# 648. What Can a German Holiday Folktale Teach Us About Ruling by Fear?

An episode of [The Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast for Families](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520102889), 9 Dec 2025, 17 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tuttletwins/TTPodcast_127_Epxxx.mp3?dest-id=1990313

The story of the German creature Krampus shows us that true justice should not frighten; fair laws encourage good behavior without fear or force.

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