On Christmas Eve of 2005, the Mason family is enjoying Christmas dinner when Santa Claus (Bill Goldberg) comes down the chimney and kills them all. Some of the deaths include Santa stabbing someones hands, a girl faints causing her to fall back into a sharp pole, another girl gets burned and drowned in egg nog, a man tries to fight Santa and gets pushed into glass, Santa grabs a leg from the table and smacks a girl in the head while she was saying,"I've been good! I've Been Good!", one of the last girls tries to escape but Santa throws a star into her back, and lastly the man who got stabbed in the hands get a chicken leg lodged down his throat. This opening scene includes bit roles from several famous actors, including James Caan, Fran Drescher, Chris Kattan, and Rebecca Gayheart.