During Christmas time, two teenagers named Derrick Bryce (Shane Coffey) and Quinn Baxter (Alex Mentzel) steal presents from a car.
Suddenly, a person dressed as Santa calls them "naughty", revealing itself to be a horned creature and attacks Derrick while taking Quinn.
Meanwhile, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) calls Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) to help in redecorating the house, as a surprise for Rosalee (Bree Turner), as they are having their first Christmas together.
In Vienna, Renard and Meisner sneak in Adalind's hotel room and find her substance in the jar and leave a rose and a note for her, warning her to meet with him in a cafe and to watch out from the cameras.
In the precinct, the human Krampus explains that he has his memory erased every Christmas and the day after the Winter Solstice, he wakes up with a Santa suit.
Club's Kevin McFarland gave the episode a "B−" grade and wrote, "The good things to come out of this rather asinine conflict are the scenes between the men and the women.
While they certainly don't pass the Bechdel Test, it puts Juliette in the position of helping Rosalee work through her emotions, and gives Monroe a chance to use Nick and Hank as a sounding board.
I'm really surprised that Juliette, in the span of only eight episodes, has been largely rehabilitated from the anchor dragging the show down to only the weakest link in an improving cast.
"[4] Nick McHatton from TV Fanatic, gave a 4.1 star rating out of 5, stating: "Thank you, Grimm Season 3 Episode 8, for ruining Christmas for all of us.
On the bright side, the legend of Krampus is awesome if you want your kids to behave (no wonder it's real), there are always alligators living in the sewers ready and willing to tear their limbs off to make sure they are fully traumatized.