Ah, the Holidays. Trees decorated with care, your nearest and dearest ones close by, and the fresh snow stained with blood? Who knew that the Most Wonderful Time of the Year was such a handy gateway to some of the most hair-raising and horrifying tales the internet could dream up. To reign in the season, we’ve wrangled up seven of the most disturbing Christmas Creepypastas around.
‘Twas the Fright Before Christmas
The classic Christmas poem gets flipped on its head…and sort of strung up by its feet. This eerie retelling of the Night Before Christmas is sure to bring back memories of your childhood and promptly ruin them.
Santa’s Other Workshop
The daily duties and life of a North Pole elf are mostly familiar to us. Toy tinkering, holiday preparations, and chipper demeanor. But what if one of those elves hid a dark secret and made a grave decision?
Merry Chritmas
No, it’s not a typo. It’s a disturbing tale of a missing girl and the sole witness to the nature of her disappearance. Eerily linked to Yuletide characters we all adore, this Creepypasta is sure to unnerve those with visiting family.
Santa Claws
Christmas is almost always a time for love, joy and peace. But for one boy, it became a hellish nightmare, plagued by a certain demonic entity. This tale flips the narrative of a jolly saint visiting families to a compelled specter haunting a tortured soul.
The Caroller
What would the season be without Christmas songs? Carolling to neighbors and friends is one of the greatest holiday pastimes we have! Only this one particular caroller just won’t seem to stop singing…why won’t he leave…and why is he trying to get into the home?
The Christmas Krampus
Nearly as iconic as the Big Man in Red, the Krampus is a different kind of holiday tale. This demonic creature rears his horned head each Christmas to punish and frighten disobedient children, sometimes alongside or against Santa Claus.
The Naughty List
At one point in our lives, I think we all did our best to steer our younger selves clear of the Naughty List. While most of us may of succeeded, we also tried to stay up late to sneak a glimpse of the man himself. But in this Creepypasta, the naughty list implications are much more complex, and much more sinister. This also serves as an avid reminder to stay in bed.
