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* FunnyPhotoPhrase: When Tommy gets a camera as a gift, the babies shout "Peas!" as he takes their photo.
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* ActorAllusion: Christmasland's Santa Claus actor is voiced by Jim Belushi, who also played a Mall Santa in ''Film/JingleAllTheWay''.


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* OverTheTopChristmasDecorations: Rather, Over-the-Top Hanukkah Decorations. Stu appears to have put a giant light-up driedel on top of the Pickles' house. Unsurprisingly considering it was made by Stu, it promptly falls over as the family drives away.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Hermie asks Angelic why she lied to Tommy about Dil never getting another Christmas if he doesn’t get to see Santa. And, of course, she doesn’t have a good answer.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Hermie asks Angelic Angelica why she lied to Tommy about Dil never getting another Christmas if he doesn’t get to see Santa. And, of course, she doesn’t have a good answer.

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* BlatantLies: Angelica lies to the babies about Santa and presents making Christmas very special.
* ChristmasSpecial
* ExtraLongEpisode: This is a two parter episode.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Hermie asks Angelic why she lied to Tommy about Dil never getting another Christmas if he doesn’t get to see Santa. And, of course, she doesn’t have a good answer.
* BlatantLies: Angelica lies to the babies about Santa and presents making that if Dil doesn't visit Santa, he'll never get another Christmas.
* ChristmasEpisode: It’s Dil’s first
Christmas very and the babies want to make it extra special.
* ChristmasSpecial
CommercializedChristmas: The Pickles and their family and friends spend Christmas Eve at Mega Corp’s “Christmasland” theme park.
* DontLookDown: When Chuckie’s being spun high up in the air while stuck on one of the mouse knight’s swords, Kimi tells him not to look down.
-->'''Chuckie:''' Kinda hard not to when you’re not upside up!
* EveryoneHatesFruitCakes: Even Phil!
-->'''Phil:''' Why would you mess up cake with green chewy things?
* ExtraLongEpisode: This is a two parter episode.two-parter episode.
* FantasySequence: The babies imagine that they’re caught in the middle of a battle between a giant nutcracker and an army of mouse knights, but in reality it’s just an animatronics show based on ''[[Theatre/TheNutcracker The Nutcracker]]''.



* {{Gasp}}: The babies all gasp when Santa tells Angelica she deserves a spanking.



* HostileAnimatronics: The babies confront a giant animatronic Nutcracker and get attacked by the robotic Mouse King and his mice army.
* MallSanta: Angelica makes one quit, but luckily Lou stands in to play Santa.

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* HollywoodToneDeaf: Angelica when she’s singing her own IAmGreatSong to the tune of “Joy to the World”.
-->'''Angelica:''' Joy to the world, that ''I'' have come!
* HostileAnimatronics: The babies confront a giant animatronic Nutcracker nutcracker and get attacked by the robotic Mouse King mouse king and his mice mouse army.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Angelica says she’s been good all year so she’s sure to get lots of presents from Santa, right before she shoves past the babies and goes to look for cookies to steal.
-->'''Phil:''' She must’ve been good all the times we wasn’t looking.
* MallSanta: Angelica makes one quit, but luckily Lou stands in for him.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: When Angelica breaks into Santa’s workshop, she sees it filled with elves making toys and Prancy appears as a real, talking reindeer. Hermie sings her a song about treating every day like Christmas, making her realize she needs
to play Santa.change her bratty behavior. However when she blinks, the workshop is once again filled with animatronics and Prancy is back to being a toy. The only evidence that it may not have been her imagination is the elf hat on the floor in front of her and Prancy, who had originally been thrown across the room during her fall, now sitting next to a big bag of toys.



** Angelica goes to the park’s Santa to receive her gifts as she thinks that she is good all year, only for Santa to give her a reindeer plush toy. He later couldn’t stand against Angelica’s blabbering and ends up quitting his job.
** Later, Stu is unaware that his snow machine malfunctioned, hence the snow blocked the door, trapping him and the adults.
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The special ends this way.

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** Angelica goes to the park’s Santa to receive demand her gifts as she thinks that she is good all year, from him, only for Santa him to give her a lame reindeer plush toy. He later couldn’t stand against Angelica’s blabbering She then goes on a rampage, terrorizing Santa to the point of making him quit. This scares the babies into thinking Christmas is canceled and ends up quitting his job.
sets off the events of their plot.
** Later, Stu is unaware that Because of Stu’s shoddy paper-clip-and-rubber-band workmanship, his snow machine malfunctioned, hence malfunctions and traps the snow blocked the door, trapping him and the adults.
adults in a cabin.
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The special episode ends this way.with a pan up to a full moon as Santa flies by.



* SeniorSleepCycle: Lou falls asleep as he watches the babies and eventually wakes to think that they have gone with Lulu and left him a cup of cocoa as promised to her.

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* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: When Kimi is fighting the mouse animatronics, Chuckie tells her she should be careful and play with toys her own size.
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: A reference to ''[[Theatre/BabesInToyland Babes in Toyland]]''.
* RunningGag: The babies keep smelling something and Phil, thinking they mean him, blames it on the fruit cake he ate at the beginning of the episode.
* SantaAmbiguity: At the end of the episode, Santa flies by in his sleigh with presents trailing behind him.
* SelflessWish: All Tommy wanted as a gift was for Dil to have a good first Christmas.
* SeniorSleepCycle: Lou falls asleep Lou, as he watches usual. He’s about to tell the babies about what Christmas was like when he was a kid, and immediately falls asleep. He eventually wakes to think that they have gone with Lulu came and left picked them up, leaving him a cup of cocoa as promised to her.like she promised.



* ShoutOut: The head elf Hermie has the same name as the aspiring dentist elf in ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''.



* SplittingPants: Chuckie finally gets free from the animatronic he’s caught on, but he rips the back of his snowsuit in the process which reveals his [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Reptar-print undies]].



* SweetAndSourGrapes: Throughout the episode, the babies collect different items that they grow to treasure. When they come across a Nativity scene, they notice that the baby Jesus is cold and alone on Christmas and give him all of their treasures to make him happy. At the end of the episode, Angelica (or possibly Santa) gives them all better versions of the things they gave away.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Santa, who only took this job as a favor, quits after getting sick of putting up with Angelica and throws his Santa hat to the ground.



* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Everyone, babies and grown-ups alike, learn that Christmas isn’t about presents or materialistic things, but about spending time with the people you love.



* WhatTheHellHero: Angelica gets one for ''not'' being on the nice list for the year due to many other bad things she has done in the episode when she tries to talk to Hermey in Santa's workshop.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Angelica gets one for ''not'' being on the nice list for the year due to many other bad things she has done in the episode when she tries to talk to Hermey in Santa's workshop.workshop.
* WhenIWasYourAge:
-->'''Lou:''' You kids can keep all your high-tech holiday hoopla. In my day, all you needed for Christmas was Bing Crosby, a comfy chair, and a hot cup of cocoa.
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