Lifting the veil on Schmutzli
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)
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