Having spent the last few days watching various Christmas specials, I can't help but notice a few things. Most of them tend to be variations on a Christmas Carol, the origin of a tradition, or Santa has a problem.
When they started showing Leprechauns and Santa fighting wizards, they might have tapped out the ideas. But there are other holiday characters, so with the smooth tones of Bruce Campbell as your humble narrator, let's sit back and watch what will sure to be a holiday standard...
A Krampus Christmas!
Now, the Krampus has had a resurgence of popularity in modern pop culture. A German spirit who, depending on which legend you subscribe to, acts as the bad cop to Santa's good cop. A demon prowling the night he delivers whippings to naughty kids or drags the bad ones off to hell.
Of course that was some time ago. Now, the Krampus is sitting alone in his mountain home. Santa's not called him in ages. "Guess no one's naughty anymore" he sadly intones.
That's when he hears the news over the wire. It seems Santa's calling it quiets (again) as the naughty list is too long. This is the chance the Krampus needs! Donning his wicker basket and a bunch of birch branches. The Krampus hopes on a magic goat and starts flying all over the world delivering the gift of fear and ass kickings.
This gets Santa's attention, leading to a confrontation at the North Pole. Slight fight, but in the end Santa agrees to work on the one night of the year he actually does anything. The Krampus tags along this year though as he has many more naughty homes to visit.
So yeah, that's it. Merry Christmas, be safe and all that.
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