History Main / EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas

Compare and contrast DoTheyKnowItsChristmasTime, in which the characters learn the TrueMeaningOfChristmas (which may or not be the religious one, depending on the work) only for it to become a ForgottenAesop in the next episode. Also contrast YouMeanXmas, in which there's a non-Christian holiday that just so happens to correspond to Christmas, and SantaClausmas, where Christmas is related to Christ InNameOnly. See also AmbiguouslyChristian, where details of the character's faith are left unspecific, and JesusWasWayCool when people who aren't Christian still admire that guy Christians celebrate. No relation to EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory.

** On the other hand, even some of the most beloved traditional, religious carols are set to music composed by Jews. Case in point: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", set to a movement of Music/FelixMendelssohn's ''Festgesang'' cantata.[[note]]Mendelssohn composed the piece in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of UsefulNotes/JohannesGutenberg's introduction to Europe of movable type.[[/note]]

Conversely, shows that acknowledge there are other holidays people celebrate in the season may feature a HanukkahEpisode, or even combine the two.

* Played incredibly straight in Creator/TomStoppard's ''Theatre/{{Leopoldstadt}}''. The play opens on a scene of the two interwoven and very Jewish families celebrating Christmas together, as a sibling from each family has "married out" -- one to a Protestant, another to a Catholic. Includes jokes about one grandson being baptised and circumcised in the same week, and another grandchild putting a Star of David atop of the Christmas tree.

* Played incredibly straight in Tom Stoppard's ''Theatre/{{Leopoldstadt}}''. The play opens on a scene of the two interwoven and very Jewish families celebrating Christmas together, as a sibling from each family has "married out" -- one to a Protestant, another to a Catholic. Includes jokes about one grandson being baptised and circumcised in the same week, and another grandchild putting a Star of David atop of the Christmas tree.

* Played incredibly straight in Tom Stoppard's [[{{Theatre/Leopoldstadt}} Leopoldstadt]]. The play opens on a scene of the two interwoven and very Jewish families celebrating Christmas together as a sibling from each family has "married out" - one to a Protestant, another to a Catholic. Includes jokes about one grandson being baptised and circumcised in the same week, and another grandchild putting a Star of David atop of the Christmas tree.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:Once December rolls around, even Franchise/{{Godzilla}} joins in the festivities!]]-]

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Marge Be Not Proud"

* ''WebOriginal/CollegeHumor'': Lampshaded in "The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through", which points out how many popular children's cartoon characters celebrate Christmas, including [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]].

* ''Creator/CollegeHumor'': Lampshaded in "The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through", which points out how many popular children's cartoon characters celebrate Christmas, including [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]].

* Invoked in ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'', when Midge (who is very explicitly Jewish) performs at a late 1950s USO show and is expected to sing "White Christmas" for the finale, despite not knowing the lyrics. She (poorly) mouths along with the rest of the ensemble. Ironic, considering "White Christmas" was itself written by a Jewish composer.

* Invoked in ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'', when Midge (who is very explicitly Jewish) performs at a late 1950s USO show and is expected to sing "White Christmas" for the finale, despite not knowing the lyrics. She (poorly) mouths along with the rest of the ensemble. (Ironic, considering "White Christmas" was itself written by the Jewish composer Creator/IrvingBerlin).

* ''WebVideo/CollegeHumor'': Lampshaded in "The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through", which points out how many popular children's cartoon characters celebrate Christmas, including [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]].

* ''WebVideo/CollegeHumor'': "The Six Christmas Movies You Live Through" points out how many popular children's cartoon characters celebrate Christmas, including [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] (who is essentially a non-sentient ''rodent'').

This could be justified in that many non-Christians socially celebrate Christmas with friends, despite having no ties to the holiday themselves. Also, people already held end-of-the-year festivities centuries before Christ's birth and the Church simply adapted Jesus' birth to that date because these pagan festivities were too popular to simply ignore or suppress.

Compare and contrast DoTheyKnowItsChristmasTime, when the characters learn the TrueMeaningOfChristmas only for it to become a ForgottenAesop in the next episode. Also contrast YouMeanXmas, when there's a non-Christian holiday that just so happens to correspond to Christmas, and SantaClausmas, where Christmas is related to Christ InNameOnly. See also AmbiguouslyChristian, where details of the character's faith are left unspecific, and JesusWasWayCool when people who aren't Christian still admire that guy Christians celebrate. No relation to EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory.

It's Christmastime again, the biggest holiday in UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} outside Easter (which one's bigger depends on where you live), and everyone has gathered around to celebrate all the holiday traditions, open some presents, and maybe go to church. Yes, we said ''everybody'', including the ones who aren't actually Christian, or even religious at all. Shows with characters who are [[InformedJudaism conspicuously Jewish]] (or simply not Christian) the rest of the year, will usually either flat out ignore this fact during the required ChristmasEpisode, or skim over it in passing in a very token sort of way.

It's Christmastime again, the biggest holiday in UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} outside Easter (which one's bigger depends on where you live), and everyone has gathered around to celebrate all the holiday traditions, open some presents, and maybe go to church. Yes, we said '''everybody''', including the ones who aren't actually Christian, or even religious at all. Shows with characters who are [[InformedJudaism conspicuously Jewish]] (or simply not Christian) the rest of the year, will usually either flat out ignore this fact during the required ChristmasEpisode, or skim over it in passing in a very token sort of way.

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It's Christmas again, the biggest holiday in UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} outside Easter (which one's bigger depends on where you live), and everyone has gathered around to celebrate all the holiday traditions, open some presents, and maybe go to church. Yes, we said '''everybody''', including the ones who aren't actually Christian, or even religious at all. Shows with characters who are [[InformedJudaism conspicuously Jewish]] (or simply not Christian) the rest of the year, will usually either flat out ignore this fact during the required ChristmasEpisode, or skim over it in passing in a very token sort of way.

It's Christmas again, the biggest holiday of UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} alongside Easter (which one's bigger depends on where you live), and everyone gathers around to celebrate the holiday traditions, open some presents, and maybe go to church-- yes, we said '''everybody''', even the ones who aren't Christian or even religious at all. Shows that have characters who are [[InformedJudaism conspicuously Jewish]] (or simply not Christian) the rest of the year, usually flat out ignore this fact during the required ChristmasEpisode, or barely mention it in a very token sort of way. SantaClausmas comes up frequently.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}, Anne's family is shown to be avidly into Christmas despite being first-generation Thai immigrants--Thailand's population is around 1% Christian compared to 93% varying stripes of Buddhism and 5% Muslim, and all indications are that they themselves are Buddhist. In their case, it seems to be a case of ImmigrantPatriotism, as they have a great desire to fit in--when they make a float for the local parade, it features a lot of Buddhist imagery.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Ron is shown in previous episodes to be Jewish. This doesn't stop him from having an unbridled and passionate love for celebrating Christmas.

It's Christmas again, the biggest holiday of UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} after Easter, and everyone gathers around to celebrate the holiday traditions, open some presents, and maybe go to church-- yes, we said '''everybody''', even the ones who aren't Christian or even religious at all. Shows that have characters who are [[InformedJudaism conspicuously Jewish]] (or simply not Christian) the rest of the year, usually flat out ignore this fact during the required ChristmasEpisode, or barely mention it in a very token sort of way. SantaClausmas comes up frequently.