We follow a serial killer and his victims as they all prepare for Christmas in their own ways. This year it doesn't matter if you have been naughty or nice, Santa is coming to town no matter what, and he knows where you live.

A vacuum cleaner salesman is found dead in the harbor basin in the fishing village of Bud. The police claim it was an accident. But young, newly hired journalist John Grande is certain it was murder. Together with his only good friend, the thoughtful and clumsy fisherman Sverre, he begins to unravel the case.

A small family buys an old house, but find out they are not the only residents.