According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, belsnickling (also called pelsing) involved people dressed like Belsnickel going from house to house and having people guess who they were. For their ...

The 53rd der Belsnickel Craft Show began Friday morning at the New Ridge Fellowship North Campus. It's located at 30-65 Charlotte St. in New Hanover Township. Dozens of vendors are on hand selling ...

Dec. 12—The Belsnickel — wearing furs, smeared in soot and waving a bundle of birch switches — visited children in the schoolhouse during Christmas on the Farm in Kutztown on Saturday ...

I'm telling you why. Belsnickel is coming to town! Belsnickel? What's a belsnickel? The Belsnickel is a Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas character that dressed in furs, wore bells, brought treats for ...