History Main / ChristmasInJuly

* Dr. Demento has a regular "Christmas in July" episode, where he plays novelty [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Christmas songs in July]].

* ''{{Lizzie McGuire}}'': Aaron Carter makes an appearance to shoot a Christmas themed music video in Lizzie's hometown. The Christmas theme is everywhere, even though it is nowhere near Christmas.
* All of the "Shop at Home" channels in the US (QVC, Home Shopping Network) air Christmas in July specials each year. It used to serve a more pragmatic purpose though. Many companies had long processing and delivery times ("Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery" was their mantra.) Usually when something was ordered in July, it would arrive in September or October, right about the time that Christmas shopping would start to trickle into people's minds.

* CartoonNetwork did Christmas in July marathons back in the 90's where they'd air a bunch of animated Christmas specials in July.

** CartoonNetwork recently did a Christmas in July marathon again.

* On the 2011's ''ChristmasSpecial'' of ''PhineasAndFerb'', the boys decide to put on a traditional Family Christmas Special in the middle of Summer.

There is some TruthInTelevision, as mentioned by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_July That Other Wiki]]. Most holiday TV specials and movies are filmed during the summer season (so you're sweating like a pig...), and some stores do offer Christmas In July sales to get rid of all their old Christmas stock. The crafting community especially embraces Christmas in July, making all their wreaths, decorations and other Christmas crafts in July to either keep for themselves or sell at craft sales in November. Additionally, in Australia and other southern hemisphere countries, much of the imagery and conditions of Christmas in July is the default in actual Christmas.

There is some TruthInTelevision, as mentioned by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_July That Other Wiki]]. Most holiday TV specials and movies are filmed during the summer season (so you're sweating like a pig...), and some stores do offer Christmas In July sales to get rid of all their old Christmas stock. The crafting community especially embraces Christmas in July, making all their wreaths, decorations and other Christmas crafts in July to either keep for themselves or sell at craft sales in November. Additionally, in Australia and other southern hemisphere countries, much of the imagery and conditions of Christmas in July is the default in actual Christmas, and conversely there's a tendency to hold Christmas stuff in July to take advantage of the fact that the weather then is more like traditional northern-hemisphere Christmases.

* Only ''HomestarRunner'' could pull off [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Decemberween_In_July Decemberween In July]].

** TV1 recently did a marathon of Christmas episodes from {{Amen}}, GoodTimes, TheJeffersons, ADifferentWorld, and Series/LivingSingle.

* In one episode of the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon, Mario and Luigi introduce Christmas to the cave people to stop them from quarreling, despite it being the middle of august. Mario justifies it by saying the cave people don't know any better.

* ''{{Garfield}}'' pretends it's Christmas at the height of summer (in the cartoon) to take his mind off the sweltering heat. Jon and Odie join the spirit and decorate the house, confusing the neighbours, who then take it on. This snowballs until almost the entire city falls under the impression that it really is Christmas before City Hall makes an official declaration to the contrary.

* In the ''{{Back to The Future}}: the Animated series'', the Brown family and Marty decided to visit late 1800's london during Christmas to beat the heat of the present time.

* Subverted with ''PhineasAndFerb''. Although they spent an episode ("S'Winter") bringing winter in July, their ChristmasSpecial was set in December.

* Subverted with ''PhineasAndFerb''. Although they spent an episode bringing winter in July, their ChristmasSpecial was set in December.

** TV1 recently did a marathon of Christmas episodes from {{Amen}}, GoodTimes, TheJeffersons, ADifferentWorld, and LivingSingle.

* ''RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly''
* ''EdEddNEddy'': No, not "Jingle Jingle Jangle". I am, of course, speaking of "Fa La La La Ed", in which Ed gets it in his mind that it's Christmas, although it's July. Of course, the idea spreads to the rest of the kids.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' did have a Christmas episode ''in the middle of summer vacation''. It involves the family discovering a portal to some Christmas World and the elves wanting Grandpa Max to be their new Santa.

* The British comic ''Strangehaven'' is about a QuirkyTown with weird characters and traditions, such as celebrating Christmas in August. The legend is that the dying wish of a little child was to live to see Christmas, so they moved it up to August.
* All of the "Shop at Home" channels in the US (QVC, Home Shopping Network) air Christmas in July specials each year. It used to serve a more pragmatic purpose though. Many companies had long processing and delivery times ("Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery" was their mantra.) Usually when something was ordered in July, it would arrive in September or October, right about the time that Christmas shopping would start to trickle into people's minds.
* Played for laughs in ''ThePacific'', when Leckie returns from the hospital with presents for his friends.
-->'''Leckie:''' Tell Santa whether you've been naughty or nice.
-->'''Runner:''' The ''naughtiest.''

* The second ''TenchiMuyo'' movie, ''Daughter of Darkness'', has the crew celebrating Mayuka's first Christmas in the summer at they very end of the movie. This was mostly because the Juraian equivalent, Starica, happened at that time. [[spoiler: It was also because Mayuka had been reborn after her death at the end.]]
* The story "Christmas in July" from the horror anthology ''[=NightThirst=]'' has [[BadSanta a homicidal Santa]] who is inexplicably going about his business in the middle of summer.
* An episode of ''TheBasilBrushShow'' has Basil make everyone throw a Christmas party for Molly to cheer her up even though it is the middle of summer. As luck would have it, Santa Claus is staying in the same apartment block Basil lives in.
* In ''The Story Of Tracy Beaker'', the kids throw a Christmas party for Lol and Bouncer, believing that they are leaving the Dumping Ground, even though it's still summer.

* ''{{Ben 10}}'' did have a Christmas episode ''in the middle of summer vacation''. It involves the family discovering a portal to some Christmas World and the elves wanting Grandpa Max to be their new Santa.

There is some TruthInTelevision, as mentioned by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_July That Other Wiki]]. Most holiday TV specials and movies are filmed during the summer season (so you're sweating like a pig...), and some stores do offer Christmas In July sales to get rid of all their old Christmas stock. The crafting community especially embraces Christmas in July, making all their wreaths, decorations and other Christmas crafts in July to either keep for themselves or sell at craft sales in November.

* In ''The Story Of Tracy Beaker'' the kids throw a Christmas party for Lol and Bouncer, believing that they are leaving the Dumping Ground, even though it's still summer.

* In the {{Back to The Future: the Animated series}}, the Brown family and Marty decided to visit late 1800's london during Christmas to beat the heat of the present time.

* The second TenchiMuyo movie, ''Daughter of Darkness'', has the crew celebrating Mayuka's first Christmas in the summer at they very end of the movie. This was mostly because the Juraian equivalent, Starica, happened at that time. [[spoiler: It was also because Mayuka had been reborn after her death at the end.]]

* In one episode of the ''SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon, Mario and Luigi introduce Christmas to the cave people to stop them from quarreling, despite it being the middle of august. Mario justifies it by saying the cave people don't know any better.

* The British comic ''Strangehaven'' is about a QuirkyTown with weird characters and traditions, such as celebrating Christmas in August. The legend is that the DyingWish of a little child was to live to see Christmas, so they moved it up to August.