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* PowerlessAtChristmas: Demonic or otherwise evil forces have no power on holy days.

* YouMeanXmas: Or do you mean [[Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial Life Day]], [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Festivus]], [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Toy Day]], [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Decemberween]], [[Webcomic/SleeplessDomain Crimmus]]...

* DinnerAndAShow: Part of the holiday is dinner at Grandma's place. Or the in-laws come over and you get stuck cooking. Or both. And none of them approve of your politics, religion, lifestyle, choice in partner any more than you approve of theirs. Worse, [[CabinFever you're all snowed in]]...

* SantaClaus: [[IconicOutfit Red suit, check. White beard, check.]] [[BigFun Large belly, check.]] [[SignatureLaugh Ho ho ho, check.]] Sack of {{toys}}... hopefully not filled with {{CreepyDoll}}s.

* SantaClaus: [[IconicOutfit Red suit, check. White beard, check.]] [[BigFun Large belly, check.]] [[SignatureLaugh Ho ho ho, check.]] Sack of {{toys}}... hopefully not filled with Toys/{{Furby}}s.

* AntiChristmasSong: When you're tired of Christmas carols, and a simple "Bah! Humbug!" just won't cut it.

* BetterIfNotBornPlot: A subversion to the famous ItsAWonderfulPlot showcasing how everyone's lives would ''improve'' if you didn't exist.

* ChristmasRushed: A product or media work is pushed through development to get it out in time for Christmas.

->''"There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say," returned the nephew. "Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!"''
-->--'''Fred''' defending the holiday to his uncle Ebenezer in ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''

* CommercializedChristmas: Merry Christmas, NowBuyTheMerchandise!

* AntiChristmasSong: When you're tired of Christmas carols, and a simple "Bah Humbug" just won't cut it.

* AntiChristmasSong: When you're tired of Christmas carols and a simple "Bah Humbug" just won't cut it.

* AntiChristmasSong: When you're tired of Christmas Carols and a simple "Bah Humbug" just won't cut it.

* ChristmasRushed: Just slap a "Some Assembly Required" sign next to the "Do Not Open Until Christmas" sign, it'll be fine!

* ClothesForChristmasCringe: What a horrible gift...clothes!

* HomeForChristmas: Soldiers fighting in a war are seemingly assured of a quick victory that will allow them to be back home by a certain date, such as Christmas.

* ChristmasMiracle: It wasn't the Make-A-Wish-Foundation or the work of excellent doctors and nurses that made the LittlestCancerPatient walk again—'twas the magic of Christmas! [[note]] Actually, it wouldn't be Make-A-Wish or any similar organizations ''regardless'', as they do not provide medical care or funding for such. What they actually do is provide a fun trip or activity to seriously (sometimes terminally) ill children, to provide some enrichment in their lives and/or make their last days/weeks/months/years meaningful. [[/note]]

* DoTheyKnowItsChristmasTime: For once a year, we put our differences aside, because we ''really'' want that UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* BadassSanta: The perfect thing for AnAssKickingChristmas. Just don't end up on his Naughty List...

* {{Santabomination}}: SantaClaus... if he were imagined by Creator/HPLovecraft.

* TheKrampus: A demon who specializes in CorporalPunishment; now, ''that's'' a Holiday tradition!