Santa sends Krampus on a mission to be a hero.

SYNOPSIS:

KRAMPUS SAVES CHRISTMAS

During a Christmas party held by the Link family when a group of criminals led by Isaac Bleak take them hostage the matriarch Nathen Link had spent his life helping his community improve and the party has donations to be donated to various charities across the nation, and during the party Santa Claus sees this and contacts the North Pole and decides to send Krampus after them to save them as redemption. Krampus accepts but must wear a magic collar to ensure he won’t escape and won’t come off until he upholds his end of the deal. Krampus arrives and begins saving the hostages taking out a few of the criminals and soon finds out what Bleak is up to: years ago, Link had his convicted of illegal gun running and drug dealing and met up with other criminals Link had prosecuted and they want the money as a composition for their imprisonment. Bleak and his men assume it’s someone in a monster costume and they try to find him.

When one of the kids Nancy slips away and runs into Krampus he admits his history that years ago he was one of Santa’s helpers but after becoming disillusioned by the bad people he began punishing them but when Santa decided he was going to far tried to stop him and when Krampus was about to use a magic mirror to turn them into Monsters but Santa and his elves got in the way and stopped the spell turned on him permanently turning him into a monster and still gained the power to punish naughty kids, until Santa and the elves captured him, and imprisoned him. But sent him on this mission to prove there is still good in him.

Encouraged by Nancy to help them, Krampus manages to defeat the final group of criminals and Bleak kidnaps Nancy to escape and Krampus pursues, and catches up to them, still not believing what he is Bleak and Krampus fight that ends with Krampus killing him but is wounded. Santa arrives and saves him, revealing the collar had no magic and was just to help Krampus fine his inner goodness. Santa and Krampus reconcile, and Santa goes on his nightly ride while Krampus renounces his violent ways and scares kids into being good and goes after criminals.