THE bloodbath began when an 8-year-old girl attending a Christmas Eve party answered a knock at the door.

A US man who showed up dressed as Santa Claus at his ex-wife’s parents’ Christmas Eve party and killed at least eight people reached a divorce settlement with her days earlier.

A man plotting revenge against his ex-wife dressed up like Santa, went to his former in-laws’ Christmas Eve party and slaughtered at least eight people before killing himself.