Yeah, temperature and Krampus costumes could be a big factor, outside of aesthetic reasons. I was once assistant to a Cowardly Lion in a production of Wizard of Oz and we definitely had a few near misses/close shaves/etc. with the heat (Alabama is not a great place to be a cowardly lion, much less Florida for a Krampus!). That being said, could they do a shorter shift system perhaps? I remember seeing somewhere that the puppet operators for La Llorona in Hollywood had fifteen minutes on and off because of the weight and effort needed to control those things. I don't know the labor laws in Florida or if that would clash at all with them, but it is an idea.