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You better watch out...

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How steadfast are your branches...

An old Wesen legend may be proven true as badly-behaved teens are targeted by Santa. With the clock ticking, can Nick unmask the culprit in time to save the missing kids?

Monroe's first Christmas with Rosalee leads him to find out why she hates the holidays.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Arbitrary Scepticism: Bud and Monroe are pretty startled to find out that Krampus is real, considering they felt the same way once about Nick.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Rosalee turns out to hate the holidays, because her favourite aunt and uncle were killed in a car crash on Christmas Eve when she was seven.
  • From Bad to Worse: Nick and Hank interview Santas near the site of the second abduction. One of the Santas is on parole, and also happens to be Wesen. One thing leads to another, and suddenly Nick and Hank are on TV fighting Santa.
  • Invasion of the Baby Snatchers: The Krampus kidnaps naughty children before Christmas.
  • Pun: Monroe, about clocks.
    Monroe: Gotta get those jobs out before Christmas, because you know, clock repairs need to be timely.
    Rosalee: Is that a clock joke?
    Monroe: Just a very tiny one. Sorry. I heard it second-hand.
    Rosalee: Yikes. I'm leaving before you can think of anymore.
  • Running Gag: Everytime a Wesen is being told that Krampus is real, they react with shock.
  • Two Beings, One Body: Krampus turns out to be an example of this; the human side apparently doesn't even know what he is, only that he blacks out from December 1st to midnight of December 21st every year and never recalls what he was doing during that time.

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