Dec. 19, 2025

The Naughty Claus: Killer Santa Christmas Horror Story

The Naughty Claus: Killer Santa Christmas Horror Story
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It’s Christmas Eve, the lights are bright, the carols are fake, and something wrong is crawling down the chimney of a normal night. In this Weekly Spooky Christmas horror story, Allison just wants to survive the holidays long enough to buy a last-minute gift… but a filthy, broken “Santa” has other plans — and he’s working off a Naughty List that doesn’t forgive and doesn’t forget.Inside this episode:

  • A big-box store nightmare where the doors feel like they’ve locked themselves
  • A killer Santa with an agenda, a grin, and a hunger for punishment
  • A brief, brutal alliance with a stranger who might be the only thing standing between Allison and the sleigh bells from hell
Expect mature themes, dark humor, and a holiday rampage that turns “season of giving” into season of taking. Hit play, my spookies — and remember: sometimes the worst monsters wear the most familiar costumes.

The Naughty Claus — by Bruce Haney

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Boots thud on the roof, a laugh slides down the vents,

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and somewhere in the aisles, a filthy Santa is whispering

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names like prayers or sentences. Allison came for one last gift,

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and she's about to learn what the naughty list really means.

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How did you get in here? Oh? What's that? You

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want to be scared? Come with me? This is Weekly Spooky. Hello,

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my Spooky is I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto.

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And yes it is Friday and you've already had the

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cutting deep into horror episode. But I'm here with something

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extra for you to unwrap, a brand new scary tale

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of Christmas chaos from our very own Bruce Haney. It

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will chill your veins and then warm your heart. But

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before we get to that, I want to say thank

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you all so much. As we head into Christmas time,

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so much fun has been had, so much fear has

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been shared, and I'm just honored to be a part

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of your holiday season. I hope these shows are helping

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you along as you wrap gifts, shop, work long hours,

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or travel to see your family. Make sure you're subscribed,

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because we don't stop with the Christmas content until our

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final show on Christmas Eve, and even then nothing truly stops.

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We have a lot planned for New Year's as well,

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dot com slash Join. But now, as for tonight, what

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if the naughty List isn't a joke, not a cute threat,

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not a wink and a warning. What if it's a

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real ledger kept by something that doesn't for give, doesn't forget,

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and only comes out when the world is covered in

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snow and pretending everything is warm. On Christmas Eve, one

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store stays open late, and the parking lot lights turn

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the falling flakes into static. The bells you hear aren't decorations,

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The footsteps on the roof aren't the tiny reindeer you're expecting.

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And sometimes the Santa in the corner of your eye

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is too tall, too still and smiling because he already

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knows your name. And if You've been good for goodness sake,

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So lock your doors, keep your receipt, and don't look

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back down the aisle, because tonight's tail isn't about Santa,

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It's about the naughty. The Naughty Claws by Bruce Haney.

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He scrounged through the trash looking for something to eat,

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but as usual, the dumpster was only filled with toys

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that didn't make the grade. He shoved a few in

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his bag, thinking they might be useful. If not, he

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could at least burn them for warmth. He also found

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a red hat with white fur around the brim. It

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was a bit worse for wear, but it made him

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smile as it got him one step closer to a

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full Santa suit. Under the hat was something that really

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excited him and got his evil brain coming up with

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all sorts of ideas. It was a thick book that

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read two thousand and thirteen Naughty List, Area four nine two.

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He quickly shoved it in his bag, no longer thinking

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about food. Yes, he had a plan, something evil with

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the decade old book, something that would truly upset the

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jolly old fat Man. He was interrupted by a crunching

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sound in the packed snow followed by dragging. He knew

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from years of living out in the elements what that

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sound was. He turned around and looked at the little

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guy dragging the large sack. He tried to run, but

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wasn't fast enough, and in a few seconds the elf

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was caught and then torn in two. I guess I

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will be eating tonight. He threw the broken and mangled

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body of the poor elf into his bag and then

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searched through the contents of the sack that he had

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been carrying. Inside he found a worn out pair of

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the fat man's trousers. This made him smile. He now

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had a full Santa suit, a naughty list, and all

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the things he needed to ruin Santa's good name. His

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smile widened when he found the half bottle of barbecue sauce.

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Barbecue l what a treat. It was Christmas Eve and

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Allison was struggling to decide if she should pick up

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her keys or a razor blade. She had been promising

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herself all year that she would finally go through with it.

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It wasn't like she was that far in life. She

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was only twenty four, and deep down she knew she

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could turn things around. But these were supposed to be

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the good years, right, Life surely is supposed to suck

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the worst at the end, when our bodies fall apart

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and our hearts explode. No wonder I have no friends,

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she thought. All my thoughts are depressing. Why would anyone

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want to hang out with me? But then there was Sarah,

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her aunt, the one person in her family she still

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talked to, the one person she thought would care if

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she made the razor blade choice instead of the key choice.

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Alison grabbed her keys. She was going to go see

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her aunt like she had for the last few Christmas Eves.

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But first she would need to find a store, as

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she had neglected to buy her aunt a Christmas gift. Yet.

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She climbed into her Ford Focus hatchback and drove around.

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Everything is closed, she muttered as she passed another dark

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department store. The first business she saw open was a

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Chinese restaurant. She knew an order of sweet and sour

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chicken was not a Christmas gift, but she figured possibly

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she could get a gift card. Did her aunt even

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like Chinese food? Everybody likes Chinese food? Right? But as

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she pulled in, the lights turned off, followed by the

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open sign Alison looked at the clock on her radio

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eight pm. Fuck is every business Christian owned in this town?

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Alison pulled out her phone and googled atheist businesses. She

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wasn't exactly anti Christian, but like to believe there was

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no God. She heard that things were bad in the

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afterlife for those who kill themselves in that particular religion.

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The search engine's AI overview got its wires crossed. It

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listed Chick fil A as one. She deleted her search

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and replaced it with what's open near me and scrolled

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past the AI overview to find a list of a

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few open places. One was a cigar shop, one was

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a strip joint, and then finally she found something useful,

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Jonathan's Discount Store. She had never been there before and

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it didn't sound too promising. She thought, maybe I could

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build a snack bag or something. What were her aunt's

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favorite snacks. God, I am awful, she thought, the one

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person that cared about me, and I don't even know

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if she's a Reese's Lady or a Snicker's goal. She

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thought about driving home and giving up. Maybe the razor

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blade was the correct choice after all. When she pulled

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into the parking lot, she saw that yes, indeed, the

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store was open, and there were many just like her

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who had put their shopping off to the last minute.

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She took the second to last open space in the

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parking lot and then made her way in. This was

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not an atheist's store. Out front, on one side of

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the door was a giant inflatable Santa, and on the

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other side was an even larger inflatable Jesus on the cross.

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That's wild, she said to herself as she walked past

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them and into the store. Moments later, a large thud

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was heard on the roof above her. Maybe it's Santa Claus.

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A young clerk who was sweeping up said, I'm sure

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Santa can land his sleigh a little softer than that.

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An old man with a baseball hat that declared old

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Guy's rule on it added unless he was drunk. An

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obviously intoxicated guy in a Christmas sweater said. Something caught

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her eye about the clerk, so she looked back and

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noticed his name tag, which read Reuben. But what she

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saw under his black smock that read Jonathan's Discounts was

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what got her attention. He was wearing a Harley po shirt.

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She didn't think anyone was cool enough in this town

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to know about her favorite folk punk, depressive horror band.

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He also sported a spiked barbell through the cartilage of

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his right ear. Cool share, she said, and continued her

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mission to find something anything for her aunt. Up on

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the rooftop, the dingy, red suited fake Santa got out

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of a beaten up old sleigh. As he walked by it,

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he pet one of the three formerly retired reindeer that

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led his sleigh. The tired animals looked well past their

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prime with their gray fur and worn down antlers. The

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fact that they were able to move the giant man

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was impressive, as he was seven feet tall and well

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over four hundred pounds. The giant Man turned around and

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walked back to the sleigh. He almost forgot his bag.

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Much like his outfit and sleigh, it was worse for wear.

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One might call them hand me downs from the big

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Man himself, but it wasn't exactly true. He had to

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scrounge for everything he had after being unceremoniously kicked out

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after he suggested that they start taking the NAUGHTI list

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more seriously. You ready to do your part, he asked

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the elf who still sat on the sleigh. Yes, Surrey,

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naughty Claus. In the store, Allison was struggling to find

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something for her aunt. She stared at the wine and

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knew her aunt was a connoisseur and that she had

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no idea what she liked. She didn't know if Pinot

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noir fans also drank Merlowe's or vice versa. What else

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did she know about her aunt? She was completely blanking.

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Whenever they hung out, they mostly talked about her. Ugh,

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why am I so self centered? She knows everything about me,

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but I know nothing about her. I suck. Excuse me,

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a man said, snapping her out of her self deprecating thoughts.

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She looked over at the man, who was in his

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mid forties. He wore an ugly Christmas sweater that said

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just looking for a little hoe Ho ho, I said,

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excuse me, the obviously drunk man repeated. Alison stepped out

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of his way and continued down the aisle. Hey, he said.

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As she walked away. Alison turned around. He held up

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a couple of bottles. Want a party? No, I'm trying

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to cut down on going home with strangers that I

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meet at discount department stores on the eve of Our

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Lord's birthday. She followed that up with the one finger salute.

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He had no response, but she heard a laugh from

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behind him. It was Reuben, the worker with the Harley

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Pose shirt hidden under his smock. Allison smiled at him,

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and he smiled back. In the back storage area, Naughty

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Claus in the dingy red suit was struggling to drag

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the large red bag down the stairs. It was just

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too large for the space. He tried yanking hard while

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using his hands to squish the side, but nothing was working,

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so he reached inside to move things around and pulled

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a few out, including an old fashioned wooden Christmas tree

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that had been sharpened into a spike and two vintage

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metal toy trains that were linked by six inches of

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Christmas lights like they were festive nunchucks. With those few

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things removed, he was able to pull the bag past

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the area where it had been stuck. Before placing the

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toy trains back in the bag, he practiced his nunchuck skills.

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When he arrived at the bottom of the stairs, he

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saw a young woman sitting at a table eating a sandwich.

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He didn't know if she was on the list or not.

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She started screaming when she saw him. His seven foot

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frame and frost bitten skin made him look terrifying, which

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with the ugly, worn out red suit was absolute nightmare.

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Fuel Ho ho ho oh, he said in a poor

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attempt to calm her down. She didn't calm down, and

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he knew the screaming wasn't good. He didn't want all

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the shoppers in a panic, yet sh stop that noise.

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She didn't. He reached into the bag and pulled out

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a red slingshot and a small pouch of marbles that

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he had used a few times to shoot puffins for food.

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She tried to get up, realizing she was in danger.

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He shushed her again, giving her one last chance. She

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didn't calm down, so he shot her in the face

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with the marble. The pain was intense as it hit

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and put a small dent in her forehead, but it

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was not at all lethal. That's when she decided to run.

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He continued his onslaught. Even with his rapid fire. He

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was a damn good shot, and he hit her multiple

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times in the back of the head, but he did

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no real damage until he hit her ear, putting a

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hole through her right ear lobe, which made him laugh

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With his large gait. It only took him a few

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seconds to catch up to her. If the people shopping

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hadn't heard her screams before, they certainly heard the noise

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she made as he grabbed her by the fresh hole

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in her ear. Then he pulled out the nautilust of

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two thousand and thirteen and held it out. The book

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opened on its own and flipped rapidly before stopping on

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a page of names where Daleen Armstrongs lit up Next

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to it. It said minor incident lied about doing her homework.

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The Naughty Claws smiled and pulled out another small sack

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from his bag. This one had coal written on it.

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He pulled out what looked like an old M eighty

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that was painted black with coal stenciled on the side.

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He found them with a box of old lawn darts

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in the vault of band Toys. For a time, Santa

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had thought it was appropriate to give children fireworks as

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a Christmas present. He pulled on her ear low, causing

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her to scream even louder. This was unfortunate for her

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because this allowed him the opportunity to throw the M

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eighty in her mouth. He tried to back away before

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the explosion, but there wasn't enough time before it went off,

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so he was showered in blood gore and there was

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some panic in the store caused by the sound of

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the explosion, and people made their way to the front door,

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only to find it blocked by a van. On top

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of the van sat in Elf, who just laughed and laughed.

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He too looked unkempt and frostbitten, just like the evil Santa.

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What the fuck? A young man with green hair said,

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we're trapped. A lady with a cart full of discounted

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Christmas decorations yelled. Alison looked on. She knew she was

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likely in danger, but it didn't bother her. She didn't

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care if she lived or died, and this made that

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thought even more crystal clear. But she did find herself

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smiling and glad that she hadn't killed herself yet. This

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might just be the most interesting thing to happen in LaGrand, Oregon.

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At the back of the store, the double action doors

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swung open, with the knotty claws holding one door with

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each hand as he peered out. These doors were designed

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for forklifts to go through, but at his size, he

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still had to duck his head to walk through. Once

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he did, he stood up straight and his head was

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nearly as high as the large sign behind him that

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read Produce. He then opened the book and flipped from

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page to page before settling on one that said Charles Casin.

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At the front of the store, they all scattered. Allison

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ran towards the customer service desk and leaped over the counter,

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where she found Reuben hiding. He looked at her, and

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she looked back at him, not knowing what to say.

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He complimented her on her full punk shirt. Cool shirt.

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She looked down, not remembering what shirt she had on.

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It featured the Bridge City Sinners. Thanks I made a

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trip to Portland to She was interrupted by an awful

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wailing sound of somebody at the back of the store,

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which she could only imagine were being ripped apart by

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all the commotion they were making. A moment later, the

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screaming stopped and they heard something heavy being thrown to

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the ground. They assumed it was the dead body of

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the person who had been doing all the yelling. We

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can share folk punk stories later. Best to be quiet

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in a situation like this, Ruben offered. Allison shook her

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head in agreement. The naughty Claus walked over the dead body,

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whose limbs went in unthinkable directions, and looked for the

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next person on his list. He glanced at the book

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one more time before closing it. The name was Allison Wurtzell.

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He scanned his surroundings. He didn't have some kind of

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laser eye computer system where he could just look at

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a person and it gave him their name and all

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their details, like it was some kind of monitor. All

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he had was the ability to look at a person

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and know their name. Santa Claus didn't even need the book.

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He could look at a person, know their name, what

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list they were on, and if they were a cat

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or dog person. The magic, as they called it at

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the North Pole, affected each of them differently. The lady

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hiding behind her shopping cart in front of him might

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be on the list. He wasn't sure, as the book

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wouldn't tell him until he took care of it Alison first.

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As he walked by the cart, the old lady pulled

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out her stun gun and tried to shock him. He

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stopped and turned towards her and bent down, getting right

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in her face, so close that she gagged from his

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rotten breath. Ho ho ho, he said, and smiled. She

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gave a slight smile back. Merry Christmas, she said, then

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followed it with Santa. That was a mistake. His smile

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turned into a scowl and revealed his cracked teeth and

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his blue frost bitten gums. He then stood back up,

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reached into his sack, and slammed the wooden Christmas tree

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toy he had sharpened through her skull. He thought to himself,

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if I wasn't on the naughty list before, I certainly

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am now. This thought brought a huge smile to his face.

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Why do you get to have all the fun? A

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voice behind him said, He knew the voice. Have your fun, Sprinkle,

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Nobody's stopping you. He said to the elf, I hate

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that name. It's your name. That was Santa's name for me.

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I told you I'm Zeke. Now, twinkle claws, the monstrous

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Santa Claus wannabe spun around and grabbed Zeke in one hand.

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Never say that name again. The elf pulled out a

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sharpened wood chisel. I'll kill you, motherfucker. The Naughty Claus laughed,

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and the elf joined him, Huh, we're looking for Alison Wurtzel.

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Naughty Claus said, help me find her, and I'll let

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you get a few good stabs in before I break her.

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Where is she, Zeke asked. Naughty Claus closed his eyes

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and held out his hand and moved it around, and

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then stopped and pointed at the customer service desk. Zeke

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ran in that direction with his sharpened chisel out and

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jumped to leap over the counter, but only smashed into

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the side of it. Behind the counter, Alison and Reuben

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were startled. She jumped up to run, but Reuben was

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a bit in shock, so she grabbed him by the

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wrist and pulled him up. As she did, the elf

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climbed up to the top of the counter and pointed

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his chisel at her. Merry Christmas, he said, and then leaped.

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She looked around for something to fight back with. She

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settled on a carton of cigarettes. A thought jumped into

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her head. If my aunt hadn't given up smoking, this

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would have been the perfect gift. She smacked the little

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guy hard enough to knock him back to the other

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side of the counter. She yanked on Reuben's wrist as

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they exited the area, only to find themselves standing right

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in front of the foe Santa. The naughty claws grabbed

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her by the neck and began lifting You have been

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a bad, bad girl. Reuben held on to her hand

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and tried to hold her back, but when he heard

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the gurgle in her throat, he knew he was only

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making things worse, so he let go and ran off.

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She struggled in his arms, flailing her legs and punching

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at the giant hand that held her neck. It wasn't

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going well. Her eyes were beginning to bulge, and she

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felt herself passing out. Hey, you said I could get

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a little stabby Zeke, the elf said. Naughty Claus looked

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at him, sighed, and began lowering her just enough so

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that she could stand on her tippy toes. It wasn't

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much relief, and then once the elf stabbed her in

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the ankle, it wasn't any relief at all. With his

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hand still around her throat, she couldn't even scream. After

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a sudden loud noise, though he released her. She took

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a moment to get a good breath and then kicked

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the elf as hard as she could. He flew back,

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stood up and vomited on the floor clean up on

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Aisle four. Allison yelled as she turned to see why

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the Naughty Claus had stopped its attempt on her life.

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Reuben had returned and hit him with a new shovel

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from housewhere on his third swing, the Naughty Claus caught

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the shovel and swung it up in the air. Ruben

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hadn't let go, so he went flying along with it,

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going four feet back and knocking over a display of

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stacked twelve packs of soda and a cardboard cutout of

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Santa enjoying a can. Naughty Claus turned his attention back

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to Alison, but she was already moving away and heading

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towards Reuben, who had jumped up and ran toward the

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back of the store. Are you coming or are you

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just going to keep getting sick? Next to the potato chips,

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Naughty Claus asked, Zeke, I'm coming. I'm coming, he said,

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and followed. As Naughty Claus made his pursuit of Ruben

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and Alison, they were running through the toy section. When

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they caught up with them, Naughty Claus had to slouch

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to go under the sign that announced the area as

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toy Land. Fuck, Allison said, looking back to see that

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Naughty Claus was catching up. I know. Ruben responded, He's

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just so damn tall that his steps are like four

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of ours. Allison began knocking down board games in an

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attempt to slow him down. Ruben followed by knocking all

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the action figures on his side down. Before they left

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the aisle, Allison noticed something that interested her, so she

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grabbed it and shoved it in her pocket. The games

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and figures barely slowed down Naughty Claus, as he didn't

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even try stepping over them. He just walked on the

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boxes and figures like it was nothing. There has to

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be another way out of here, Allison said through the

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back room. The two of them ran in that direction

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and got to the double doors, but Naughty Claws got

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there first. He caught Reuben by the wrist and Allison

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by the shirt. She pulled as hard as she could,

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and the cloth of her top slipped through his fingers.

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She ran through the doors, keep going. Ruben yelled after her.

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As the doors were swinging closed, she got a glimpse

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of him picking up Reuben, but then she heard an

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alarm sound to her right and saw three of the

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other shoppers leaving through the emergency exit. She ran outside,

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then stopped. She couldn't let this Santa Wanna Bee kill

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the one other potentially cool person in town. But then

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she saw something that would help her. She smiled big

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and made her way towards it. Maybe this would be

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the thing that redeemed her sh Reuben was fighting as

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hard as he could in Naughty Claw's arms when the

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doors flew open as Allison drove the small fork lift

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out at full speed and put both blades directly into

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Naughty Clause's stomach. He screamed in agony and let Reuben

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drop to the ground. She then lifted the forks and

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him off the ground. His painful growls intensified, and then

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when she dropped the forks again, she repeated the up

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and down action until he stopped making any sounds at all.

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When the police arrived, they searched the entire store and

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the roof, but the elf was never found, and neither

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was the rotten sleigh or the aged reindeer. When all

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was said and done, Ruben walked Allison to her car.

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It was nice meeting you, he said, it could have

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been under better circumstances. Don't you think true? What are

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you doing now? I'm going to my aunt's apartment, she said,

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it's like a tradition. Cool. So did you get what

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you came for, Ruben asked. In fact, I did, she said,

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while reaching into her pocket, five finger discount. Huh. I

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hope it doesn't put me on the naughty list, she laughed.

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I didn't know what to get her when I first

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got here until I saw this. Then she held up

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a regular box of playing cards. When I was young

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and my aunt would take me over for sleepovers, it

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was the best. With my parents fighting all the time,

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it was such a relief. Typically we would watch movies,

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do some baking. But my favorite times were when she

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brought out her old fold up card table and we'd

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play a game called Garbage, easy game. All you need

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is one deck of cards. It didn't take a lot

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of thought to play, so we would play for hours

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and she would let me talk about all the things

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that were going on in my life. You know, I

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see my aunt every year still, but ever since I

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was twelve and she told my mother that I was cut,

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I stopped opening up to her, and in retaliation, I

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threw that deck of cards into her garbage disposal. She

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had to have a repair man come out and fix it.

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It was the only time she ever got mad at me.

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I'm sorry you've had such a rough life. It is

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what it is. The funny thing though, I was a

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good kid. I strived to be the best at everything,

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so I imagine the only thing that could have got

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me on the naughty list was those damn cards. She

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smiled to herself and got in her car, started it up,

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and went to back out. It was nice meeting you, Allison,

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Ruben yelled. Yeah, then why haven't you asked for my number?

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Ruben smiled and she put the car back in park.

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He punched her number into his phone as she told

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it to him, and he sent a text that said,

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I'm so glad I finally met the coolest woman in town.

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When her aunt opened her door and saw how beat

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up Alison was, she couldn't help but shudder. Are you okay?

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Alison reached into her pocket and handed her the deck

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of cards. Merry Christmas, Aunt, Sarah, she said, while holding

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back tears. Merry Christmas, Allison, her aunt said, and hugged her.

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That's when Alison broke down and she started to cry,

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as did her aunt, who held her until they both

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calmed down. What happened to you a lot? Okay, Aunt,

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Sarah said, let me get out the old card table

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and we can talk it all out. Alison smiled and

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followed her aunt into her apartment. She helped set up

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the old table that probably hadn't been used since they

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last played twelve years ago. Her aunt listened to her

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as she told her all about her crazy night and

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then about her thoughts of ending it all. They both cried,

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they both hugged, and Alison won the game. When Alison

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went to the spare room to sleep, like she always

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had when she had spend the nights there as a child,

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she got into bed and slept soundly as she, for

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the first time in a long time, wasn't thinking about

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ending her life. And that's where we're leaving it tonight,

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my spookies, with snow in the air, fluorescent lights buzzing

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like angry bees, and the uncomfortable feeling that somewhere out

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there a sack might just have gotten a little heavier.

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So do me a favor before you go to sleep,

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double check your locks, keep the tree lights on, and

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if you hear bells outside, don't assume that they're festive,

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and make sure you're subscribed, because tomorrow here on the

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Weekly Spooky Feed, we unwrap our final Christmas marathon of

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holiday horrors, a full on candy cane in the eye,

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cocoa and binge of Christmas nightmares, bigger, darker and weirder

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than anything you'd ever leave under the tree, one of

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our last big gifts of the season, although we do

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have some surprises left before Christmas, so set a reminder

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and pour the coco. We'll see you back here tomorrow.

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Thank you all so much for joining us, and remember,

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have so much more to show you before the year

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is up. So now for myself, for my executive producers

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and of course my creepy composer Ray Mattis. I will

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talk at you tomorrow, so keep the receipt, thank you

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next week. But for now you are safe, trust me,