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** The holiday they call "Christmas" is not a religious holiday, and its traditions have nothing in common with Christmas as we know it. Their only Christmas-like holiday is Life Day.

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is secretly a devout Christian living in Narmnia, a nightmarish Literature/BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where all religions are illegal. Christmas, which was once a national holiday in Narmnia, has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumerism. Following a denounce to the Narmnian secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behavior during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested. [[CruelMercy They decide to spare him the usual punishment of death]], instead sending him to a re-education camp which turns out to be a FateWorseThanDeath.

** Every time Bob says "Christmas" during the ChristmasEpisode, Aerith or a relative of hers screams "LIFE DAY!" at the top of their lungs. BonusPoints if [[BrickJoke they also do this in later episodes.]]

* '''Downplayed''': People get together for Life Day and they eat at the same table. Other than that, there is barely any parallel between Life Day and any Earth holiday.

** Every time Bob says "Christmas" during the holiday, Aerith or a relative of hers screams "LIFE DAY!" at the top of their lungs. [[BrickJoke Bonus points if they also do this in later episodes.]]

* '''Implied''': Aerith puts up very Christmas-like decorations, and claims they're for Life Day, but we don't get to see anything else relating to Life Day.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is a [[TheFundamentalist Christian fundamentalist]] ConspiracyTheorist who lives in the real world, but believes that Narmnia (as described in the paragraph below) is 100% real.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is secretly a devout Christian living in Narmnia, a nightmarish Literature/BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where all religions are illegal. Christmas, which was once a national holiday in Narmnia, has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumerism. Following a denounce to the Narmnian secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behavior during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested. They decide to spare him the usual punishment of death, instead sending him to a re-education camp.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Not applicable. (This trope is always intentionally used.)

* '''Unparodied''': Judging by the decorations at Aerith's house, Bob assumes that Life Day is a combination of Halloween and Christmas. However, it is actually a Christmas-like holiday, plain and simple. Aerith's family just hasn't taken down the Halloween (or "Pumpkin Night") decorations yet.

** The holiday they call "Christmas" is not a religious holiday, and its traditions have nothing in common with Christmas as we know it.

* '''Enforced''': The writers offer the executives a lengthy and reasonable tirade about why Christianity can't exist in Narmnia. They offer to do a holiday special still, featuring a holiday that resembles Christmas, but with no religious content. The executives agree.

* '''Exploited''': Bob uses Life Day as an excuse to sing the Christmas carols he loves (with minor revisions).

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is a [[TheFundamentalist Christian fundamentalist]] ConspiracyTheorist who lives in the real world, but believes that everything in the paragraph below is 100% real.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a secretly devote Christian living in a nightmarish Literature/BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where religion is banned and Christmas has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumerism. Following a denounce to the secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behavior during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested and sent to a re-education camp (or executed).

** Life Day is a CrystalDragonJesus religious holiday, so it's no coincidence that it resembles Christmas.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...except that when dinner ends, everybody gets up to decorate a tree and hang socks on the chimney for Father Winter to fill with toys when he comes at midnight. They then walk around town singing melodies.

* '''Justified''': Christianity ''does'' exist in Narmnia, but it is forbidden by the Wicked Troll Government. Aerith's family is trying to celebrate Christmas as much as it is possible without vulnerating the actual word of the law.

* '''Subverted''': Bob, who fell on Narmnia through a magic door to our world, thinks at first that Life Day must be somewhat like Christmas. However, when Bob visits Aerith's house for the Life Day dinner, there appears to be no similarity between Christmas and Life Day.

* '''Straight''': In the MagicalLand of {{Narm}}nia, Aerith's family invites Bob to their traditional Life Day dinner. Bob finds that Life Day is similar to Christmas; it includes practices such as decorating a tree, singing melodies, hanging socks on the chimney, and receiving gifts from Father Winter.

** Narmnia has "clones" of other holidays as well as Christmas - [[HalloweenEpisode Pumpkin Night]], [[ValentinesDayEpisodes Heart Day]], Chocolate Egg Day, etc.

* '''Subverted''': Bob, who fell on Narmnia through a magic door to our world, thinks at first that Life Day must be somewhat like Christmas, but soon finds there is no similarity between them.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...except that when dinner ends, everybody gets up to sing melodies, decorate a tree, hang socks on the chimney and receive gifts from Father Winter.

** Everytime Bob tries to pronounce the word "Christmas" during the holiday, Aerith or a relative of hers screams "LIFE DAY!" at the top of their lungs.
** Life Day's traditions combine those of Christmas and another real holiday (or more than one other real holiday).
** Life Day is celebrated with parodies of Christmas traditions. For example, they decorate a pile of laundry instead of a tree and receive deadly weapons as gifts.

* '''Enforced''': The writers are forced to make a ChristmasEpisode by ExecutiveMeddling.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, like Christmas?" "What's a Christmas?"

* '''Exploited''': Bob uses Life Day as an excuse to sing the Christmas carols he loves.
* '''Defied''':
** Bob decides to tell Aerith about Christmas. Aerith notes its similarities to Life Day.
** The writers offer the executives a lengthy and reasonable tirade about why Christmas can't exist in the world of Narmnia. They offer to do a holiday special still, but featuring a holiday that does not resemble Christmas at all and fits with previous traditions mentioned earlier in the show. The executives agree.
* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a secretly devote Christian living in a nightmarish Literature/BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where religion is banned and Christmas has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumerism. Following a denounce to the secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behavior during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested and sent to a re-education camp.

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* '''Straight''': In the Magical Land of Narmnia, Aerith's family invites Bob to their traditional Life Day dinner.

** Life Day is a winter holiday commemorating the birth of Life Dude. It includes practices such as decorating a tree, singing melodies, hanging socks on the chimney and receiving gifts from Father Winter.

* '''Invoked''': At first, no Christmas-like holiday is celebrated in Narmnia. However, Bob decides to invent one, and it catches on.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The writers offer the executives a lengthy and reasonable tirade about why Christmas can't exist in the world of Narmnia. They offer to do a holiday special still, but featuring a holiday that does not resemble Christmas at all and fits with previous traditions mentioned earlier in the show. The executives agree.

Back to YouMeanXmas

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Life Day is a winter holiday commemorating the birth of Life Dude. It includes practices such as decorating a tree, singing melodies, hanging socks on the chimney and receiving gifts from Father Winter.

* '''Parodied''': Everytime Bob tries to pronounce the word "Christmas" during the holiday, Aerith's family scream "LIFE DAY!" at the top of their lungs.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Life Day is a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, a Narmnian troll folk hero.

** There is no ChristmasEpisode in this show.
** Christmas is always known as Christmas.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Incredible how the writers would go through such great lengths to create a completely alternate civilization only to rip off our holidays in the end"

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Incredible how the writers would go through such great lengths to create a completely alternate civilization only to rip off our holidays in the end"

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is a [[TheFundamentalist Christian fundamentalist]] ConspiracyTheorist who lives in the real world, but believes that everything in the paragraph above is 100% real.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is a paranoid {{fundamentalist}} that believes himself in the former. He is not. HilarityEnsues.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Averted''': There is no ChristmasEpisode in this show.

'''Basic Trope''': The problem of writing a ChristmasEpisode in a decidely non-Christian setting is solved by introducing a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for the holiday.

* '''Inverted''': In Narmnia, "Christmas" is the month when the secret priestly initiation rituals of the Narmnian Church are performed, which are believed to be mystically associated with Christ. Their details are concealed partly through a pretense about a man named Nicholas. Other than this, the ceremonies have little to do with christmas as we know it.

* '''Deconstructed''': ??
* '''Reconstructed''': ??

* '''Invoked''': ??
* '''Defied''': The writers offer the executives a lenghty and reasonable tirade about why Christmas can't exist in the world of Narmnia. They offer to do a holiday special still, but featuring a holiday that does not resemble Christmas at all and fits with previous traditions mentioned earlier in the show. The executives agree.
* '''Discussed''': ??

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a secretly devote Christian living in a nightmarish Literature/BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where religion is banned and Christmas has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumerism. Following a denounce to the secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behaviour during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested and sent to a re-education camp.
* '''Played For Laughs''': ??

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a secretly devote Christian living in a nightmarish BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where religion is banned and Christmas has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumerism. Following a denounce to the secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behaviour during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested and sent to a re-education camp.

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a secretly devote Christian living in a nightmarish BraveNewWorld-esque dystopia where religion is banned and Christmas has been replaced by "Life Day", a government-approved holiday devoid of any religious meaning and entirely centered around consumism. Following a denounce to the secret police by Aerith, who had noticed something "odd" in Bob's behaviour during the Life Day dinner, Bob is arrested and sent to a re-education camp.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, you mean Christmas?" "What's a Christmas?"

* '''Played For Drama''': ??

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Invoked''':

* '''Discussed''':

* '''Played For Drama''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':

* '''Conversed''':

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Zig Zagged''':

* '''Inverted''': In Narmnia, "Christmas" is the month when the secret priestly initiation rituals are performed, which are believed to be mystically associated with Christ. Their details are concealed partly through a pretense about a man named Nicholas. Other than this, the ceremonies have little to do with christmas as we know it.

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Justified''': Christianity ''does'' exist in Narmnia, but it is heavily persecuted by the Wicked Troll Government. Aerith's family is trying to celebrate Christmas without drawing suspicions.

* '''Averted''': There is no ChristmasEpisode in this series.