Christmas Day in Christmas Creek, SD Two rival outlaw gangs, the Scorpion's' and the Barlow's, had joined forces to pull off the largest and deadliest train robbery of all time. A double-cross after the robbery would have one gang hot on the heels of the other, finally cornering them in the small town of Christmas Creek, SD, on Christmas Day. Unbeknownst to either gang was the fact there was also a US Marshal and three Pinkerton Agents hot on their trail. That Christmas Morning, when the streets should have been ringing with the sound of sleigh bells, instead they echoed with the sounds of gunfire as the three groups came together.