History Main / HolidayPersonification

* General Beauregard Lee, Punxsutawney Phil, or a generic/random groundhog (Groundhog Day) (an interesting bit of trivia is that the original Germans who invented the tradition used ''hedgehogs'' instead of groundhogs [groundhogs don't live in Germany]. Fufu the Hedgehog currently holds the spring predicting post in Portland, Oregon)

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Ross dresses up as the fictional Holiday Armadillo to teach his son about Hanukkah.

* In an episode of ''Series/Friends'', Ross dresses up as the fictional Holiday Armadillo to teach his son about Hanukkah.

[[caption-width-right:350: 365 days to year, but certain special days, that someone's gonna cheer. Some by minority, some by a mob. A good thing either way, otherwise us holidays would be out of a job.]]

* A PumpkinPerson or StingyJack (Halloween)

* ''ComicBook/SantaVersusDracula'': The Easter Bunny's supposed death is what kicks off the story when he left out in front of Santa's home to warn him of Dracula's coming. [[spoiler:The Easter Bunny is shown to have survived and teams up with other holiday personifications like St. Patrick's Day (a leprechaun), a cupid (Valentine's Day), and a turkey (Thanksgiving). They all prepare to fight Santa and save him from the vampirism he was inflicted with at the end of the story.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge'', based on ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (mentioned above), reveals that Oogie Boogie himself used to be one of these for the obscure Bug Day. When people stopped celebrating it, [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly the holiday ceased to exist, which and cost Oogie his power.]] As his titular revenge, he intends to kidnap the personifications of other holidays (including Christmas, the Fourth of July, New Year's, and Thanksgiving) to become the "Seven Holidays King" and rule all of their respective domains.

* ''VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge'', based on ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (mentioned above), reveals that Oogie Boogie himself used to be one of these for the obscure Bug Day. When people stopped celebrating it, [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly the holiday ceased to exist and cost Oogie his power.]] As his titular revenge, he intends to kidnap the rulers of the other holidays (including Christmas, the Fourth of July, New Year's, and Thanksgiving) to become the "Seven Holidays King" and rule all of their respective domains.

[[caption-width-right:350: 365 days to year, but certain special days, that someone's gonna cheer. Some by minority, some by a mob. A good thing either way, cause they'll be out of a job.]]

* In the German movie ''Little Peter's Journey to the Moon'', the children Peter and Anneliese meet Santa Clause, find that there isn't just one but many Easter Bunnies and also meet non-holiday personalities such as the Sandman, Evening Star, Lightning Witch and Man on the Moon.

The power level of holiday entities often varies, although it's common for the ones embodying more popular or culturally impactful holidays to be more powerful; thus, the personifications of Halloween or Christmas are usually the most powerful, while "lesser" holidays like Groundhog Day are much less so. Holidays themselves are human social constructs, so [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly human belief and awareness]] may also play into how powerful or weak a specific holiday icon is (as well as how popular or unpopular said icon is).

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* ''ComicBook/JingleBelle'': The titular character is the daughter of Santa Claus himself and thus a royalty as the embodiment of Christmas. She has a friend named Polly Greene, who's also a witch, whose decided to take on the vacant mantle of being the embodiment of Halloween. The Easter Bunny has also been mentioned.
* ''ComicBook/SantaVersusDracula'': The Easter Bunny's suppose death is what kicks off the story when he left out in front of Santa's home to warn him of Dracula's coming. [[spoiler: The Easter Bunny is shown to have survived and teams with other holiday personifications like St. Patrick's Day (A Leprechaun), a cupid (Valentine) and a turkey (Thanksgiving) who prepare to fight Santa and save him from the vampirism he was inflicted with at the end of the story.]]

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Linus is devoted to the Great Pumpkin, who rises out of the most sincere pumpkin patch on Halloween Night and gives all good children toys. Poor Linus waits in a pumpkin patch near his neighborhood every Halloween, but never manages to catch a glimpse of him.

* ''VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge'', based on ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (mentioned above), reveals that Oogie Boogie himself used to be one of these for the obscure Bug Day--but when people stopped celebrating that day, [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly it ceased to exist and cost Oogie his power.]] As his titular revenge, he intends to kidnap the rulers of the other Holidays (including Christmas, the Fourth of July, New Year's, and Thanksgiving) to become the "Seven Holidays King" and rule all of their respective domains.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Around the holiday time, we see three beings who represent their respective religious holidays. The first is Robot Santa Claus, who was designed to decide who is naughty and nice and give gifts accordingly; unfortunately, the programming [[GoneHorriblyRight worked too well]] and gave Santa a bad case of BlackAndWhiteInsanity, as he views ''all'' actions as equally bad (case in point: a group demanding extortion money is just as bad as the group ''not paying'' their extortion money) and thus [[BadSanta tries to kill everyone in the world on Christmas Eve.]] The end of Robot Santa's debut also revealed Kwanzaa-Bot, who's left to hand out books about his holiday (aptly titled "What the Hell is Kwanzaa?") since no one--not even Kwanzaa-Bot himself--understands the festivities. The final member of the trio, the Hanukkah Zombie, first appears in "Bender's Big Score"; he's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a Jewish zombie]].

** A later episode focusing on Leprechauns saw them celebrate an eight day holiday called "Leprechanuka" which has it's own representative called "The Great Potato".

* ''WesternAnimation/HowMurraySavedChristmas'': The special is set in a town called "Stinky Cigars" which is home to many embodiment of national holidays big and small. Murray actually sticks out a bit because it seems he's a regular human among the group [[spoiler: until it's revealed later he's the embodiment of a forgotten holiday called "Milk Man Day".]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': We see two holiday beings within the show. The first a being who embodies "April Fools Day" and usually plays harmless pranks on people. And Easter Bunnies and Chickens who normally work together to deliver candy and eggs to kids.

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* ''VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge'', based on ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (mentioned above), reveals that Oogie Boogie himself used to be one of these for the obscure Bug Day--but when people stopped celebrating Bug Day, [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly it stopped existing and cost Oogie his power.]] As his titular revenge, he intends to kidnap the rulers of the other Holidays (including Christmas, the Fourth of July, New Year's, and Thanksgiving) to become the "Seven Holidays King" and rule all of their respective domains.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Around the holiday time, we see three beings who represent their respective reglious holidays: Robot Santa Claus who was made to be he physical version of Santa in the future, but his programming deemed too many people as unworthy of receiving a gift and instead he tries to ''kill'' anyone who is, turning the holiday into a night of terror for anyone who doesn't hunker down. There's also Kwanza-Bot who tries to give out books about the holiday since (according to the show) no one really know what it celebrates and "Bender's Big Score" showcased the Hanukkah Zombie who's a Jewish zombie.

** The Holiday Mascots are the rulers of their respective holidays, have duties they must perform on said holidays, and are generally loved by children all over the world. Their official members are Baby New Year (New Year's Eve/Day), Cupid (Valentine's Day), the April Fool (April Fool's Day), the Easter Bunny (Easter), and Santa Claus (Christmas).
** later episode focusing on Leprechauns saw them celebrate an eight day holiday called "Leprechanuka" which has it's own representative called "The Great Potato".

The power level of holiday entities often varies, although it's common for those who represent Halloween or Christmas to be more powerful than the "lesser" holidays. Holidays themselves are human social constructs, so this may also play into how powerful or weak a specific holiday icon is (as well as how popular or unpopular said icon is).

* In the german movie ''Little Peter's Journey to the Moon'', the children Peter and Anneliese meet Santa Clause, find that there isn't just one but many Easter Bunnies and also meet non-holiday personalities such as the Sandman, Evening Star, Lightning Witch and Man on the Moon.

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[[caption-width-right:350: 365 days to year, but certain special days, that someone's gonna cheer. Some by minority, some by a mob. A good thing either way, cause they'll be out of a job.]]

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* ''ComicBook/JingleBelle'': The titular character is the daughter of Santa Claus himself and thus a royalty as the embodiment of Christmas. She has a friend named Polly Greene who's also a witch whose decided to take on the vacant mantle of being the embodiment of Halloween. The Easter Bunny has also been mentioned.
* ''ComicBook/SantaVersusDracula'': The Easter Bunny's suppose death is what kicks off the story when he left out in front of Santa's home to warn him of Dracula's coming. [[spoiler: The Easter Bunny is shown to have survived and teams with other holiday personifications like St. Patrick's Day (A Leprechaun), a cupid (Valentine) and a turkey (Thanksgiving) who prepare to fight Santa and save him from the vampirism he was inflicted with at the end of the story.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': The Holiday Mascots are the rulers of their respective holidays, have duties they must perform on said holidays, and are generally loved by children all over the world. Their official members are Baby New Year (New Year's Eve/Day), Cupid (Valentine's Day), the April Fool (April Fool's Day), the Easter Bunny (Easter), and Santa Claus (Christmas).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': We see two holiday beings within the show,. The first a being who embodies "April Fools Day" and usually plays harmless pranks on people. And Easter Bunnies and Chickens who normally work together to deliver candy and eggs to kids.

* ''ComicBook/JingleBelle'': The titular character is the daughter of Santa Claus himself and thus a royalty as the embodiment of Christmas. She has a friend named Polly Greene who's also a witch who's decided to take on the vacant mantle of being the embodiment of Halloween.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Around the holiday time, we see three beings who represent their respective reglious holidays: Robot Santa Claus who was made to be he physical version of Santa in the future, but his programming deemed too many people as unworthy of receiving a gift and instead he tries to ''kill'' anyone who is, turning the holiday into a night of terror for anyone who doesn't hunker down. There's also Kwanza-Bot who tries to give out books about the holiday since (according to the show) no one really know what it celebrates and "Bender's Big Score" showcased the Hanuka Zombie who's a Jewish zombie.

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SuperTrope to CupidsArrow, EasterBunny, TheKrampus, PumpkinPerson, SantaClaus, and StingyJack. Related to SantaClausmas.