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* A PumpkinPerson or StingyJack ([[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]])

* ThanksgivingTurkey (Thanksgiving)

* The titular character of ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' is the personaification of the Discworld equivalent of Christmas, Hogswatch night, fullling the role of Santa Claus while having a basis on much older traditions and festivals.

** Hoola, native to Air and Earth Islands [[note]]her holiday is held on Earth Island, but both monsters in her breeding combination (Pom Pom and Pango) are native to Air Island[[/note]], who represents Summersong [[note]]An original holiday to My Singing Monsters, usually stands for the Summer[[/note]]

** Hoola, native to Air and Earth Islands [[note]]her holiday is held on Earth Island, but both monsters in her breeding combination (PomPom and Pango) are native to Air Island[[/note]], who represents Summersong [[note]]An original holiday to My Singing Monsters, usually stands for the Summer[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RankinBassJackFrost'': Pardon-Me-Pete, the narrator of the special, is called the Official Groundhog of Groundhog's Day, and sings a song about how February 2nd is named after him. Subverted in that he also reveals to the audience that his famous shadow is actually that of ''another'' legendary figure, Jack Frost - they have a deal so that Jack gets six more weeks of fun and Pete gets six more weeks of sleep when he sees "his" shadow.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackFrost'': Pardon-Me-Pete, the narrator of the special, is called the Official Groundhog of Groundhog's Day, and sings a song about how February 2nd is named after him. Subverted in that he also reveals to the audience that his famous shadow is actually that of ''another'' legendary figure, Jack Frost - they have a deal so that Jack gets six more weeks of fun and Pete gets six more weeks of sleep when he sees "his" shadow.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': The episode "[[Recap/DariaS3E04 Depth Takes a Holiday]]" has the eponymous character meet up with personifications of holidays, such as the St. Patrick's Day leprechaun and the St. Valentine's Day Cupid.

** The male October representative, Iku, represents Sports Day, a holiday that is in October in Japan (it's the day that most schools have their sports festivals), while the female October representative, Reina, is Halloween. Reina's songs are about the fantasy of Halloween. Iku plays all sorts of sports, and his songs are about trying your best and believing in your teammates, and all those old Shonen Manga values -- aside from one, "Lost My God", which refers to a different October holiday, the one referred to in the traditional Japanese name for the month (which is his family name, as they are for all 12 of the male idols) -- "Kannazuki" or "month without gods". In October, it is said that all the Japanese gods go to the festival in Ise, so in the rest of Japan outside of Ise, it is called the month without gods. In Ise, it is called the month ''with'' gods.

** A more literal example, the male December representative, Kakeru, has a pet reindeer who is actually a Christmas fairy. In one [[Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}} stage play]], the reindeer takes human form and asks the idols to come to the fairy world to help [[SavingChristmas rescue Santa]]. The boys end up getting their butts kicked, and they have to get rescued by Digital Goddess Kurisu, the female December representative, whose birthday is on December 24 and whose songs are about Christmas, which might make her an example... though the songs in question are called "Holy Night Online" and "I Hate Christmas".
** The male and female February are named Koi and Ai (both of which mean "love"), and they're pink-haired twins. Their birthday is Valentine's Day.

** Jam-boree, a Monster exclusive to Seasonal Shanty, which represents Anniversary Month [[note]] As the game released in September 2012, every September, the game holds an annual month-long event. Two trends that have appeared every year were every Rare, Epic, and Seasonal monster being available to buy or breed, and discounts in structures, structure upgrades, or in-app purchases.[[/note]]

** Jam-boree, a Monster exclusive to Seasonal Shanty, which represents Anniversary Month [[note]] As the game released in September 2021, every September, the game holds an annual month-long event. Two trends that have appeared every year were every Rare, Epic, and Seasonal monster being available to buy or breed, and discounts in structures, structure upgrades, or in-app purchases.[[/note]]

** A more literal example, the male December representative, Kakeru, has a pet reindeer who is actually a Christmas fairy. In one [[Theater/{{Tsukiuta}} stage play]], the reindeer takes human form and asks the idols to come to the fairy world to help [[SavingChristmas rescue Santa]]. The boys end up getting their butts kicked, and they have to get rescued by Digital Goddess Kurisu, the female December representative, whose birthday is on December 24 and whose songs are about Christmas, which might make her an example... though the songs in question are called "Holy Night Online" and "I Hate Christmas".

** Hoola, native to Air and Earth Islands [[note]]her holiday is held on Earth Island, but both monsters in her breeding combination (PomPom and Pango) are native to Air Island[[/note]], who represents SummerSong [[note]]An original holiday to My Singing Monsters, usually stands for the Summer[[/note]]

* A turkey (Thanksgiving)

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* Baby New Year (New Year's Eve and/or New Year's Day)

Another common attribute of holiday representatives is being co-workers (or an equivalent thereof) or even friends with MotherNature, [[TimeMaster Father Time]], TheSandman, the ToothFairy, JackFrost, TheGrimReaper, and [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the Boogeyman]].

* ''Literature/TheGuardiansOfChildhood'': The series features holiday personifications in the form Nicolas St. North (Santa Claus) for Christmas and Bunnymund the Easter Bunny for Easter.

* The titular character of ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' is the personaification of the Discworld equilivant of Christmas, Hogswatch night, fullling the role of Santa Claus while having a basis on much older traditions and festivals.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': The "Holiday Wars" arc is about Bun-bun murdering his way through a long list of personifications of various holidays, [YouKillItYouBoughtIt absorbing their powers in the process]]. He starts with Easter and Groundhog Day and works his way up through Halloween (and its pumpkin-headed king) and Thanksgiving (a turkey general), before facing off against his archnemesis, Christmas (in the form of Santa Claus).

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': The "Holiday Wars" arc is about Bun-bun murdering his way through a long list of personifications of various holidays. He starts with Easter and Groundhog Day and works his way up through Halloween (and its pumpkin-headed king) and Thanksgiving (a turkey general), before facing off against his archnemesis, Christmas (in the form of Santa Claus).

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': One episode features copious made-up lore surrounding Leap Day, including a mythical figure called Leap Day William. Liz meets a mysterious man in the street who turns out to be Leap Day William, and also a HumanoidAbomination.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has the villain Fright Knight as the personification of Halloween.