Talk:Christkind

Christkindl
Christkindl isn't a small village, it's part of Steyr. Falsely it's often called a village, but actually this is just a marketing concept. It's part of a historical city. --Scml (talk) 20:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Merge Kristkind into this article
Kristkind is just a variant spelling of Christkind, the proper term. Why there are separate articles is beyond me. -- Svenman (talk) 19:57, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I am from south of Germany and never saw the spelling Kristkind before. The proper spelling would be Christkind that's why I also recommend to merge it. The figure described is for sure the same. --84.153.18.141 (talk) 08:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

This article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8405501.stm seems relevant to this article. Sorry I'm not really sure how to edit, or what the guidelines are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.15.21 (talk) 05:46, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

@Svenman Everyone is too lazy to merge it. I'd say the merger would be a good thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.134.157.168 (talk) 20:37, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Date of arrival
It'd be nice, thanks - it's what I came looking for and it's not presently on the page. Not knowing it, I can't add it. --62.58.152.52 (talk) 15:46, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Do NOT merge Ježíšek and Christkind articles
There is a proposition to merge the Ježíšek and Christkind articles. I oppose this proposition. It is sufficient to have links between both articles. Although the traditions are similar, they are two distinctly different figures, with Christkind being an angel-like figure, and Ježíšek having no representation. People looking for Christkind should be directed to the Christkind article, people looking for Ježíšek should be directed to the Ježíšek article, so please leave it as it is now and remove the merger proposition from the article.KathaLu (talk) 06:28, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

differences of where gifts are put
in many parts of south America, the gifts are given under the bed, or on its sides, while the kid is asleep, and I know as it was part of my youth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Verdad1963 (talk • contribs) 04:15, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Alternative to Saint Nicholas
This article mentions that Christkind was promulgated by Protestants who also changed the date of gift giving to Christmas Eve, but it doesn't explain why. The reason is that Protestants opposed veneration of saints, so they adopted Christkind as an alternative to Saint Nicholas, and morphed the tradition of giving gifts on Saint Nicholas Day to giving gifts on Christmas Eve. Nosferattus (talk) 17:36, 9 October 2022 (UTC)