History Main / DidIMentionItsChristmas

* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''[[Film/NineteenFortyOne 1941]]'' is a pretty good example if this. While its December setting makes sense, considering it takes place a few days after the events of Pearl Harbor, outside of some lines said by various characters about the holidays, and references to characters Hollis Woods occupation as a Christmas Tree salesman, all references to the holiday are kept minimal at best. Granted you see a few Santa Clauses in the extended edition of the movie, but that's about it.

* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''[[Film/NineteenFortyOne 1941]]'' is a pretty good example if this. While it's December setting makes sense, considering it takes place a few days after the events of Pearl Harbor, outside of some lines said by various characters about the holidays, and references to characters Hollis Woods occupation as a Christmas Tree salesman, all references to the holiday are kept minimal at best. Granted you see a few Santa Clauses in the extended edition of the movie, but that's about it.

** Sam gets the perfect Christmas present: a decision making machine for business executives! Good to know that your odds of being fired on a whim are a solid 50/50.

** The holiday has some plot relevance in the first film: The Christmas holiday is the reason John is visiting his estranged wife in the first place, and the Christmas holiday is why the Nakatomi employees are partying in a mostly empty building.

** It's actually somewhat justified in the first film. The Christmas holiday is the reason John is visiting his estranged wife in the first place. And the Christmas holiday is why the Nakatomi employees are partying in a mostly empty building.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ends on Christmas day to set a BrickJoke and a HereWeGoAgain scene at the end, not dealing with usual Christmas tropes beyond a kiss under the mistletoe.

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* A good chunk of DonRosa's Uncle Scrooge adventure ''The Crown of the Crusader Kings'' takes place on Christmas day. Despite this, there's absolutely nothing festive about the story and the characters don't seem concerned that they're spending Christmas on a treasure hunt far away from home.

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* Literature/HarryPotter: Given the fact that each book takes place over the course of one school year, the narrative always at least mentions Christmas in passing.

* In ''Literature/{{Les Miserables}}'', Jean Valjean first meets his adopted daughter-to-be, little Cosette, on Christmas Eve. This has no bearing on the plot beyond giving him an excuse to give the little girl her first gift, a beautiful doll she's been pining for, as well as symbolic significance of new beginnings and hope (a la the birth of Christ) for them both. The Christmas setting of this sequence is omitted in the stage version of the popular musical adaptation, but restored in the film version.
* In Herman Melville's ''Literature/MobyDick'' the initial launching of the Pequod is done on Christmas as referenced by the fact that the chapter in which it happens is called "Merry Christmas." However, the fact that it is Christmas is mentioned only once within the actual chapter.

* A major scene in ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'' is set on Hogswatchnight, but apart from Granny Weatherwax insisting witches are supposed to stay home that night and Nanny Ogg getting round this by holding a huge party at her cottage, none of the other Hogswatch traditions are mentioned. This could be EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, since Hogswatchnight didn't really gain its YouMeanXmas form until the references in ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' and ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' some years later.

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-->'''Naismith:''' Ladies and gentlemen, Christmas is cancelled!

** [[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"]] sets a new record for "least-Christmassy Christmas special", as only the opening scene, where eight-year-old Grant meets the Doctor and [[SuperEmpowering accidentally gets superpowers]], is set at Christmastime. The rest of it appears to take place in the spring or summer, about twenty years later.

* The sixth episode of ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' takes place during Christmas, but the holiday is only occasionally mentioned. This example is completely justified, as the men are a little too preoccupied fighting in the Battle of the Bulge to do any celebrating.

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* The Wham! song "Last Christmas", apart from the title and some jingle bells, has nothing to do with the holiday. You could have substituted "Last Arbor Day" if you could have gotten some trees to rattle together properly.

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* Strangely used in all places in Literature/TheBible itself. Though in its case, it's the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which in [[Literature/TheFourGospels the gospel of John]] is mentioned as the Feast of Dedication, which Jesus and the Jews celebrate, but is eclipsed by Jesus having another discussion with the Jews about His being the Messiah.

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** Creator/HideoKojima also did this in ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', possibly as a reference to ''Snatcher'', or perhaps to make [[SpaceStation Beyond Coast's]] perpetual summer more surreal to the American characters.
** [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual of]] ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'', the events of the game take place between the 24th and 25th of December, 1999. There's little reference to this other than the name of [[MeaningfulName Holly White]] and her asking Snake to take her out to Christmas dinner.

* ''Film/ToyStory'' ends on Christmas day to set a BrickJoke and a HereWeGoAgain scene at the end, not dealing with usual Christmas tropes beyond a kiss under the mistletoe.

* ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' presents the perfect Christmas present: a decision making machine for business executives! Good to know that your odds of being fired on a whim are a solid 50/50.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' has an episode where Louie complains that the group is spending Christmas on an expedition to climb Mount Neverrest instead of at Scrooge's mansion waiting for Santa. Scrooge tells him that Santa won't visit the mansion anyway thanks to a NoodleIncident that Scrooge was involved in. Aside from this exchange, the holiday isn't mentioned or seen at all.

* The final act of Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/KingKong2005'' occurs during the winter, and includes a scene in a park where all of the trees are covered in Christmas lights. No other reference is made to the holiday season.

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* Strangely used in all places in Literature/TheBible itself. Though in its case, it's the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which in the gospel of John is mentioned as the Feast of Dedication, which Jesus and the Jews celebrate, but is eclipsed by Jesus having another discussion with the Jews about His being the Messiah.

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' takes place during the Christmas, a fact that's only made clear in the first couple scenes where there's snow on the ground and Tony Bennett singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in the background. Once the movie shifts to Isla Nublar, there are no further hints of anything Christmas-y.