CLEVELAND; </strong><strong>embodying the revived spirit of the </strong><strong>Christmas season!</strong></font></div>
<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0.2em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(218, 68, 68) !important; font-family: Metamorphous !important;"><font color="#8ae846" size="3"><strong>What is Krampusfest CLE?</strong></font></h2>
<div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px; color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important; font-family: Metamorphous !important;"><strong>Utilizing the raw, urban landscape of</strong><strong>the </strong><strong>East 55th and</strong><strong> St. Clair neigh</strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">borhood & arts district, </strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">KRAMPUSFEST CLEVELAND </strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">will be a one night winter celebration centering on the</strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;"> </strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">Krampus legend.</strong><br>
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<strong>KRAMPUS CLEVELAND </strong><strong>will </strong><strong>return </strong><strong>a sense of mythos &</strong><strong> magic </strong><strong>that is </strong><strong>missing </strong><strong>from our </strong><strong>main</strong><strong>stream culture </strong><strong>through Ritual & Art: including </strong><strong>live music & performance, street parade & artisan market - serving authentic German food & spirits by Sterle's Country House.</strong></div>
<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px 0.2em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(218, 68, 68) !important; font-family: Metamorphous !important;"><strong><font size="3"><font color="#8ae846">W</font><span style="color: rgb(138, 232, 70); line-height: 1.3; background-color: initial;">ho is Krampus?</span></font></strong></h2>
<div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px; color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important;"><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">This beast with Germanic roots is</strong><br>
<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">St. Nicholas's other half </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">and </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">scares </strong><br>
<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">children into being nice, not naughty. </strong><br>
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<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">Bearing horns,</strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;"> </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">dark</strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;"> hair,</strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;"> and </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">fangs, </strong><br>
<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">the anti-St. Nicholas comes with a </strong><br>
<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">chain</strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;"> and bells that </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">he lashes </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">about, </strong><br>
<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">along with a bundle of birch </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">sticks </strong><br>
<strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">meant to swat</strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;"> </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">naughty </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">children. </strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">He </strong><br>
<strong><font face="Metamorphous">then hauls the bad kids </font></strong><strong style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;">down to the </strong><br>
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<div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px; color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important; font-family: Metamorphous !important;"><strong>At the beginning of the twenty first century, </strong><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">people </span><span style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;"> are hungry for authentic culture to </span><span style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">which they feel </span><span style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;">connected. At KRAMPUSFEST CLEVELAND, a</span></strong><strong>n</strong><strong> </strong><strong>ancient &</strong><strong> </strong><strong>mythic presence will move throughout</strong><strong> the </strong><strong>space. W</strong><strong><span style="background-color: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">e will gather in a </span>circle<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> around the fire, dancing to a tribal drum and getting in touch with our animalistic side as we honor</span></span></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;"> </strong><strong>our sacred and imaginative experience together.</strong></div>
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<div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px; font-size: 16px !important;"><font size="2" color="#ffffff"><strong>Brandon Stroud</strong></font></div>
<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="2" color="#ffffff"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Founder / Artistic Director</b></span></font></div>
<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="2" color="#ffffff"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><b>KrampusFest Cleveland 2016</b></span></font></div>
<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="2" color="#ffffff"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><b>440.391.1703</b></span></font></div>
<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="2" color="#ffffff"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><b><a href="mailto:Krampusfestcle@gmail.com">Krampusfestcle@gmail.com</a></b></span></font></div>
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<div class="paragraph" style="color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><font><strong>website: <a style="font-family: Metamorphous !important;" target="_blank" href="http://www.krampusfestcle.com">www.krampusfestcle.com</a><br>
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<div class="paragraph" style="color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><b>instagram:</b> krampusfestcle</div>
<div class="paragraph" style="color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><b>twitter: </b>@krampusfestcle</div>
<div class="paragraph" style="color: rgb(227, 16, 16) !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><font><b>facebook:</b> KrampusFest CLE 2016</font></div>
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