while a candy cane was a good idea and did fit the smissmas spirit the weapon was not as sweet as it looks! i have a good idea to improve it and make it more used by every elf- i mean sacout every where in the game. this is my idea:
part one the debuff will stay still because these benefits you get theyll be worth. scout can still take %25 more from explosives. reduced to 10% extra damage from splash damage from explos.
the next part of the idea is more health packs with the candy cane, the drops will as follows-
guns kills (any weapons not the candy cane) small hp
candy kills medium
crits or mini candy cane kills huge hp

"well its overpowered" yeah ? its rare to get meele as scout, try explaining your team why yous meeleing engineers and spies instead of using a scattergun. its high riisk high reward as to the meele scouts everyone is a big thread.

for my last idea i can send you two images because its a bit complicated.
https://postimg.cc/G8TtKtVC
https://i.imgur.com/VZ218E9.png

bascially itll give you the ability to see when pickups respawn.
its a lot of buffs but yes the candy cane is shitty so it needs alot off buffs. now i belive that itll be enticing enough to make players want to use it as those with very high skill can dodge rocket and demomen and keep feeding their endless killstreak.
let me know