In early Dec. there is a two day festival called Krumpas where giant Bayerisch men dress up as demons or haystacks with cowbells on their backs…. The demons have a whip made of braided twigs, and you run around the marienplatz getting chased and whipped by demons. They are “beating the demons out of you” before Christmas. I still jump a little when I hear a cow bell. I also was covered in bruises! Such a good time. Hang out by the gluhwine stands if you don’t want to get hit!