Schmutzli - Santa’s alter ego
In Switzerland Saint Nicholas is accompanied by Schmutzli - a man in a brown robe and a soot-covered face. He has cast off his evil reputation, no longer the child punisher he once was. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)
In Switzerland Saint Nicholas is accompanied by Schmutzli - a man in a brown robe and a soot-covered face. He has cast off his evil reputation, no longer the child punisher he once was. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)