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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Dangerous Dan’s grandson died one year prior.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiolgy: [[spoiler: Molly apparently gets pregnant minutes after conception. It’s unclear whether supernatural forces were behind it, but it can take up to six days for a fertilized egg to form and at least three days for a fertilized egg to make itself at home in the uterus.]]

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* ArtisticLicenseBiolgy: ArtisticLicenseBiology: [[spoiler: Molly apparently gets pregnant minutes after conception. It’s unclear whether supernatural forces were behind it, but it can take up to six days for a fertilized egg to form and at least three days for a fertilized egg to make itself at home in the uterus.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseBiolgy: [[spoiler: Molly apparently gets pregnant minutes after conception. It’s unclear whether supernatural forces were behind it, but it can take up to six days for a fertilized egg to form and at least three days for a fertilized egg to make itself at home in the uterus.]]
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: The schools ghost, Grace, died from a botched abortion performed by nuns.]]

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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: Averted. The schools ghost, Grace, died from a botched abortion performed by nuns.]]
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* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: The Krampus beast that was hunting Caprice and her family was Aunt Edda’s transformed butler Gerhardt.]]
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* RoadTripPlot: Caprice and her parents and brother drive out of town to visit her Aunt Edda. It’s also a ploT point when they dive home sooner than planned.

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* RoadTripPlot: Caprice and her parents and brother drive out of town to visit her Aunt Edda. It’s also a ploT plot point when they dive home sooner than planned.



* [[ShellShockedVeteran Shell Shocked Policeman]]: Scott was employed as a police officer, but after finding some dead teens in the school basement one year prior left him so traumatized he had to take time off from the force.

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* [[ShellShockedVeteran Shell Shocked Policeman]]: Scott was employed as a police officer, but after finding some dead teens in the school basement one year prior left him so traumatized he had to take time off from the force.
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* [[ShellShockedVeteran Shell Shocked Policeman]]: Scott was employed as a police officer, but after finding some dead teens in the school basement one year prior left him so traumatized he had to take time off from the force.
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* HumanoidAbomination: The Krampus.

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* HumanoidAbomination: The Krampus. Also overlaps with HornedHumanoid.
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* RoadTripPlot: Caprice and her parents and brother drive out of town to visit her Aunt Edda. It’s also a ploT point when they dive home sooner than planned.
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* LockedInARoom: Dylan, Ben, and Molly are trapped in their schools basement.
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* RightThroughHisPants: [[spoiler: Played with. Molly and Ben are clothed when they conceive their child, but the scene clearly shows Molly unzipping Ben’s jeans.]]
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: And how!
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* CreditsGag: According to the credits, “No elves were harmed during the making of this film.”
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* LockedAwayInAMonastery: Bailey Downs’ high school used to be a convent.
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* ChangelingTale: [[spoiler: Will is replaced by a changeling.]]
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler: Molly, possessed by Grace, does this to Ben. Neither of them consented to the act.]]
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* {{Narrator}}: Local radio personality Dangerous Dan is this for the events at the mall.
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* AncientArtifact: Caprice thinks that a broken Krampus statue is this. [[spoiler: averted when Aunt Edda states that it was a cheap trinket she picked up at a yard sale and held no power.]]

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* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Molly gets pregnant by Ben, and that’s why the ghosts let her leave the school alive.]]

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* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Molly gets pregnant by Ben, and that’s why the ghosts let her leave the school alive.]]]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Will exhibits some of this after going missing in the woods. [[spoiler: averted because it was a changeling and not really Will.]] Duncan is also implied to be a budding psychopath, based on Caprice’s testimony.
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* SharedUniverse: Exists in the same universe as Film/GingerSnaps.
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* MaidenAunt: Aunt Edda never married or had kids. She’s also [[UncleMoneybags stinking rich.]]

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* MaidenAunt: Aunt Edda never married or had kids. She’s also [[UncleMoneybags [[UnclePennybags stinking rich.]]
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* MaidenAunt: Aunt Edda never married or had kids.

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* MaidenAunt: Aunt Edda never married or had kids. She’s also [[UncleMoneybags stinking rich.]]
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* MaidenAunt: Aunt Edda never married or had kids.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Caprice's mother sacrifices herself to save her]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The Krampus

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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Molly and Caprice survive while their friends and family members don’t.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: The schools ghost, Grace, died from a botched abortion performed by nuns.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Caprice's mother Diane sacrifices herself to save her]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: The KrampusKrampus.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: Scott and Kim have one son, Will.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Molly gets pregnant by Ben, and that’s why the ghosts let her leave the school alive.]]
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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan. It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release. The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner as a radio DJ.

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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan. It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release. The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner Creator/WilliamShatner as a radio DJ.



* DeathOfAChild: Will is kidnapped in the forest [[spoiler: But later rescued alive and well. Duncan is the first victim of the Krampus however and doesn't come back.]]

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* DeathOfAChild: Will is kidnapped in the forest [[spoiler: But later rescued alive and well. Duncan is the first victim of the Krampus TheKrampus however and doesn't come back.]]
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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan. It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release. The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner as a radio DJ.

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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan. It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release. The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner as a radio DJ.DJ.

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!!Jolly Xmas Tropes present in this movie:

* AdultFear: Scott and Kim's son, Will, wanders off in the forest and is lost.
* BadSanta: Justified, as he does what he has to do to save himself from the zombie elves.... [[spoiler:until it's revealed he's just a Mall Santa gone mad and the Zombie Elves he killed are innocent employees and customers.]]
* DeathOfAChild: Will is kidnapped in the forest [[spoiler: But later rescued alive and well. Duncan is the first victim of the Krampus however and doesn't come back.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Caprice's mother sacrifices herself to save her]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The Krampus
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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan.[1] It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release.[2] The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner as a radio DJ.

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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan.[1] It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release.[2] release. The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner as a radio DJ.
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A Christmas Horror Story is a 2015 anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan.[1] It premiered on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2015, along with a VOD release.[2] The film is a series of interwoven stories tied together by a framework story featuring William Shatner as a radio DJ.

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