Knecht Ruprecht! The coal sack and so on. Yeah I don’t have those traditions, just know it from association of sayings.

Found the German. ;) I forget though - Krampus or Black Peter did this to the naughty kids on St. Nicholas?

Yet if you guessed bandage, that’s not an actual bandage is it? From the other comments, I’ve learned it’s a ‘plaster’ or adhesive dressing.

In America. Bandaid is not a word outside there, what is it? A brand name?

My wife’s been on HRT for a couple of years, but she’s not interested in Linux, I’ve been using it for 20odd years. Not sure the pattern works. /s