sentences:  Belsnickel
  
  Belsnickel (also Belschnickel, Belznickle, Belznickel, Pelznikel, Pelznickel, from "pelzen" (or "belzen", German for to wallop or to drub) and "Nickel" being a hypocorism of the given name "Nikolaus") is a crotchety, fur-clad Christmas gift-bringer figure in the folklore of the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany along the Rhine, the Saarland, and the Odenwald area of Baden-Württemberg.The figure is also preserved in Pennsylvania Dutch communities and Brazilian-German communities.