Krampus: The Yule Lord

This was exactly what I wanted and more! This may be a top 5 horror novel for me even though it's more Urban Fantasy than anything. It had elements of Norse Mythology, Horror, great illustrations, and fantastic character development. I cared for every single character, even Krampus.

This isn't the Santa Claus or Krampus that you may know from western culture or even most European cultures but instead he goes back even further to Norse Mythology and finds similarities with Odin and Baldr to Santa which he talks about at the end of the book. (If you're a mythology purest then you won't like this book)
Santa isn't some fat jolly man but thick, massive and muscled like a Norse version of Thor (not Marvel's version).

The story follows Jesse, who is down on his luck trailer trash. His wife left him with his daughter for a crooked cop who wants him dead. He comes across Santa being chased by strange looking people and later finds Santa's bag which will give him any toy he wishes. Krampus has been imprisoned by Santa for 500 years and needs the bag to escape his prison in the Virginia mountains. He wants to kill Santa for his wickedness from a previous life and spread Yuletide across the world. Santa serves the Christian God now and will use his powers to destroy Krampus forever, with Jesse in the middle of it. The story has an awesome cast and has lots of Norse characters like Odin's ravens, large wolves, and Flying Goats (which I never knew was a thing in mythology). Highly recommend this book to anyone unless you're a Mythology purist!