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6[[caption-width-right:350:Merry Crimble to those who live five days ahead of time!]]
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8->''"Hang the star upon the tree, it's Christmas again. Candy canes for you and me, it's Christmas again."''
9-->-- ''Series/SesameStreet'', "Film/ElmoSavesChristmas"
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11Known in Britain as a "Christmas Special" (not to be confused with a ChristmasSpecial, a series or franchise based on Christmas itself), the Christmas Episode is a one-off seasonal episode of an ongoing series, typically a comedy or comedy drama. Sometimes the Christmas Episode will be shown in two or three parts over consecutive nights, typically in the build-up to Christmas Day. Only the most popular shows get their Christmas episodes shown on Christmas Day itself.
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13Note that unlike other holiday episodes included in a series, the Christmas Episode is usually a special production or commission separate from the season it occurs alongside; as such, it generally just features the series' core cast (and sometimes, popular secondary characters) and is [[CanonDiscontinuity not necessarily in continuity]] to the rest of the season — though it can also be used to set up major changes in continuity through events such as a Christmas wedding or a Christmas birth ([[AwayInAManger a popular one for obvious reasons]]), which can then be canonized in the next year's season. Alternatively, the Christmas Episode may be the last-ever episode of the series, as happened with the UK version of ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' (before getting UnCancelled), ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'', and ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' (although the latter had more Christmas Episodes commissioned afterwards). It is not unusual for British sitcoms to continue producing new Christmas Episodes for several years after the show has finished as an ongoing series; the final series of ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' was aired in 2000, but new Christmas specials continued to air sporadically until 2012, and more than half of ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' ended up being specials in a similar manner.
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15In Britain, a more recent variation is a specially recorded Christmas day message on Creator/Channel4 which is then run in competition with the monarch's televised Christmas message (recent years have seen announcements from [[Series/DaAliGShow Ali G]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]). However, since this is breaking the FourthWall, it is not typically part of an actual story.
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17During the 1980s and 90s, British Christmas specials usually took place in some decidedly un-Christmassy part of the world such as Florida (''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'') or Majorca (''Series/BirdsOfAFeather''). This has been less popular since those decades, although ''Series/DeathInParadise'' continues the tradition with its Caribbean setting.
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19If a Christmas Episode is depressing in tone, this is a case of TwistedChristmas. British {{Soap Opera}}s in particular tend to make the Christmas Episode the most depressing episode of the entire year. (Which is saying something; Brit soaps like ''Series/EastEnders'' tend to be depressing anyway.) It is not uncommon for a long running character to die in Christmas Episodes of this kind, and another occurrence is a [[WorstWeddingEver disastrous wedding where everything goes wrong and the wedding doesn't occur]], or a disastrous birth where the baby, mother or both [[DeathByChildbirth die in the process]].
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21May overlap with VacationEpisode if travel is involved.
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23See also ChristmasSpecial, which is based on Christmas itself instead of a pre-existing series. Also see YouMeanXmas, where a world where Christmas doesn't exist gets a similar holiday for the purposes of having an episode for it. Compare UsefulNotes/ChristmasInJapan. See AprilFoolsPlot or VerySpecialEpisode for another themed episode found in shows. If the plot is taken by a certain Dickens' tale, you might be prompted to say YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Action-adventure shows may have AnAssKickingChristmas if those elements don't take a holiday. Dramatic shows may lighten up the tone for a MerryChristmasInGotham. SavingChristmas, of course, is not unheard of. Expect an EverybodyHelpsOutDenouement.
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25Look out for the theme tune of the Christmas Special being customized for the season, perhaps with sleigh bells and snippets of things like ''Jingle Bells'', and the opening credits being overlaid by lots of jolly things like tinsel and glittering snowflakes.
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27For other holidays see HanukkahEpisode, HalloweenEpisode, ThanksgivingEpisode, ValentinesDayEpisode, StPatricksDayEpisode, and EasterEpisode.
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31[[index]]
32* ChristmasEpisode/AnimeAndManga
33* ChristmasEpisode/LiveActionTV
34* ChristmasEpisode/WesternAnimation
35[[/index]]
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37!!Other examples:
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41[[folder:Advertising]]
42* "One More, Dave", "Christmas Pudding", and "Mark" from the ''Advertising/DrinkingAndDrivingWrecksLives'' campaign take place around Christmastime.
43** "One More, Dave" features a woman having to liquify and spoon-feed Christmas dinner to Dave, who became a quadreplagic after driving drunk.
44** "Christmas Pudding" has a woman getting a call during Christmas dinner that her boyfriend David, who had been drinking prior, was involved in an accident. The woman imagines the pudding on the table, which is on fire, as David's car, which is similarly ablaze. This ad has the special slogan of "Drinking and Driving Wrecks Christmas".
45** "Mark" mentions that the titular Mark gave some children "their most memorable Christmas ever" when he hit and killed their parents while drink-driving.
46* A few Advertising/EnergizerBunny ads feature a more festive flair, from the Bunny having to [[SavingChristmas save Christmas]] because of Santa oversleeping (thanks to a Supervolt powered alarm clock), to having to deal with his ObnoxiousInLaws.
47* One Advertising/MethProject ad called "Parents" took place around Christmas, as evidenced by the Christmas tree in the living room.
48* A special Advertising/WilkinsCoffee ad featured Wilkins and Wontkins dressed as Santa and a reindeer, respectively.
49-->'''Wilkins:''' Merry Christmas! It's a joy to serve Wilkins Coffee to so many people at Christmas!\
50'''Wontkins:''' It's a joy to ''you!'' You're not pulling the sled!
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52
53[[folder:Asian Animation]]
54* In the ''Animation/PangPond'' episode "Santa Pond", [=PangPond=] gets the chance to deliver presents like Santa.
55* In one episode of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the characters celebrate Christmas and dress up as SantaClaus.
56* ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass: Travel Around the World'': The first episode is about the goats' gang going to Finland, meeting Santa Claus there, and getting to ride on his sleigh.
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59[[folder:Audio Plays]]
60* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' cotains several, with different flavors:
61** "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho027TheOneDoctor The One Doctor]]" is a {{Panto}}-style story about the Doctor and Mel trying to track down a ConMan and his girlfriend who has been impersonating the Doctor.
62** "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho029TheChimesOfMidnight The Chimes of Midnight]]" sees the Doctor and Charley trying to solve a Creator/AgathaChristie-style murder mystery in an upper-class household at Christmas time. Also, there is a massive {{Absurdis|m}}t twist to the whole thing. Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without it.
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65[[folder:Comic Books]]
66* The 33rd issue of ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' (a weekly series entailing what happened during the year Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman lied low after the events of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') takes place during the Christmas season.
67* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' often has a bumper issue for Christmas usually being on sale for two or three weeks rather than the usual week. The Christmas issue would also often feature long stories involving all the current Beano characters. Which is unusual seeing as the Beano is an AnthologyComic.
68* The ''ComicBook/{{Beetlejuice}}'' comic books had a "horror-day" issue in which the cover story, "Get Me to the Church on Slime," takes place at Christmas. The focus isn't really ''on'' Christmas, however, but rather on the fact that Lydia's celebration of the holiday gets hijacked by her ghostly best friend being forced into marriage. ItMakesSenseInContext (kind of).
69* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': During the epilogue. The gang gets snowed in for the winter, so while they're waiting for the thaw an entire (albeit brief) issue is spent celebrating the Winter Solstice.
70* Issue #55 of ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkActionPack'' is one, with all the stories inside being Christmas-themed; it's also notable for being the last issue of the comic to adapt stories that weren't based on either ''Ben 10'' or ''Generator Rex''.
71* Franchise/TheDCU and Franchise/MarvelUniverse Holiday Specials, featuring Christmas with various superheroes.
72** A particularly good one that takes place out of continuity has ComicBook/{{Superman}} attempting to visiting an upset child dressed up like a Santa Claus-verison of himself. Batman shows up and chides Superman for acting childish and making himself look silly, which tarnishes his reputation as an icon for good. Superman reluctantly agrees and ditches the costume, but still decides to leave all the gifts he was going to bring for the kid. But as he enters his house, the first thing he sees is Batman dressed up as Bat-Santa... he actually just wanted to hog all the glory for himself. Supes gets pretty pissed and proceeds to smash Batman's face in.
73** In 1988 story ''Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2: ComicBook/ShouldAuldAcquaintanceBeForgot'', the Pre-Crisis ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pScx8BN4h3s/TRAR_CElMcI/AAAAAAAAK3Y/JIg2PlbMWkk/s1600/Xmas+1988-03.jpg briefly appears]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pScx8BN4h3s/TRAR_dm1YiI/AAAAAAAAK3c/voPpHlP3snU/s1600/Xmas+1988-04.jpg right after having been erased from continuity]]:
74--->'''Kara:''' We don't do it for the glory. We don't do it for the recognition... We do it because it needs to be done. Because if we don't, no one else will. And we do it even if no one knows what we've done. Even if no one knows we exist. Even if no one remembers we ever existed.
75** In ''[[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2013/12/back-issue-holiday-box-dcu-infinite.html DCU Infinite Holiday Special issue #1]]'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} gets to answer some of the Christmas letters that get sent to her cousin. One of those letters is from a girl who wants to see her father. However her father is an asshole who doesn't want his daughter to know he is a screw-up. Supergirl manages to talk him into clearing things up with his ex-wife and daughter through... unorthodox means. Several months later ([[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2010/02/review-supergirl-50-part-2.html in Supergirl #50]]), the little girl thanks Supergirl for bringing her dad back:
76--->'''Supergirl:''' You know the cliché, Fred. Everyone does. "When you're about to die, your life flashes in front of your eyes." But I've been there, and it's crap... isn't it? You see '''something''', though. You see the '''holes'''... the '''missing bits'''. And all of the things that '''would''' have made your life '''complete''', if you had one more year... a day... a '''second'''. I don't know what you saw, Fred, but considering you were in free fall for a solid minute, I bet it was an eyeful. Maybe you are a screw-up. A loser. A '''drunk'''. But maybe, the piece you're missing... can make you something better. But only if you go to her, and try. Merry Christmas, Fred. Hope it's a good one.
77** In the ''DC Universe Holiday Special 2008: A Day Without Sirens'', a "Day Without Sirens" is proposed right before Christmas. Commissioner Gordon believes such an initiative is doomed to failure. The criminals of Gotham would never heed such a calling. However, the day proceeds without police sirens. It turns out that Kara Zor-El and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pScx8BN4h3s/SU-kKYaVUmI/AAAAAAAACGc/LKdSPl0ht34/s1600-h/holiday-09.jpg handled covertly all emergency calls during that day]].
78--->'''ComicBook/{{Oracle}}:''' Just rest easy knowing you did something special today.\
79'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' You really think so? Do you think this one day is going to make a difference?\
80'''Oracle:''' I know so. Never discount the healing power of a little hope, Kara.
81** ''The Silent Night of the Franchise/{{Batman}}.'' Read it and Arlen Schumer's perceptive essay [[https://13thdimension.com/christmas-eve-with-batman-neal-adams/ here]].
82* A ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' storyline had Larfleeze (an Orange Lantern who represents avarice) discovering Christmas and attempting to celebrate it. HilarityEnsues. It ends with a bit of a TearJerker, however...
83* The ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' bonus story ''Slashing Through the Snow'', featuring a wannabee slasher named Rudolph. Despite the name, he was a BadSanta. Also, it was done in [[http://www.boomvavavoom.com/image/hack/HackXmas.jpg chibi-style]].
84* The ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' comics had a Christmas special. [[http://www.clivebarker.com/html/visions/bib/comics/hell/hell22.htm Seriously]].
85* ''ComicBook/{{Henchmen}}'': The short story "Winter Blunderland" sees [[TheProtagonist Gary]] taking a job on Christmas for [[BadSanta Santa Claws]], a villain whos plan is to corrupt all the toys at a Mega Mart into his personal "Terror Toys(tm)" to give out on Christmas. His plan is interrupted by a {{Superhero}} name Retailer, who engages Santa Claws in a fist fight. [[spoiler:Gary decides to shrink both of them on the spot and give them to his daughter as a Christmas present.]]
86* ComicBook/{{Hitman}} #22: The Santa Contract. Tommy and Nat are hired to kill a radioactive murderer in a stolen Santa suit on Christmas eve. The best part is the rhyming narration InTheStyleOf "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
87-->'' "Word!" Said his homie, "I got my nine! Now let's go bust a cap in that nuclear swine!" So they took their nine 'mils and a big forty four, and a hand grenade Tommy'd been keeping in store, and enough ammunition to fight a small war. And went off to inform vile Bob of the score.''
88* ''ComicBook/InvaderZimOni'': The third Quarterly issue is an anthology containing three Christmas-related stories -- the first shows what happened to Zim's sentient Santa suit after it was tossed into space, the second has Zim in YetAnotherChristmasCarol, and the third chronicles Professor Membrane's life-long vendetta against Santa Claus.
89* The Christmas issue of ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' involves the titular band being paired up for Secret Santa with their rivals The Misfits.
90* ''ComicBook/JSAClassified'': In one two part story [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan]], [[ComicBook/TheFlash Jay]] and [[ComicBook/{{Wildcat}} Ted]] attend a parade, which is crashed by [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]] and ComicBook/VandalSavage, and then attend the JSA's annual Christmas get together.
91* A Christmas story was the basis of ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'' in the last issue of the ''Four Seasons'' arc (which was ultimately published by Marvel in a miniseries titled just ''The Muppets'' due to Boom! Studios losing the comic book license to the Muppets), which involved Miss Piggy attempting to get Kermit to kiss her under the mistletoe and [[BadSanta a burglar dressed as Santa Claus]] robbing Sam the Eagle while he was distracted reading a version of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
92* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' #29 (DC run) had "Helliday" which had Him creating a Christmas-like holiday in Townsville in which everyone (except Buttercup) is highly involved.
93* Marvel had at least six featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher. Frank Castle dressing as Santa to gun down mafiosi? Two years in a row? Awesome!
94** Marvel even did a story once where a little blind boy who was kidnapped by bad guys on Christmas Eve gets rescued by ComicBook/GhostRider and is convinced for the rest of his life that he was saved by Santa Claus.
95** And another time Doctor Doom took the mantle of Santa Claus.
96** Even ComicBook/HowardTheDuck got in on the action in the third issue of the black-and-white 64-page version of his comic, where he had to save Christmas from being taken over by a villain named Greedy Killerwhatt.
97* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' had an issue where ComicBook/WonderWoman modified her costume a little to look more Christmas-like and added a red cape with white fluffy trim and then went to a tenement in a downtrodden neighborhood with a sack full of toys and gave cool quality toys to all the children there. She also fought a gangster who was abusing his niece and nephew she came across in the building.
98* ''ComicBook/SimoneTheBestMonsterEver'': The comic has a number of strips that revolve around Christmas, whether they be Simone and Morris celebrating it, and discovering how different it is for each of them, or strips starring the monster world's SantaClaus, who's a [[SpiderPeople Spider Person]] with [[MultiArmedAndDangerous four arms]] and multiple legs.
99* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' had a Christmas one-shot called ''Silent Night''. Outside of the title and the funny pin-ups in the back, the comic simply looks as if it takes place on a snowy night.
100* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' had "Little Peter's Christmas" and "The Smurfs Christmas" as its comic book stories.
101* Issue #15 of the ''ComicBook/SonicX'' Archie comics takes place during Christmas, where Eggman attempts to extort Station Square of its money by interrupting a live-broadcast disguising himself as Santa Claus, though no one except Sonic realizes [[PaperThinDisguise it's just Eggman in a costume]]. When Eggman threatens to not give anybody presents in exchange for Sonic himself, Sonic plays along up until Eggman's plan is busted near the end.
102* ''ComicBook/SupergirlAdventuresGirlOfSteel'': The final chapter takes place in Christmas, with the younger Leaguers celebrating the holidays.
103* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': For a few years, the books would do a Christmas issue where the hero answers some letters that pile up in the Metropolis post office.
104* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'' has two. The first, in Issue 65, has Michelangelo having a Christmas Party at the lair. The second, in issue 89, has Splinter playing the part of Ebenezer Scrooge in YetAnotherChristmasCarol.
105* ''ComicBook/{{The Transformers|Marvel}} UK'' featured several Christmas issues:
106** In "Christmas Breaker", Optimus Prime got dressed in a Santa suit and Circuit Breaker didn't kill Jazz due to Christmas. Yeah.
107** In "The Gift", Buster helps Jetfire to appreciate his Earth heritage as a Christmas gift.
108** In "Stargazing", a kid tries to have Starscream do good deeds due to the Christmas spirit. At the end, Starscream still doesn't care for others, but he wishes the kid Merry Christmas.
109** In "Cold Comfort and Joy", while Optimus blames himself for the war reaching Earth, [[LetsYouAndHimFight a misunderstanding causes the Powermasters to fight the Wreckers]].
110** In "The Greatest Gift of All", Optimus uses the last shard of the Creation Matrix to restore the environment of an area damaged by a battle, as a gift to Earth.
111** While issue 302 didn't include any UK-original comic story, it included a short NoFourthWall text story of Dreadwind having YetAnotherChristmasCarol which convinces him to leave the letters page.
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114[[folder:Fan Works]]
115* ''Fanfic/AbsolutePowerSucksAbsolutely'': Maxime decides to use his RealityWarper powers to play Santa Claus at his surrogate younger brother's behest in the aptly named chapter, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Christmas Episode"]]. At the same time, Kite Man tracks Maxime down in hopes of getting him to revive his son Junior, who was killed during the gang war between the Riddler and the Joker. Maxime agrees without a second thought and freezes time so the younger boys could play video games together.
116* In ''Fanfic/AGreenChristmas'', the first chapter takes place on Christmas Eve and the second on Christmas Day. Buttercup and Blossom are sad to be sick on Christmas day until the Professor and Bubbles cheer them up.
117* ''Fanfic/AlternateTailSeries'' has one aptly named "An Alternate Christmas Tail'' that focuses on Gajeel's first Christmas at Fairy Tail years before the start of the series, where Mira tricks Gajeel into thinking that Santa Claus is a powerful demon, and after he seemingly knocks him (really a disguised Makarov), she tries to save Christmas by rallying the Fairy Tail kids to make and deliver presents.
118* ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'': Christmas gets its own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28298970/chapters/69343044 four-chapter fic]]. There are fun times, dramatic times, and peaceful times.
119* ''Fanfic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'': Part 13: ''Yes, Virginia, Film/ItsAWonderfulLife With 192, Though I Wouldn't Call It [[Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife Christmas in Heaven]]''. The SpinOff series ''Perspectives'' has two in a row. The first interweaves with the events of ''Boy Scouts ½, part 13'', but from the perspective of the spin-off's main characters. The second follows later that evening, and is YetAnotherChristmasCarol.
120* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has "A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas!" ''Christmas with Calvin and Hobbes'' is this for Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}} at large.
121* ''Fanfic/ChaosEffect'' has Christmas {{Filler Arc}}s whenever the holiday season arrives in real life, which tend to pop up in the middle of ongoing arcs. This always gets lampshaded by [[SelfInsert Edwin]], who is annoyed to find himself dropped into the filler without warning, but he's still happy to go along with the holiday spirit (and then right back to annoyed when hijinks ensue).
122** The first one, coming right before the Duelist Kingdom finals, sees Edwin being challenged to a duel by Santa Claus, who is possessed by the spirit of the Millennium Crown and enraged at Edwin not buying into the commercialist aspects of Christmas.
123** The second one, coming early on in the Battle City arc, sees Edwin's friends choosing to postpone Christmas celebrations to celebrate Edwin's birthday instead (as it falls on the 25th and is usually overlooked for Christmas), only for the party to be crashed by the Millennium Crown, which is now possessing Frosty the Snowman and is out for revenge.
124** The third one, interrupting the Battle City Finals, is a parody of ''Film/DieHard'' wherein the [=KaibaCorp=] office Christmas party is attacked by [[spoiler: the adult ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' gang]]. Further complicating matters is that when Edwin manages to contact the Domino City Police, [[PoliceAreUseless they decide]] that the best course of action is to follow "Die Hard Protocols", [[RailRoading forcing Edwin to go through the motions of the movie]] no matter the [[InsaneTrollLogic lack of logic]].
125** The fourth one, later on during the Battle City Finals, sees the heroes dragged into the plot of a Hallmark movie, having to win a talent show in order to save the house that Yugi's grandpa just inherited in the small town the plot takes place. Meanwhile, Kaiba and Marik get dragged into romance plots, and Yami Bakura tries to explain the meaning of Christmas to someone he just met.
126* ''Fanfic/ChristmasWithACorduroy'': Dipper and Mabel invite Wendy over for Christmas. Having done Apocalypse training with her family as a holiday tradition, Wendy has to adapt to having a traditional Christmas, while dealing with the twins' overprotective mother.
127* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaGaidenSeries'':
128** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21954445 "Naegi’s First Christmas"]] has Makoto and Kyoko spending their first Christmas together as an engaged couple.
129** [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherAndHowIMetYourFatherTwoShotChapterOne "A Leosaya]] [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherAndHowIMetYourFatherTwoShotChapterTwo Christmas!"]] has Leon spending Christmas with Sayaka [[Main/MeetTheInLaws and her father]].
130** [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherAndHowIMetYourFatherOneShotTwo "Christmas with the Ultimate Despair!"]] has Junko convincing Mukuro, using [[Main/GreenEyedMonster the latter's jealousy for Makoto and Kyoko's relationship]], to joining in [[Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt her plan]].
131** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28337730 "Mokubo’s First Christmas Party!"]] has the Naegis and Class 78 survivors throwing a party to celebrate Mokubo's first Christmas.
132** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35947408 "Christmas with Komamiki!"]] has Mikan and Nagito spending Christmas at the Naegi household while they're checking up on Kyoko's third pregnancy.
133** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38433748 "Christmas Dance!"]] has Kiki and friends [[Main/HighSchoolDance attending a Christmas dance at Hope's Peak]].
134* ''The [=DysFUNctional=] Christmas'' is a Christmas spin-off for ''Fanfic/TheDysFUNctionalPirates'', complete with parodies of Christmas movies and specials, all of the randomness of ''The [=DysFUNctional=] Pirates'', and at least one reference to ''Film/{{Inception}}'' in every chapter.
135* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' has "Empath And The Red-Nosed Reindeer" as its first original Christmas Episode story, featuring [[Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer a certain reindeer with a shiny nose]]. The second and third original stories, "A Wild Winter Solstice" and "A Boy Named Nicholas", has their FramingStory set on Christmas, but the story told within the stories take place around the time of the [[YouMeanXmas Winter Solstice]]. The three others that are based on existing Smurfs stories are "Wild's First Christmas" (which is "'Tis The Season To Be Smurfy"), "A Haunted Christmas" (which is "Haunted Smurfs"), and "The Enchanted Evergreen" (which is "The Smurfs And The Little Tree" from the comic books).
136* ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'': Chapter 42, which was actually published on Christmas Eve 2020, sees Dib and his alien boyfriend Lor spending Christmas with the former's family. Aside from the Membranes taking their family gaming [[SeriousBusiness way too seriously]], things are pretty normal... until Membrane mistakes Tak's ship for Santa's sleigh and shoots it down as part of his canonical vendetta.
137* ''Fanfic/HeroTheGuardianSmurf'' adapts ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAChristmasCarol'' into its series as its Christmas Episode, with Wonder Smurfette playing the Smurf of Christmas Past and Hero playing the Smurf of Christmas Future. A musical number is also included in which Smurfette sings to Grouchy about the joys of Christmas.
138* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' Hogswatch-time fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5598298/17/Il-se-passait-au-nuit-du-P%C3%A8re-Porcher Il se Passait au nuit de Pere Porcher]]'', where a lot of Christmas conventions and clichés are gleefully sent up, the final chapter is called ''Do They know It's Hogswatchnight in Howondaland?'' The titular Band Aid song is spoofed in a Discworld context, through the agency of a character from "[[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondaland]]" who is asked this very question. She is from a farming family, and replies using the lyrics of the song... and in subsequent fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321109/34/Gap-Year-Adventures gap Year Adventures]]'', visiting Wizard Ponder Stibbons is asked, indeed just before Hogswatch, if he can apply a little practical water-divining to an area of Bush scrubland where, hitherto, neither rain has fallen nor water has flowed.
139* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' has "T'was the Dark Knight Before Christmas."
140* The ''{{Series/House}}'' fanfic "It's Time You Got A Life" is a spoof of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', of course.
141* ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers''
142** "The Christmas Island Red Crab", which is about Kwazii and Sarabi rescuing the titular crab from a whale shark.
143** "A Beary Merry Christmas", where Deborah is invited to spend Christmas with Captain Barnacles and his family.
144* ''[[Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria Mare of Steel]]'' had a side story that acted as a Christmas Episode; Rainbow suits up and finds a ship caught in the middle of a storm. She destroys the storm, and then carries the ship into port, all so a father doesn't have to break his promise to his daughter that he'd be home for Hearth's Warming.
145* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'' has "A Jolly J-WITCH Xmas", where [[CoDragons Wong and Cedric]] capture [[BadassSanta Saint Nicholas]] and free [[TheKrampus Krampus]] so they can set him against the Guardians.
146* ''Fanfic/KnowsIfYouveBeenNaughty'' is a Christmas-themed ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' oneshot, wherein TheKrampus goes after Gaz for her naughty behavior.
147* Creator/RoseOfPollux's ''A Lifetime Away'', among others. It focuses on [[Series/DoctorWho Jamie's]] first Christmas away from Scotland.
148* ''Fanfic/LincolnsMemories'': "'Tis the Season to Be Loud" is set the week before Christmas and focuses on the memory of [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lincoln Loud]] on Santa's knee, plus the Santa visits of his sisters. It is also the twins' first Christmas.
149* The ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MaFille'' has "Christmas Concert", in which Glass Joe takes on a tough match to get his daughter out of singing with her bully in the titular concert.
150* ''Fanfic/MortalKombatKhronicles'', believe it or not, actually has a chapter focusing on a Christmas with Briggs and Cage family when Cassie and Jackie were younger.
151* ''Fanfic/MyChoicesTwistedTalesThroughTime'': Chapter 6 covers Trixie's first Hearth's Warming with Twilight's family.
152* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles Mini-sodes'': Between the 70th and the 71th strips, there is [[https://www.deviantart.com/mattwilson83/art/NHC-minisodes-Christmas-Special-2015-579795528 a Christmas strip]] (labeled a ChristmasSpecial) that was published on December 24, 2015. It focuses on Hinata attending a Christmas party alongside many of her friends and waiting for Naruto to be back, presumably from a mission.
153%%* ''Fanfic/TheOfficialListOfUnofficialRules'' has a few, including Chapter 8.
154* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2512744 Hi Neighbor]]'' is a series of ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fics detailing [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Sharon's interactions with Steve when she was undercover as his neighbor "Kate"]]. In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35780602 Poinsettia]]'', Sharon helps Steve decorate a Christmas tree and secretly gifts him with an orchid after his poinsettia breaks during a fight with an attempted assassin. Sharon tries to deny having gifted Steve the orchid to [[ShipperOnDeck Natasha]], but she does eventually tell Steve the gift was from her which he correctly assumed and is happy to hear.
155* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': Several of the many [[ExpandedUniverse tie-in oneshots]] are "Holiday Specials", each one featuring several short stories written by different authors.
156* ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'':
157** It had one as its very first episode as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', titled "Pokémon Roasting On an Open Fire".
158** The short "[[ItsAWonderfulPlot I'm Dreaming Of a Dark Christmas]]" (it was initially planned as a full-length episode). It's also one of the ''very'' few episodes to have genuine TearJerker material.
159* The third installment of ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' takes place over the course of the winter, and several chapters are devoted to [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen the League]] celebrating the Christmas festivities.
160* ''Fanfic/SlayerAndAHalf'': Chapter 10 centers on the Scoobies celebrating Christmas.
161* ''Fanfic/StarOfWonderStarOfNight'', fanfiction takes place around the holiday season and it’s about Lala, Yuni, Prunce, and Fuwa learning about Christmas. They even attend a Christmas party in the second chapter.
162* The ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' forums have a monthly literary challenge, and the December 2014 topic was [[http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1315291 "Winter Wonderland Celebrations"]] (in reference to the in-game winter event hosted by Q Junior). [=Worffan101=] wrote a short with the crew of the USS ''Patagonia'', showing off winter festival decorations for several species, and catrie had a short journal entry by her Orion captain talking about her experiences with traditional Christmas (she especially likes presents). Things got darker after that with grylak's USS ''Viper'' getting half-destroyed in another galaxy ("not everybody has a good Christmas"), and then starswordc went completely off-book and wrote "Fanfic/SolaereSsiunHnaifvdaenn", which all but ignored Christmas in favor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
163* The ''Manga/OnePiece'' SelfInsertFic ''FanFic/ThisBites'' has one in between Chapters 14 and 15.
164* ''Fanfic/TimeFixersNicktoonsOfTheFuture'' has [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9940026/1/Time-Fixers-A-Christmas-Captivity "A Christmas Captivity."]]
165* ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'': Chapter 16 has the cast celebrate Christmas.
166* One of the chapters of ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'', a FanFic of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the District 2 Victors celebrate [[YouMeanXmas Wintermas]]. Since [[IllegalReligion religion is illegal]], it’s not Christmas, but it includes garland, a large, decorated tree, exchanging presents, and a family dinner.
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170* At the end of ''An All Dogs Christmas Carol'', an open-hearted car face shows up at the Christmas celebration the protagonists are hosting with gifts for the puppies (in addition to returning the presents he stole) and fills the tin can used to hold donations supporting Timmy the lame puppy's medical care with money. She tells the protagonists that his good behavior won't last, as he still has a business to run.
171* ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} films]]:
172** The very first one, ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'', adapts [[Theatre/TheNutcracker the famous play]], where Barbie stars as Clara, and takes place on Christmas Eve.
173** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'', YetAnotherChristmasCarol in which Barbie actually plays the villain; in place of Ebenezer Scrooge is Eden Starling, a selfish singer.
174** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAPerfectChristmas'', where Barbie and her sisters go to New York to spend Christmas with their aunt Millicent.
175* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'', [[{{Interquel}} where they're human now but talking about the Christmas where they weren't]]:
176-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''': Yes, please recount to us the event that '''we were all present for'''!
177* ''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', a featurette that airs alongside ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', is about Olaf learning about Christmas traditions in order to brighten up the holidays for Anna and Elsa, who haven't been able to celebrate together for years due to Elsa's self-imposed isolation.
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181* ''Film/LoveFindsAndyHardy'', the fourth film in the 16-film ''Film/AndyHardy'' series, finds Andy and his family at Christmas time. Andy is worried about getting a date for the big Christmas dance after his steady girlfriend Polly leaves town to spend the holidays with family elsewhere.
182* One of the ''Film/{{Benjy}}'' films is called "Benjy's Christmas", in which Benjy meets SantaClaus, who dresses in a different outfit for each nation he visits.
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186* The ''Literature/AgentPendergast'' series has ''White Fire'', where Pendergast and his sometimes assistant Corrie Swanson attempt to solve a murder mystery during Corrie's Christmas Break.
187* ''Literature/AndyGriffithsJustSeries'' has "A Terrible Christmas and a Crappy New Year", in which Andy vandalises some Christmas cards, but then tries to go back and replace them so he'll get presents from Santa.
188* ''Literature/AngelinaBallerina'' has the aptly named ''Angelina's Christmas'', where she makes a holiday surprise for her lonely neighbor Mr. Bell and performs as one of the many sugarplum faries in a performance of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker''.
189* One of Jean de Brunhoff's ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' books, ''Babar et le Père Noël'' (''Babar and Santa Claus'').
190* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': ''A Court of Frost and Starlight'' is set during the Winter Solstice and is treated like Prythian's equivalent of Christmas, it being a winter holiday involving family get-togethers and the exchanging of presents.
191* Creator/HPLovecraft managed to work his own unique version of a Christmas Episode into the Franchise/CthulhuMythos with a short story called "The Festival", set in a picturesque New England town during the Yule season. This being Lovecraft, expect {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and terrors aplenty.
192* ''Literature/DarkAngel1996'' is this for ''Literature/NightWorld''. The novel is primarily set around Christmastime; Gillian feels especially lonely as she doesn't really have anyone to spend Christmas with (her father has moved out, her best friend is preoccupied with her new boyfriend and there's no guarantee her mother will be sober), later gets invited to Christmas parties and goes to buy a Christmas tree with David at one point. The time of year fits with the book's themes of forgiveness, hope and new beginnings. It was also originally published in December.
193* Sherrilyn Kenyon's ''Literature/TheDarkHunters'' series includes a short story based on a character named Gallagher experiencing his first Christmas as a Dark Hunter.
194* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' has two books that focus on Christmastime: ''Cabin Fever'' (Book 6) and ''The Getaway'' (Book 12), the latter of which doubles as a VacationEpisode as the Heffleys take a Mexican resort vacation to avoid traditional Christmas weather and hassles -- unfortunately, the resort turns out to be packed with other families and couples who have the same idea.
195* ''Literature/DillyTheDinosaur'' had a story "Dilly and the Book of Bad Behaviour", in which Dilly, the naughty young dinosaur, worries that if he gets excited for Christmas, he'll be naughty and Santa won't come so he disallows his family to mention Christmas.
196* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
197** The novel ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' spoofs the everloving hell out of this one. Most notably, when Death announces that, as the stand-in Hogfather he can teach people "the real meaning of Hogswatch", his assistant Albert helpfully lists the more unpleasant aspects of pagan solstice ceremonies. Death instead resolves to teach people "the ''unreal'' meaning of Hogswatch".
198** In the novel ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', Small God's Eve, when the Archchancellor is elected, is the one day in the year when wizards are not actively trying to kill brother wizards.
199* One ''Literature/DinosaurVs'' book is called "Dinosaur vs. Santa".
200* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' short story called "Christmas Eve" is set on Christmas Eve after the events of the (as-yet unpublished) book ''Peace Talks''. It follows Harry Dresden as [[spoiler:he builds a bike for his daughter Maggie]] at the Carpenter house. He receives visits from three supernatural allies with gifts for the holiday. One of the guests is Santa himself.
201* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five Go Adventuring Again'', the Five are spending Christmas at Kirrin Cottage. George spends most of the book sulking because nobody will share her intense dislike for their tutor Mr Roland. She has never had a Christmas tree before, and looks forward to it, but it is spoilt for her because Mr Roland buys all the things that make it look beautiful. The others plead with her not to spoil Christmas; she compromises by being civil on the day itself, and stiffly thanks Mr Roland for his present to her, before reverting to her stubborn self the following day.
202* ''Literature/FearStreet'' had the ''Silent Night'' trilogy, while ''The Best Friend'' uses Christmas as a [[DidIMentionItsChristmas backdrop]].
203** ''Literature/GhostsOfFearStreet'' had ''Fright Christmas''
204* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has ''More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps'' (the final entry in a series of short story collections), and ''The 12 Screams of Christmas''.
205* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' starts off the fourth volume, ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'', with a Christmas party, though it is very decidedly not the focus of the story.
206* Agatha Christie wrote ''Literature/HerculePoirot's Christmas'', later adapted into an episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}''. She also wrote a short story called ''The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding'', which was also adapted into an episode under the name ''The Theft of the Royal Ruby''.
207* ''Literature/HolmesOnTheRange'': The short story "My Christmas Story" in ''Partners in Crime'' features the Amlingneyer Brothers setting out to find a Christmas tree for their landlady and stumbling into a case involving a man who was shot while dressed as Krampus.
208* In the ''Literature/ImNot'' book "I'm Not Santa", Baby Owl is mistaken for Santa by a rabbit. He insists he isn't, but then decides to humour him. However, by then, he realises Baby Owl isn't Santa and cries because Baby Owl "lied", then Baby Owl starts crying, but luckily, Santa comes and cheers them up.
209* ''Literature/ItsKirbyTime: The Gift of a Star'', where Franchise/{{Kirby}} is looking to decorate the top of Dreamland's Christmas tree with a star.
210* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': Novellas "The Dangers of Candy Canes", "The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies" and "Nightmare on Elf Street", as well as the full book ''Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge'', which all revolve around the Christmas season.
211* ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'' has the short story "Overtime", where Bob - due to being laid up after a mission gone wrong -- has failed to fill out his request for holiday leave on time, and ends up doing security detail at the Laundry over break. Given [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the setting]], he really doesn't want to deal with anything crawling down the chimney...
212* Laura Ingalls Wilder's [[Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Little House]] series have lots, marking Laura's changing perceptions as she grows up. The first, in [[Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Little House In The Big Woods]] celebrates simple excitements in the life of a very young child: Laura actually gets to interact with people other than her nuclear family (her visiting cousins), and all the children get a pair of mittens but Laura, as the youngest apart from the babies, gets an actual toy as well, a home-made rag-doll (prior to this, the nearest thing she owned to a doll was a dried corncob, though she was kind to the corncob and didn't let it see her holding her sister's doll).
213** There are three in [[Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie On The Banks Of Plum Creek]] alone, marking the family's changing fortunes from year to year. In the first, Laura and her sisters wish they could have presents (they're not exactly asking for anything frivolous, just some warm winter clothes), but they know that Pa needs plough-horses to grow food for the family, and that there won't be any money left over for buying anything else, so Ma delivers AnAesop about the true meaning of Christmas. In the second, the church in town distributes presents to everybody, sent from sister churches in more settled parts of America to the frontier town. In the third, when Pa has set off into town to buy Christmas treats and has been caught out in a blizzard, Ma and the children are busy just trying to survive the blizzard themselves and hope that Pa has had the sense to stay in town and not try to walk home. When he finally does arrive home, they are so relieved to see him alive and unharmed that they aren't remotely disappointed that he had had to eat most of the Christmas food he had gone to buy, just to survive.
214* ''Literature/{{Mog}}'' had the story "Mog's Christmas Calamity" in which the titular cat accidentally sets her family's house on fire on Christmas. There's also "Mog's Christmas", which is about her first Christmas.
215* ''Literature/NaughtyNineTalesOfChristmasCrime'' is a collection of short stories about crimes during Christmas.
216* Literature/NickVelvet has two Christmas-themed capers:
217** In "The Theft of Santa's Beard", Nick is hired to steal the fake beard from a MallSanta.
218** In "The Theft of the Christmas Stocking", Nick is hired to steal a Christmas stocking containing a cheap toy.
219* ''Literature/NoDavid'' has a book in the series called "It's Christmas, David!". David peeks at one of his presents, steals a cookie, plays with the ornaments, streaks outside, writes an overly LongList for Santa, [[NatureTinkling pees his name in the snow]], breaks a window during a snowball fight, asks to open a present early, and sneaks out of bed to look at the Christmas lights. That night, he feels guilty about his misdeeds and has a nightmare where Christmas is cancelled due to him being naughty, but thankfully, he gets to have Christmas the next day after all.
220* There was a sequel to the children's book ''Literature/NuddyNed'' called ''Nuddy Ned's Christmas''. Other than the boy back to [[NakedPeopleAreFunny his usual antics of running around naked without a care]], the story also involved Ned convincing Santa to give making his annual deliveries au naturel a try.
221* Many ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' books are about holidays. Christmas itself is particularly popular, having at least seven fairies devoted to it[[note]]These including [[Literature/RainbowMagicHollyTheChristmasFairy Holly the Christmas Fairy]], Stella the Star Fairy, Paige the Pantomime Fairy, Cheryl the Christmas Tree Fairy, Natalie the Christmas Stocking Fairy, Robyn the Christmas Party Fairy, and Camilla the Christmas Present Fairy, among others[[/note]].
222* ''Literature/{{Relativity}}'' has the story "Bajo el Muérdago", which takes place at Christmas and has the majority of the main characters visiting one of Sara's foster fathers in South America.
223* Charlotte [=MacLeod=]'s ''Rest You Merry'' is set during the Christmas celebrations in Balaclava County.
224* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'':
225** In “It’s Christmas, Roys Bedoys!”, the Bedoys family celebrates Christmas together. Roys is disappointed that he didn’t get anything on his wishlist, but Mrs. Bedoys teaches him that it’s not the gift itself that matters, but rather the fact that someone was kind enough to give any gift at all.
226** In “Let’s Get Ready for Christmas, Roys Bedoys!”, the Bedoys family (except for Joys, since she’s too young) decorates for Christmas.
227** In “Christmas is the Season of Giving, Roys Bedoys!”, Wen’s friends give up some of their Christmas presents when she doesn’t receive any.
228** In “Look on the Bright Side, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys has to learn to be more optimistic on a Christmas Eve party.
229* ''Literature/SamuraiSanta'': The book is set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
230* Tim Dorsey's series about ''Serge Storms'' has one novel set during Christmas, ''When Elves Attack''. Serge is determined to win a Christmas decorating contest, using (among other things) a tree stuck halfway through his front door. [[spoiler: He does win.]]
231* The ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' canon includes "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", a story about a stolen gemstone, a man down on his luck, a Christmas goose, and forgiveness. The story is actually set two days after Christmas, but pretty much every adaptation is set on Christmas Eve so that the story can end on Christmas Day.
232* The ''Literature/SpaceCaptainSmith'' universe includes two Christmas-themed short stories (''When Slay Bells Ring'' and ''The Celery and the Ivy''), written as free downloads for the fanbase.
233* ''Literature/StickDog'': "Stick Dog Comes To Town" is about Stick Dog and his friends learning about Christmas and deciding to celebrate it.
234* ''Literature/ThomasAndFriends'': A few stories are Christmas-themed, including "Mrs Kyndley's Christmas" and "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree". In a non-Christmas episode, James's nose turns red when he is stung by a bee, and somebody says "it's a pity it isn't Christmas; then we could have a James the Red-Nosed Engine".
235* ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' has a Christmas Episode in the Christmas festivities of the Rostov family, during which Nikolai Rostov [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in Badass during a hunting trip]].
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239* The first song released by Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks was "The Chipmunk Song", aka "Christmas Don't Be Late".
240* Music/TheBangles also made Christmas tapes for their fan club in the '80s, "inspired by - okay, a blatant ripoff of" (said The Bangles' Vicki Peterson) the Beatles recordings. They later released ''Holiday in Bangleonia'', a limited-edition CD with both a re-release of their 1983 recording and a new one for 2004. The Bangles revived the tradition in 2009 with an annual holiday podcast.
241* Music/TheBeachBoys made an entire album of Christmas songs fittingly titled ''Music/TheBeachBoysChristmasAlbum'' with Christmas-themed originals on Side A and traditional holiday standards on Side B.
242* Music/TheBeatles sent a flexi-disc Christmas record to members of their fan club every year from 1963 to 1969. The records included Christmas songs, jokes, messages to Beatles fans, and general goofiness. In 1970, a compilation album, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_Christmas_Album The Beatles' Christmas Album]]'' was released.
243* Bobby "Boris" Pickett did a Christmas-oriented follow-up to his hit "The Monster Mash" called "Monsters' Holiday", where the monsters schemed to ruin Christmas by robbing Santa's sleigh, but end up having a change of heart after Santa gives them what they wanted for Christmas.
244* It may be unusual for a summer activity like drum corps to have Christmas-themed shows, but the Cavaliers (1991's "Cavalier Anthems Advent Collection") and the Cadets (2012's "12.25") pulled off such shows.
245* ''Music/KidsPraise'': This series actually has two of them: ''Psalty's Christmas Calamity'' and ''Psalty's Family Christmas Singalong''.
246* Music/JudyPancoast wrote "Pickles", in which a goofy kid makes [[CordonBleughChef strange]] dishes for Santa that all involve pickles, such as pickle cookies.
247* ''Music/{{Songdrops}}'':
248** "When Santa was a Boy" talks about how Santa had many EarlyPersonalitySigns as a boy.
249** In "Three Pairs of Long Johns On", Mrs. Claus reminds Santa to wear three pairs of long johns.
250** In "Santa's Solar Sleigh", Santa's brother tries to give him a new, high-tech, solar-powered sleigh... only for it to be useless, since Santa delivers at night.
251** "Skunkles the Christmas Skunk" features a skunk SavingChristmas by [[SmellySkunk spraying the stuck reindeer]] to get them unstuck.
252** In "Every Glowing Candle", the singer and some unknown person are celebrating Christmas on a dark night and talking about how candles always provide light.
253** "Snowflake Kisses" is a love song about a couple celebrating Christmas [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas in the snow]].
254** In "All I Want for Christmas is to Spend All Of My Christmases with You", the narrator wants very badly to spend Christmas with his crush, but unfortunately the crush hates him.
255** In "This Christmas", the singer wishes everybody joy, peace, and love on Christmas.
256** In "Don't Talk About Trump This Holiday", the singer warns the listener against talking about Trump during Christmas dinner and starting an argument.
257* One of the follow-ups to the Royal Guardsmen's song "[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] vs. the Red Baron" was "Snoopy's Christmas", which had Snoopy and the Red Baron set aside their antagonism towards each other for the sake of the holiday season.
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261* The ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''All I Want for Christmas'' is set on Christmas Eve. That being said, it was also their first pair of episodes and they were actually released in [[ChristmasInJuly July]].
262* Podcast/RiffTrax, a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', does at least one Christmas-related riffing every year, sometimes as a live movie theater simulcast.
263** 2006: ''WesternAnimation/NestorTheLongEaredChristmasDonkey'' (animated television special; Mike Nelson solo effort)
264** 2007: ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' (feature-length television special), "A Visit to Santa" (short; revived in the 2009 live show)
265** 2008: "Christmas Toyshop" (short)
266** 2009: [=RiffTrax=] Live! Christmas Shorts-stravaganza
267** 2010: ''Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny'' (film), "Santa Claus' Punch and Judy" (short)
268** 2011: Christmas with [=RiffTrax=]: ''The Magic Christmas Tree'' plus the short "The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives"
269** 2012: Christmas with [=RiffTrax=]: Santa's Village of Madness (shorts compilation)
270** 2013: [=RiffTrax=] Live! ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' plus the short "Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen"
271** 2014: [=RiffTrax=] Live! ''Film/SantaClaus1959''; via the website, ''Fun in Balloon Land'' (film)
272** 2015: [=RiffTrax=] Live! ''Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny'' (alternate cut repackaging a cheap adaptation of "Jack and the Beanstalk" instead of "Thumbelina") plus the shorts "Santa Claus' Story", "Custard the Dragon", and "Santa's Enchanted Village" (the last previously featured in the 2012 show); the website also offered up ''Film/IBelieveInSantaClaus'' (film) and "Have a Mary Jo [Pehl] Christmas and a Bridget [Nelson] New Year!" (half-hour special featuring a 16 mm condensed version of ''Film/Scrooge1951'', short "The Little Lamb", and miscellaneous clips)
273** 2016: "[=RiffTrax=] Holiday Double Feature" reran the 2009 and 2013 live shows in theaters; online "The Second Annual Bridget and Mary Jo Christmas Special!" and "[=RiffTrax=] Christmas Circus with Whizzo the Clown!" each riffed upon a different pair of seasonally-themed shorts.
274** 2017: ''Beyond Christmas'' (film), ''Film/JackFrost1997'' (film), "Gifts from the Air" (short), "Santa Claus' Workshop" (short), "Spunky the Snowman" (short), "Christmas Customs Near and Far" (short)
275** 2018: The [=RiffTrax=] Yule Log (ClipShow drawn from previous Christmas episodes, the ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' riffing, and the shorts listed below, '''plus''' exclusive riffed clips from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', ''Film/DieHard'', ''Film/LoveActually'', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', ''Film/ReindeerGames'', and five other ''Christmas Carol'' adaptations including the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 1984]] and [[Film/AChristmasCarol1999 1999]] ones), ''Santa's Summer House'' (film), "Literature/AChristmasCarol" (Coronet Films short), "A Song for Santa" (short), "Shoemaker and the Elves" (short), "Charlie's Christmas Secret" (short)
276** 2019: "Banks: The Money Movers" (YetAnotherChristmasCarol short), "Festival of Fun Days" (short), "A Very Merry Riff-mas with Bridget Nelson and Mary Jo Pehl" (1974 ChristmasSpecial ''Yes, Virginia There Is a Santa Claus'' plus other shorts and clips), ''Feeders 2: Slay Bells'' (film)
277** 2020: ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' ({{Recut}} without non-public domain material), ''Baby of the Bride'' (TV movie), "The Snowman" (short), "December Holidays" (short), "Alias St. Nick" (short)
278** 2021: "The Little King: Christmas Night" (short), ''He Sees You When You're Sleeping'' (TV movie), "Christmas Cracker" (short), ''Film/{{Morozko}}'' (film), "Toyland" (short), ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' (TV special presented as an Scener / [=YouTube=] watch party). Also, the "cover" art for ''Film/DancinItsOn'' depicts the movie's characters in the style of ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''.
279** 2022: "The Monster's Christmas'' (TV movie), and the shorts "Silent Night: Story of the Christmas Carol", "Play in the Snow", "The Christmas Deer", "The Christmas Tree", "The First Christmas Tree", "In Winter", and "God's Christmas Gift"
280** 2023: ''[[Film/TalesForAll The Christmas Martian]]'' (movie), ''Santa and the Three Bears'' (movie), "Koopa Klaus" (segment of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''), and the shorts "A Good Tree", "A Present for Santa", "The Little Match Girl", and "The Christmas Spirit"
281* ''Podcast/UnwellPodcast'' has the episode ''Hark'', which has Dot Harper sundowning at Christmas while listening to old recordings of a previous Christmas. Like the HalloweenEpisode and ThanksgivingEpisode in the previous season, ''Hark'' wasn't actually released on the holiday it's set on.
282* ''Podcast/YoureDeadToMe'': So far, the podcast has explored Christmas in the Victorian Era, the Medieval Era, and very specifically, Christmas with Charles Dickens.
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286* WWE:
287** As far back as the early 1970s, when Vince [=McMahon=] was play-by-play announcer, the WWF’s syndicated programs featured pre-taped Christmas messages from the promotion’s top wrestlers, or sometimes just simply a message of peace and goodwill for Christmas. Said shows would air the last weekend before December 25.
288** ''WWF Tuesday Night Titans'': Both Christmases the show was on the air, the last shows prior to December 25 featured holiday-themed segments. Over two episodes in December 1985, viewers saw Captain Lou Albano dressed as Santa Claus and hearing wishes from studio audience members; Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, Jesse Ventura and "Lord" Alfred Hayes talking about unusual Christmas gifts; and Wrestling/RoddyPiper as an Ebenezer Piper being visited by three ghosts on Christmas Day.
289** ''WWF Prime Time Wrestling'' always had the set decorated for Christmas in mid-to-late December, and Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan exchanging yuletide banter. The most famous ''[=PTW=]'' aired in 1989, when Bobby Heenan – dressed as Santa Claus – became openly hostile and declared that Santa wasn't real, all to get to Wrestling/RoddyPiper (who as part of a storyline was under strict orders to not physically attack Heenan for any reason or risk suspension); Piper finally had enough and beat the Santa-clad Heenan into bloody oblivion.
290** There was a Christmas edition of Monday Night Raw in 1997 with the logo wrapped inside of a wreath, and featured Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin stunning a fake Santa Claus, as well as Wrestling/ShawnMichaels pretty much giving Wrestling/TripleH the European Title as a gift ([[FingerPokeOfDoom disguised as a match where HBK laid down]] and pranked Wrestling/SgtSlaughter)
291** For many years, ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' featured a military-themed episode – often titled "Holiday with the Troops" – to show support for the U.S. armed forces stationed in the Middle East. Matches frequently had holiday-themed gimmicks and the Divas/female wrestlers were often dressed in provocative "Santa's Helpers" outfits. These pre-taped programs aired either on Christmas Day or the Monday closest to December 25.
292* Starting in 2003, Wrestling/{{WWE}} has produced a Christmas episode of one of their main shows (either ''Raw'' or ''Smackdown''), in the form of a Christmas-themed wrestling show for the troops in the Middle East.
293* The International Wrestling Association used to have a "Christmas in Puerto Rico" series of events in December.
294* Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA New York's X-Mas Chaos.
295* Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla's Astonishing Christmas.
296* An ongoing theme of SHINE end of year shows starting ar 23, where Mia Yim wore red and green, Leva Bates [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 was red and green]], Wrestling/{{Daffney|Unger}} was a reindeer.
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300* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' has had two one hour specials. The first was ''Barney's Night Before Christmas'' in 1999 and the second was 2002's ''Barney's Christmas Star''.
301* ''Series/TheChicaShow'': Dance of the Sugar Cluck Chica.
302%%* ''Series/FraggleRock'': "The Bells Of Fraggle Rock"
303* ''WebVideo/GloveAndBoots'' has [[https://youtu.be/tb9Cm90gWGw "The Glove and Boots Christmas Spectacular"]], in which Mario knocks Santa out (having mistaken him for a yeti), interrogates him on whether he's on the naughty list or not when he wakes up despite Fafa's protests, and they all get attacked by military elves.
304-->'''Fafa:''' Maybe I should sit on his lap and tell him what I want for Christmas is for him to not sue us.
305* ''Series/SesameStreet'' has had a few Christmas specials during its run. The earliest was the prime time special ''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street''. The commercially-broadcast special ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'' debuted that same year. In 1996, ''Elmo Saves Christmas'' debuted. ''Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!'' was released in 2002. 2007 had the commercial special ''Elmo's Christmas Countdown''. And in 2016, there came ''Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas'', a story set in the 19th century with lots of [[IdenticalGrandson identical ancestors]].
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309* This trope is OlderThanTelevision, even discounting Literature above and only dealing with episodes of a audio or visual series, with the earliest traceable example dating back to an episode of a [[http://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/drama/empire-builders-the/the-empire-builders-30-12-22-65-columbia-river-1 1930 episode of a radio drama featuring a young]] ''Creator/BettyWhite'', though evidence suggests there might have been a Christmas episode the prior year, when an episode of this series is believed to have aired [[http://www.otrsite.com/logs/loge1009.htm 23 December 1929]].
310* ''Radio/AmericanTop40'': Casey Kasem hosted several over the course of his 39-year career helming ''[=AT40=]'' (and various spinoffs and successor shows). The first such episode aired in 1971.
311** ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' followed ''[=AT40=]'''s lead, starting in 1989 with a six-hour special featuring interviews and songs from the top country artists of the day. The special was known as "Christmas In America" (featuring a song by that name, sung by Kenny Rogers). After longtime ''[=ACC=]'' host Bob Kingsley left ABC Radio Networks (the distributor of the show), two things happened: 1. Kingsley continued the show, under the same "Christmas In America" name, under his new show, ''Radio/BobKingsleysCountryTop40'' which aired until 2018 (a special retrospective show aired in 2019, shortly after Kingsley's death); and 2. ''[=ACC=]'' successor host Kix Brooks continued the Christmas tradition as ''American Country Christmas''.
312* ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'' had three episodes over its run that were broadcast around Christmas and could be considered Christmas episodes:
313** The second episode of series two, entitled "Lesson 8: Plan Christmas Schedules The Burkiss Way", which mocked the space-filling rubbish that gets shown on TV at Christmas;
314** The sixth episode of series three, entitled "Special Christmas Show", which starts with an announcement that it cannot be opened before Christmas;
315** And the final episode of series five, broadcast on the 26th of December but entitled "Eric Pode of Croydon's Easter Special". It contains nothing about Christmas, but does have a man being diagnosed with Terminal Hogmany.
316* ''Radio/CabinPressure'' had one on a plane, obviously, in the 2010 episode "Molokai". Featuring an impromptu seven-minute celebration on the flight deck, with turkey made from bits of a chicken sandwich and a green umbrella in lieu of a tree.
317* ''The First Nighter'', which ran on Creator/{{NBC}} radio from 1929 to 1953, first broadcast a Christmas episode titled "Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1937. By popular demand, they performed the episode every year until their last Christmas episode in 1952. The 1945 installment can be heard [[http://www.oldradioworld.com/media/The%20First%20Nighter%20Program%20Oh%20Little%20Town%20of%20Bethleham.mp3 here]].
318* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Fit the Seventh]] of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' was commissioned by the BBC as one of these, but ended up having absolutely nothing to do with Christmas as Creator/DouglasAdams simply couldn't think of an idea. (Seeing as it was still advertised as a Christmas special, this may well be a subversion.) It was, instead, used as a way of tying the first two phases together -- and, as a result, which one it's actually attached to is rather vague. The LP and CD of the Secondary Phase opens with Fit the Seventh, clearing up the confusion.
319* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' had two Christmas [[FormulaBreakingEpisode Formula-Breaking]] {{Parody Episode}}s; ''I'm Sorry I Haven't Literature/AChristmasCarol'' and ''Humph in [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]]'', which somehow managed to work all the usual silly games into an almost coherent storyline. (Replacing the [[{{Calvinball}} Caucus Race]] with [[{{Calvinball}} Mornington Crescent]] was inspired.) There have also been several Christmas-themed editions of the regular show, including several editions where chairman Humphrey Lyttelton brought his own band to provide music, and an extended 45-minute special on Christmas Eve 2012 with Creator/StephenFry as the guest.
320* This was a continuation of the annual ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'' panto, which ran slightly longer than ISIRTA itself.
321* It is also possible to count The second in a series of shorts that would become a series known as Main Street Sketches. [[http://www.otr.com/Main_Street_Sketches.html The first episode was a Thanksgiving Special]]
322* ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' had three, Series 1's "The Magic Carpet" ([[MissingEpisode lost]] but fortunately re-recorded in Series 14 as "The Christmas Spirit"), a special episode "A Present For Norman" (that is completely lost) aired beetween the first two series and Series 3's "The Post Office Pantomine".
323* 2011 had ''Radio/TheNewsQuiz Panto'', in which Sandi Toksvig went on a magical quest to Radio 4 Land to find the missing pips. Representatives of nearly every show on R4 contributed, from the ''Gardener's Question Time'' panel as the magic beans, to the villain of the piece being [[spoiler: Graham Seed, supposedly bitter about the death of his ''Radio/TheArchers'' character, Nigel]].
324* The episode od ''Radio/TheNowShow'' closest to Christmas has a jingle-bells theme tune and a Christmas theme. In 2010, they did a topical-news {{pantomime}}.
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328* ''Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space'' suggests the GM runs a scenario outside the normal campaign during the holiday season, wink wink. The game is obviously based of the adventures of a certain [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lord...]]
329* ''Spirit of the Season'' is a Christmas and Hanukkah-themed supplement for ''TabletopGame/SpiritOfTheCentury,'' featuring pulp-adventure versions of Santa Claus, his reindeer (actually humans in this case), and a handful of Jewish allies as ready-made {{Player Character}}s.
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333* Music/{{Tsukiuta}} Stage Act 7: Cyber-Dive Connection is AnAssKickingChristmas in sexy UsefulNotes/CyberGoth costumes. The main characters, 12 world-hopping boy band members [[MoeAnthropomorphism based on the months of the year]], are asked to enter a digital world to [[SavingChristmas save Santa]] - it's heavy on video game references, light on plot, and more of a playground for the series to experiment with combining technology and live theatre. They do sing Christmas songs, though.
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337* During the holidays, Ride/DisneyThemeParks are famous for going all-out with special seasonal entertainment, but year-round attractions getting Christmas-specific overlays include:
338** Both Disneyland in California and Tokyo Disneyland turn "Ride/TheHauntedMansion" into "Haunted Mansion Holiday", themed to ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Since ''Nightmare'' also encompasses the Halloween holiday, this overlay opens in late September!
339** "It's a Small World" gets a Christmas makeover that, among other things, adds carols to the usual catchy soundtrack at the California, Paris, and Tokyo parks (and briefly in Hong Kong).
340** Starting in TheEighties and lasting until the TurnOfTheMillennium at the U.S. parks, the ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'' became the ''Country Bears Christmas Special'' for the holiday season. This version still turns up at Tokyo Disneyland as ''Jingle Bell Jamboree''.
341** The Ride/JungleCruise at both American parks becomes the ''Jingle'' Cruise starting in November, with a thin storyline involving a shipment of holiday decorations being lost in the jungle on the way to the base of operations added to the usual script -- along with plenty of seasonal puns.
342** At Walt Disney World in Florida, after Halloween has passed the Magic Kingdom's central icon Cinderella Castle gets an overlay of lights that make it appear iced over at night. The stage show ''A Franchise/{{Frozen}} Holiday Wish'' presents this as Queen Elsa of Arendelle's work.
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346* ''VideoGame/AmateurSurgeon'' The first game had one in the form of a level pack titled ''Christmas Edition''. When Alan Probe accidentally crashes against Santa Claus on a private jet, he has to treat him and several others in the North Pole to [[SavingChristmas save Christmas]].
347* The final episode of Season 2 of ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesGrimm'' featured Grimm doing his thing to ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.
348* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' has one in each season. There's "Season's Greedings" (2010), "Wreck the Halls" (2011), "Winter Wonderham" (2012), "Arctic Eggspedition" (2013), "On Finn Ice" (2014), "Ski or Squeal" (2015), and "Ragnahog" (2016).
349* ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' has the level "Blizzard of Balls", a disturbing level with parts including battling with a snowman and a reindeer and then the Nerd exacting his revenge on Santa for the years of crappy games every Christmas by killing him and going on a downhill ski with his body.
350* Freezeezy Peak in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' where the bear and bird get to play Santa and decorate and "be the star" on the Christmas tree.
351* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'': In the epilogue, the area surrounding the eBuy Superstore gets a snowy makeover, coinciding with its annual holiday sale. The shops all sell unique Christmas-themed items, the locals spread festive cheer, and [[spoiler: the sale is attacked by a [[{{Santabomination}} Christmassy Cthulhu expy]], which you have to fend off]].
352* Chapter 3 of ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' is set around Christmas (with one mission actually being titled 'Christmas is Here'). The UpdatedRerelease includes a number of extra Christmas missions at the beginning of the chapter.
353* The "Pawliday Den" bonus level in ''VideoGame/CatlateralDamage'' is set in a room with a big Christmas tree, presents everywhere, and lots of Christmas decorations. Of course, you can knock down and destroy said decorations.
354* The game ''VideoGame/ClusterTruck'' has a level named "Holiday World" but takes more influences from Christmas.
355* The DLC for ''VideoGame/CostumeQuest'' took place in winter and during the monsters' "yeti festival". Yes, the kids were still dressed up for Halloween, why do you ask?
356** As an added bonus, if you play the game on Christmas Day, (or you know, just change the clock) you unlock an achievement.
357* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', the Ultimate Talent Development Plan mode has a mini-segment where the player participates in the academy's Christmas party.
358* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': In December 2017, an update added a new chapter, "Buy Hard", in which [=McQueen=] and Dooley go last-minute Christmas shopping and end up having to save Santa Claus from TheKrampus (and [[spoiler:having his reindeer clamped by an unsympathetic traffic cop]]).
359* ''Devilish Christmas'', an installment in the ''VideoGame/DevilishHairdresser'' series, in which the Devilish Hairdresser becomes a BadSanta to mess with the Angelic Hairdresser.
360%% * The Snowflake Mountain world in ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing''. %%ZCE
361%% * ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' mods ''Christmas Adventure'' and ''Dink Smallwood's Christmas''. %%ZCE
362* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' has a unique code that made all the bonus levels Christmas-themed. After finding the Cheat menu, type in MERRY and suddenly the bonus levels will have Christmas music replacing the normal music, Christmas ornaments instead of stars, and presents instead of green bananas.
363* Mission twelve of ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' is set at Christmas. After eleven levels of rescuing cartoon caricatures from wacky, off-the-wall scenarios, "[[Music/ChicagoBand You're the Inspiration]]" gives us [[MoodWhiplash a little girl still waiting for her beloved, recently deceased father to come home for Christmas]]. Upon completion, the victory text reads "Merry Christmas" in festive red and green.
364* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', Christmas or Starlight Festival is an annual event all idol groups are expected to participate in. However, the theming tends to be more around stars and snow than typical red and green festive flair or even Japanese-style Christmas is for couples styling, perhaps because the former would be kinda jarring for some units (such as the ultra Japanese Akatsuki) and the latter overlaps too much with Chocolate Festival (Valentine's Day) two months later.
365* ''VideoGame/FallGuys'' Season 3 (Winter Knockout). This season appropriately enough is winter and Christmas themed with presents.
366* A minor example in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': if the Sole Survivor happens to be in Diamond City on December 25th, then there will be a Christmas tree and Christmas lights set up. It's about as close to a Christmas Episode you can get in an open-world RPG.
367* ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}'' had a downloadable Christmas add-on with a seasonal side quest and costumes.
368* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Week 5 takes place in a shopping mall with a big Christmas tree in the background, holiday-themed songs, and festive outfits for all the characters. The Father is even holding a MallSanta at gunpoint.
369* ''VideoGame/{{Gex}} 3: Deep Cover Gecko'' had a Christmas-based level.
370* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'': Every year, new Christmas-themed characters are added to the gacha [[SexySantaDress dressed in Santa clothes]]. The season is set to Winter and enemies are based on characters or concepts from several Christmas-related stories or tales.
371* ''Grow Ornament'' is this to the ''VideoGame/{{Grow}}'' games series as the goal is to decorate a Christmas tree.
372* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheSeasons'': The game is a spin-off of Starmage's ''[=BlueSkies=]'' series and takes place in the year 242 AR of Vyen. Instead of focusing on the overall worldbuilding of Vyen, the game focuses on Utania Village's battle to protect their Christmas festivities from various Christmas-hating factions.
373* In the "Holiday Hoarders" mission of ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', 47 has to assassinate two targets in Paris, France during a Christmas festival.
374* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' has a special Christmas "demo", as well as a full Christmas-themed episode.
375* ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' had a Christmas-themed MissionPackSequel named ''Xmas Lemmings''.
376* ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'':
377** The 2017 Christmas event, "Christmas at Mikazuki Villa", showed the main characters getting ready for Christmas while also introducing Holy Mami. There was also a special cutscene shown on Christmas Day itself.
378** 2018's event, "Alina is Comin' to Town", introduced Holy Alina and her escapades around town as Christmas Death Caribou.
379** 2019's event, "The Page I Write on this Holy Night" introduced a holiday-themed Duo Unit of Rika and Ren as they go around Kamihama restoring the city's Christmas spirit.
380** 2020's event, "Angels on the Road", introduced a delivery-themed Duo Unit of Tsuruno and Felicia as they ride on a moped powered by smiles across a land where it's ChristmasEveryDay, searching for the "End of the World."
381* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': Every Christmas, the background would change and Christmas-related prizes would be given to the players.
382* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': The playable part of the winter includes Norwegian Christmas.
383* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' level of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''.
384* ''Christmas Nights'' is a special "demo" of ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' with unlockable material not found in the main game proper.
385* The third bonus level of the second ''[[VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan Ouendan]]'' game has a guy sending a text message to his girlfriend on Christmas excusing his lateness, and the AnthropomorphicPersonification of said text message has to reach its destination.
386* Both ''VideoGame/{{Overcooked}}'' and its sequel, ''VideoGame/Overcooked2'', have these via DLC. The first game has the "Festive Seasoning" DLC, which is set around Christmas and has you prepare Christmasy dishes like roast turkey and winter stew. The second game has the free "Seasonal Updates," which contains several new Christmas-themed levels, and has a wide variety of seasonal recipes, like hot cocoa and mince pie.
387* Since 2013, ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' has released a Christmas-themed heist for the holidays.
388** 2013's Christmas heist was GO Bank, a port of ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter-Strike: GO]]'''s Bank map. The only Christmasy elements are a Christmas tree in the lobby, a stereo playing Hoxton's Christmas album, and a light snow falling outside.
389** 2014's heist was White Xmas. Vlad's brother crashed a plane carrying a cocaine shipment - hidden inside wrapped Christmas presents - in the woods. The crew has to rescue him, then recover as much cocaine as they can.
390** 2015's heist was Santa's Workshop. Vlad has the crew hit a Christmas-themed cocaine distribution warehouse to muscle in on the operation. The goal is to protect the "elves" (cocaine packers) while they pack the "presents" (cocaine), then deliver them through a "chimney" (storm drain with a boat waiting below).
391** 2016's heist was Stealing Xmas, once again contracted by Vlad. Vlad's brother messed up again, first by sneaking a shipment of drugs into a pallet of goods that was shipped to a downtown mall, then by dressing up as Santa and getting drunk on-scene. The crew needs to find the right goods, gather them at the giant Christmas tree in the center, destroy the skylight, and airlift the tree off the scene.
392** 2017's heist was Brooklyn Bank, this time contracted by Locke. Because at this point the story began to take a serious turn, the crew now has to rob a bank for a particular item, with the only Christmas flairs being decorations and snow.
393** 2019 had a previous heist, Hoxton Breakout, receive a Christmas themed makeover, with snow covering the streets on Day 1, and the FBI headquarters decorated for the festive season.
394* ''VideoGame/Persona3'', ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5'' have this. In ''3'', the cultural differences are even explained nicely to the International audiences. So yes, in Japan, Christmas Eve is usually spent with your LoveInterest.
395* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'':
396** ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'': One of the caves in the game is the Frontier Cavern, in which most of the treasures are composed of various Christmas decorations. Fittingly, the cave is located in the winter-themed Valley of Repose.
397** ''VideoGame/Pikmin3'': One of the "Gather Treasure" DLC levels includes a level themed after a Christmas party taking place in someone's house, with terrain composed of stacked present boxes.
398* ''VideoGame/PuttPutt'' has a TieInNovel[=/=]AudioAdaptation known as ''Putt-Putt's Night Before Christmas''.
399* ''VideoGame/ResonanceOfFate'' had a Christmas-themed chapter in which the trio deliver presents to children at the square. Leanne wore a Santa dress, while Zephyr and Vashyron dressed as anthropomorphic reindeer. The two guys would later [[MythologyGag repeat this]] in Chapter 25 of ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone2'', when they wore the same reindeer outfits that they had in ''Resonance of Fate'' and scattered 10 gifts around the map before the map starts. In that map, the primary objective was to collect them in a certain amount of turns.
400* The ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' DLC "How the Saints Saved Christmas" is an AffectionateParody of Christmas tropes, in which [[TheGrinch the Boss]] must save Santa Claus and learn the true meaning of the Holiday Spirit by going through various pastiches of various Christmas films/specials.
401* A more literal example would be the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice: Season Two'' premiere ''Ice Station Santa''.
402* ''VideoGame/SaturdayMorningRPG'': Episode 4, "Ho Ho Hood", is set at Christmastime. The main plot involves [[PlayerCharacter Marty]] having to retrieve everyone's Christmas present after they were all stolen by [[BigBad Commander Hood]].
403* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' received a free DLC on the Dreamcast that added snow and a Christmas tree to Station Square.
404* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' has an annual winter event with various minigames and prizes, hosted by Q Junior. The event takes place in a [[{{Technobabble}} pocket dimension]] populated with gingerbread people, evil snowmen, and a few Breen.
405* ''VideoGame/SuperSizedFamily'' has a Christmas version called "Holiday House", where some of the chores are replaced with Christmas-related tasks like wrapping gifts.
406* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'' has a bonus episode called "[=SigCorp=] - Holiday special", which takes place at the main characters' office during a Christmas party.
407* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzyNB1Jyjqw This]] ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' FanVid gives [[TykeBomb Flandre]] a chance to celebrate Christmas.
408* Level 20 of ''Viking Saga'' involves collecting scattered presents, taking care of Santa's reindeer and decorating a large tree, while the bonus level for earning three stars on levels 11-20 has you building snowmen.
409* Many games also offer [[DownloadableContent seasonal downloads]], or have [[EasterEgg bonus content]] if you play near to [[HolidayMode Christmas time.]]
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413* WebAnimation/AlgicosathlonCamp had Episode 12 of Season 1, where the final 10 contestants were required to do a Christmas-related art. Despite it being a "celebration" episode, normal procedures still happen, including elimination.
414* ''Webcomic/TheBedfellows'' short "The 12 Rapes of Christmas" consists of Fatigue singing a [[TheTwelveSpoofsOfChristmas Twelve Days of Christmas parody]] listing presents Sheen gave to Fatigue as well as acts of abuse the former inflicted upon the latter.
415* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'' has one titled “A Camp Camp Christmas, or Whatever”. The episode takes place in the summer like the rest of the series, but it suddenly starts snowing due to climate change, and the cast pretend that it's the holiday season at Nikki's behest.
416%%* [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle "Da Amazin OT Cristmats Advenchr"]] in ''WebAnimation/DaAmazinOTAdvenchr''.
417* The Shea Fontana iteration of ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' had three Christmas-appropriate episodes.
418** "It's a Superful Life" concerned the main heroines deciding to do what they can to ensure everyone at Super Hero High enjoys the holidays. Particularly touching moments include Big Barda reading ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' to a sick girl and the students bringing Vice Principal Grodd's parents to the school when he is unable to visit them for the holidays.
419** "Fortress of Solidarity" has Supergirl trying to deal with her biological parents being deceased and her legal guardians Jonathan and Martha Kent seemingly being unable to visit her during the school's setting up their Christmas tree.
420** "Super Gift Swap" has everyone trying to avoid a present Harley brought to the gift swap that makes a suspicious ticking sound. [[spoiler:It turns out that the ticking isn't because it's a bomb, but because the present contains a wristwatch Harley stole from Batgirl's room.]]
421* ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'':
422** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=k6PtfNSdokM "The Night Before Mario's Christmas".]]
423** "[[YetAnotherChristmasCarol A Koopsmas Carol]]" with Franchise/{{Mario}} & Luigi.
424** A Franchise/MortalKombat Christmas starring Sub-Zero and Scorpion.
425* ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'': Edd, Matt, Tom and Tord (until 2008) had almost an Eddsworld Christmas Special or a Zanta Claws every year. Also the short "Xmas Day" and "Snowgre".
426* ''WebAnimation/FatherTucker'' had a Christmas episode titled "Come Let Us Adore Him", where he takes the magical hat of a Frosty the Snowman {{Expy}} who unsuccessfully tried to beat him as punishment for all the children he molested and uses it to bring a sculpture of Baby Jesus to life. After molesting Baby Jesus, Father Tucker goes straight to Hell, but sniffs his thumb and still considers his eternal torment WorthIt.
427* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' had two, in which the characters sing Christmas songs.
428* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has plenty, although for some odd reason [[YouMeanXMas Free Country, USA celebrates Decemberween instead of Christmas]].
429** HSR's first Christmas cartoon, the 2000 short "A Holiday Greeting", had Homestar interrupting Strong Bad's fractured rendition of "O Holy Night" before it got too sacrilegious and wishing the viewers "Happy Holidays".
430** 2001 saw the release of "The Best Decemberween Ever". Homestar goes around looking for advice on finding the perfect gift for Strong Bad, and ends up giving him a DVD of ''Deep Impact''... [[MyNewGiftIsLame for the third year in a row]], because [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Strong Bad liked it so much the first time Homestar got it for him]].
431** 2002's "A Decemberween Pageant" has Homestar and friends starring in a play about the First Decemberween. It's a convoluted and [[BadBadActing poorly-acted tale]] involving two Kobe Bryants, a sailor named Archibald, a Santa-like character known as "Doctor Christmas", an angel, and the King of Town (though it's a bit ambiguous as to whether it's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld the KOT we know]] or a predecessor).
432** 2004's ''Decemberween In July'' featured a collection of Decemberween-themed shorts, including a WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad cartoon where the girls draw names for a gift exchange... out of the belly of a lion, a kids' book called "That Time Of Year" defaced by Strong Bad, a short in which Puppet Homestar fools around with a battery-operated "Santaman" toy, and the nonsensical ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]'' Decemberween special [[WordSaladTitle "Cactus Coffee and the No Tell Motel"]].
433** Also from 2004 was "Homestar Presents: Presents", where [[TheDitz Homestar]] forgets to do his holiday shopping until ''[[RidiculousProcrastinator 10 PM on Decemberween night]]''. He ends up [[ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping digging through a box of Bubs old "Aught-Four" crap]] for his shopping..
434** The WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "what I want" has Strong Bad and Marzipan going over a list of terrible gift ideas.
435** "Decemberween Short Shorts", released in 2006, was a series of extra-short cartoons themed around Decemberween, including Strong Bad having a secret love of tube socks, a scene between ornament versions of the main characters, The Homestar Runner's unsanitary old-timey traditions, and Homestar singing a song to inspire Coach Z to be less creepy so people will want him around on Decemberween.
436** According to Strong Bad in 2007's "Happy Dethemberween", [[HonestJohnsDealership Bubs]] serves Santa duties as the enigmatic [[PaperThinDisguise Dethemberween Thnikkaman]].
437--->'''Strong Bad:''' He's the Dethemberween Thnikkaman\
438And he'll make your dreams come true\
439No, there ain't no beatin' that holiday feelin'\
440When he says "shut up" to you!\
441'''Bubs/Dethemberween Thnikkaman:''' Yeah, shut up, kid!
442** In 2008's ''A Death-Defying Decemberween'', Homestar announces he's going to sled down the Steep Deep, not so much a hill as a straight drop, and Strong Bad catches him trying to bury a mattress at the base of the hill. Being Strong Bad, he removes the mattress, [[spoiler: only for Homestar to make a perfect landing anyway: turns out the mattress was full of hammers, broken glass and candy canes sucked into points, and Homestar was ''trying'' to maim himself to keep from having to visit [[GranolaGirl Marzipan's parents]]]].
443** After a long hiatus, 2010 saw the release of "A Decemberween Mackerel", in which Marzipan and Homestar conspire to save an apparently-sickly Señor Cardgage by cramming him with holiday cheer.
444** 2017 saw the release of the first Christmas episode in seven years, "Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack". It's a crossover between ''Dangeresque'' and ''WebAnimation/CheatCommandos'' in which puppet versions of Dangeresque (played by Strong Bad) and Firebert (played by The Cheat) try to stop Stingy Relenque (played by Homestar), a "French-Canadian smuggler and Decemberween-themed bad guy" who's stolen all the Hot Jones in Brainblow City just before the Cheat Commandos' big Decemberween party.
445** For 2022, the site posted up an advent calender, with each day having a new piece of piano sheet music for the many songs made for the series over the years. The final day (December 24th) features Homestar doing a new cover of "Todaybor Day is Labour Day" focused on Decemberween, and gives Strong Bad a weird-looking frog from the sheet music as a Decemberween present.
446* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': "MallSanta".
447* ''WebAnimation/MyJungleBookYourYear'' has "A Very Furi Christmas".
448* ''WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut'' has a video "Christmas Carols", where James discusses various Christmas songs, and talks about whether it hurt when Mary went into labour among other things.
449* ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', an EdutainmentShow that specializes in history, folklore, and classic literature, has a few. First was the history of Hanukkah, reflecting the host's interfaith background, then later that year an overview of the classic Christmas iconography -- evergreens, Santa Claus, caroling, et cetera. Most recently was a recap of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' for December 2018.
450* "Pimp Lando's Non-Denominational Holiday Special" in the ''WebAnimation/PimpLando'' series, which is also a Hanukkah Episode, a Kwanzaa episode, and a Ramadan episode, though the episode really has little to do with any of these holidays.
451* The fifth ''WebAnimation/ProstituteMickey'' short revolves around this. The short had Mickey being mistaken for Ebenezer (the series' version of Scrooge [=McDuck=]) by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. The events turn out to only be a dream and Ebenezer returns to demand that Mickey let him piss on him again, but Goofy inadvertently saves Mickey and ends Ebenezer's vile ways by shooting and killing him for his wallet.
452* ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' has a "Nondescript Holiday Spectacular", a clearly Christmas-themed holiday episode that features Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan spoofing ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
453* ''Creator/BalenaProductions'''s ''WebAnimation/ChristmasWithSonic'' videos does a Christmas special each year, featuring characters from the ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'' series, while throwing in some from ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' and original characters for the holidays.
454* Subverted in ''WebAnimation/{{Satina}}'', whose Christmas episode (airing in February) revolved around FlatEarthAtheist Dave explaining to his AntiAntichrist daughter that he's Jewish, despite the fact that he's literally been to Hell. When she challenges him on this, he doubles down and forces her to watch ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'' with him, HorrifyingTheHorror.
455* Some official ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' web animations explicitly take place during Christmas/Holiday season:
456** ''WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures'': The sixth episode features Amy Rose returning a barely-functioning Metal Sonic as a holiday gift for Eggman after his defeat in Episode 5.
457** ''WebAnimation/ChaoInSpace'' is shown to be a dream, where in the real-world, Sonic is celebrating Christmas in the Chao Garden, with Eggman dressed as Santa and looking to steal the presents that are present.
458** ''WebAnimation/TailsTube'': Episode 6 is explicably set during the Holidays, where Tails has gotten himself, Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Rouge, Omega, and Shadow together to do a gift exchange (though Shadow immediately takes off after being told it was a gift exchange). When Eggman crashes the show, he lets out some Christmas-themed puns before realizing no one else is here.
459* ''WebAnimation/SparkleOnRaven'' has episode 3, "[=DrillGirl Saves Santa Claus!=]", where the girls all [[BeachEpisode go to the beach for summer fun]] on Christmas Eve Eve, before learning that their favorite beach bar, Cooters, is due to close. Not wanting to lose out on their Christmas Crab Legs, they raise money and attempt to save the restaurant, to no avail. They eventually receive a Christmas miracle in the form of [[AmusingAlien Chupachups the Christmas alien]], but the owner wastes his wish on Internet security. Eventually, everyone comes together for one last round of Christmas Crab Legs, which saves the restaurant for another month, [[AllForNothing before it closes anyway]]. At the end of the episode, [[SpotlightStealingSquad DrillGirl]] reveals that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome she saved Santa Claus off-screen]].
460* ''Webanimation/StupidKids'': ''Boldogat és még boldogabbat'' (''Merry and even more'') is a TwistedChristmas episode where people who sold their souls to Website/{{Facebook}} turn into {{zombie|apocalypse}}s because it crashed.
461* ''WebAnimation/SuperThings'' has had a few Christmas-themed episodes pop up for the series, all featuring appearances from [=SantaThing=]. Surprisingly, most of these episodes end up as [[WhamEpisode surprisingly important in the long run]].
462** The episode "[=SantaZing=] Arrives" features the villains kidnapping [=SantaThing=] and his sled in a misguided attempt to cheer up Sponge Rock.
463** The episode "Villain Christmas" features the leaderless villains attempting to do enough good to receive at least ''something'' for Christmas. It also turns out that Professor K.'s thought to be destroyed invention lived on, giving the first reveal of Kid Fury.
464** The episode "Bath Force Saves Christmas" features [=SantaThing=] recruiting Bath Force to use his water abilities to help unmask the Super Spies and figure out which ones are heroes and which ones are villains, thus closing out that plot point right for the end of the season.
465* ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'' has a mini-Christmas video with Kirbopher wearing a holiday, Nylocke respecting Hanukkah, and Rockoon claiming to be Kwanza.
466* ''WebAnimation/QueerDuck'':
467** "Homo for the Holidays", where Queer Duck and Openly Gator visit Queer Duck's family for the holidays.
468** "Santa Claus is Coming Out", where Queer Duck speculates that Santa Claus is gay before Santa reveals that he's actually bi.
469* The (two-minute) Christmas episode of ''WebAnimation/SenpaiClub'' has Kurokawa blackmailing Teacher-sensei into going on a Christmas date with her. It ends with Teacher-sensei running away after punching Kurokawa due to her kissing her.
470* Many members in the ''YouTubePoop'' community often make Christmas-themed [=YTPs=] in December. The most noteworthy of them would be [[WebAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasWhoSkellingtonsRevenge "Skellington's Revenge"]].
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474* One ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'' strip consists of Rowan and Murphy in front of a Christmas tree and the words "Merry Christmas".
475* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' often had a Christmas-themed storyline or comics accompanied by music during December:
476** 2008: A HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas parody, with King Dedede as the 'character' in this case.
477** 2009: YetAnotherChristmasCarol starring a now elderly Mario as Scrooge.
478** 2010: Three comics parodying Christmas carols about how Dedede is a jerk (set to Frosty the Snowman), how Waluigi wants presents (set to Carol of the Bells) and how Ganondorf wants the Triforce (set to All I Want for Christmas is You).
479** 2011: "Ice World", a parody of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" centered around the various {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s in Nintendo games.
480** 2012: Dedede, a Bug Catcher, Ganondorf, and Luigi travel for the holidays, culminating in the musical comic "Home" (a parody of "Home for the Holidays") where they come home after their travels.
481** 2013: ItsAWonderfulPlot, again, featuring Dedede and Waluigi.
482--->'''Pit:''' [[SubvertedTrope If you never existed, the world would be bliss!]] Well, whatddya think?\
483'''Waluigi:''' WAA! Waluigi hates this.
484* [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/interlude-one-cover/ The first interlude]] of ''Webcomic/ButImACatPerson'', between chapters 4 and 5, consists of holiday-themed flashbacks for several of the characters.
485* Despite being about subterranean dragons, ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Dragon_city Dragon City]]'' does this annually. Though it is explained that Christianity spread to dragons when American dragons started trading with certain Americans.
486* ''Webcomic/DustpitFollies'' took a break from the main story to present a version of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
487* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', has had [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2009-12-24 several]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2015-12-25 Christmas]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2005-12-26 filler]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2018-047 strips]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2014-12-25 usually]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2013-12-25 involving]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2012-12-24 Ellen]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2008-12-25 and]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2006-12-25 Nanase]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2008-12-23 but]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2012-12-26 occasionally]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2005-12-23 other]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2010-12-24 main]] characters. Also, the "End Of An Era" storyline takes place around Christmas.
488* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': A [[https://yatuu.fr/erika-et-les-princes-en-detresse-special-noel/ special strip]] posted in Christmas 2021 features Erika and Pita coming to the rescue of a [[SantaClaus Santa-themed]] Prince, who was frozen alive by a Grinch-like creature.
489* ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' takes Christmas [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1030260/a-far-out-there-christmas-god-bless-us-every-one/ very]], [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071134/another-far-out-there-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/ very]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090316/christmas-2010-merry-christmas/ seriously]]. Come December, the comic shifts from updating twice a week to updating daily to squeeze in as many Christmas comics as possible.
490* ''Webcomic/GameDestroyers'' has had two Christmas strips, one in [[http://www.gamedestroyers.net/396 2008]] and one in [[http://www.gamedestroyers.net/688 2009]].
491* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
492** While Agatha is trying to restore the Castle there was a one page Christmas story where Maxim tries to tell everyone how he got Santa's hat, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091211 but everyone present was either there when he got it or busy.]]
493** In December 2020 the story took a little break for a Christmas side story focusing on the Professors and Oggie's family.
494* ''Webcomic/HarryPotterComics'' has had two, [[http://harrypottercomics.net/80.html How the Voldemort Stole Christmas]] and [[http://harrypottercomics.net/550.html White Christmas]], both officially part of continuity. The comic had double updates during these specials, though both overran Christmas before the arcs were finished.
495* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' absolutely loves playing this in combination with WebcomicTime. After over two years of the comic's run it's still April 13 2009, [[TheHero John's]] 13th birthday, but the two Christmas periods which have passed since ''Homestuck'' started featured John and Jade [[ItemCrafting alchemising]] new items en masse, with [[{{Lampshading}} lampshades]] abounding. Jade, having never seen a [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas white Christmas]] and now being on a SlippySlideyIceWorld, was determined to make it as Christmassy as possible, and so on Dave's advice alchemised and decked the halls with [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff a kringlefucker and a conksuck boot]].
496-->[[http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=002969 So much sweet loot]]. You'd almost think it was simultaneously your birthday, AND Christmas or something. \
497Of course you know that is ridiculous and could never conceivably happen.
498** Speaking of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', it sees its own Christmas episode [[ChristmasInJuly in May]]. The comic's Christmas update is the HalloweenEpisode.
499* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has played it very straight, first with a group shot of the [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/208/ family celebrating the holiday,]] and then with a [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/312 winter landscape]] under a [[StarOfBethlehem starry sky.]]
500* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' regularly has Cthulhu-related Christmas comics (frequently parodies of Christmas carols).
501* Done annually in ''Webcomic/{{Jix}}'' and often involve the Ambis (aliens) getting confused by human traditions.
502* ''Webcomic/LifeOfMaid'' has three Christmas specials as well, in [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=86927&pool_id=81 2009]], in [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=534042&pool_id=81 2010]], and in [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=743937&pool_id=81 2011]].
503* Every issue of ''Webcomic/LilGotham'' is tied to a holiday, with two Christmas issues:
504** Issue #3, which featured Mr. Freeze kidnapping a choir of orphans because he thought they were being exploited for being made to sing Christmas carols.
505** Issue #24, in which Alfred and Damian go through the Wayne family photo archive while Batman does charitable work.
506* ''Webcomic/MyMilkToof'' had an arc about Ickle and Lardee finding their Christmas presents, Ickle tried to take a look at his but decides to tape it back shut and Lardee unwraps his altogether.
507* ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' had two ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' Christmas episodes -- [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/227 the first]] with BLU team Engie-tan making a little [[labelnote:mistake]] -- she forgot to turn off something that reacts to ''red clothes''[[/labelnote]], and [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/439 another]] with her next Christmas gift.
508* ''Webcomic/ThePackrat'' celebrates Christmas 2005 his own way: [[http://www.umop.com/art/packrat_kb007.jpg with a shining, blinking Buchla modular synth as a Christmas tree]].
509* ''Webcomic/PennyBlackfeather'' had a rather elaborate [[http://www.pennyblackfeather.co.uk/?webcomic_post=on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me Twelve Days of Christmas]] reinterpretation for Christmas 2012, replacing the gifts traditionally mentioned in the song with items/animals/Eldritch abominations related to the comic's themes.
510* ''Webcomic/ThePetriDish'' has one strip where Gordon throws an office Christmas party, but pretends it's for no reason. This is because various employees of different religions complained at not getting parties for their celebrations, but he couldn't afford to throw a party for all of them.
511* ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'': A few mini-stories occurring on Christmas occasionally happens. As with other holiday specials, they tend to get thrown in the midst of a major plot event.
512* ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' has a story arc each year with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kevin]] dreaming he's been shanghaied into helping with Santa's Christmas rush.
513* ''Webcomic/{{Thornsaddle}}'' ran a [[http://thornsaddle.com/comics/41 twelve-part Christmas story]] in December 2011 called "A Thornsaddle Christmas Mystery" in which a mysterious figure manipulates one of the students. The creators intend "Christmas Mystery" to become an annual tradition.
514* ''Webcomic/VaticanAssassins'' takes a break from the story every December to do an "Advent Calendar"--a short story told a panel a day for every day of the religious season of Advent. These short stories usually take place on Christmas and are much more lighthearted than the rest of the series.
515** 2013's story had Viola chasing a demon around St. Peter's during Midnight Mass.
516** 2014's story is about Fife getting a football/soccer ball as a Christmas gift and the kids all playing football/soccer.
517* ''Webcomic/VGCats'' once depicted [[https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=231 Santa reviewing his "naughty" list]], in the manner of [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]].
518* ''Webcomic/VirtualShackles'': A three-part Christmas comic was made that involved Santa, videogames, light cycles, and Farmville.
519* [[http://www.wordwearycomic.com/2012/12/christmas-comics.html The secret life of Santa]] is revealed in ''Webcomic/TheWordWeary'' Christmas comic.
520* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' had a very funny Christmas special which only showed prime numbered panels, making it sort of a Noodle Incident.
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523[[folder:Web Original]]
524* The ''Creator/{{CBeebies}}'' and ''Creator/{{CBBC}}'' official websites change their backgrounds to look more festive every Christmas.
525* ''Literature/TheFlyingCloud'': "Episode 51: The Flying Cloud Christmas Special"
526* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Every year during December, an advent calendar is made available in the winter-themed land of Terror Mountain. The advent calendar gives out assorted prizes and plays a new animation each day; users who collect prizes from it every day of the month unlock an exclusive avatar for use on the boards.
527* ''Literature/{{Plonqmas}}'': All these stories are set at Christmas time. Tales featuring Plonq also exist on non-holiday subjects.
528* ''Blog/RenegadeRhetoric'' had a post made in December 2015 where Cy-Kill described the events of "And to All a Good Knight", a Christmas Episode from the fictional second season to ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots''. The episode involved Cy-Kill disguising himself as a MallSanta as part of a scheme to use trace amounts of sorium to manipulate humanity into constructing an anti-Guardian force field. In the end, the force field is rewired to repel Renegades instead, forcing the villains to retreat and find that their Thruster was paid a visit by St. Nick. Cop-Tur is happy to recieve a present by earning a spot on Santa's nice list by letting the Guardians Scooter and Good Knight go free, while Cy-Kill grumbles at getting a lump of coal.
529* ''Website/TlfTravelAlerts'': In a spoof of the early broadcast of Christmas themed commercials, they gave us an early release heartwarming advert of a [[https://twitter.com/TlfTravelAlerts/status/928904263668920321 boy befriending an escalator]]. Which then devolved into a TwistedChristmas tale of ruination and delays.
530* A side story of ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' featured Christmas themes (although it is called [[CallARabbitASmeerp Yule]]) and took place both in the [[TimeTravel past and present]] of the story. The current story takes place during the actual month of December and features decorations and the similar themes of Christmas.
531* The ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' did a whole series of Christmas stories, all for Christmas 2006 (when the stories take place). A couple of them even came out at Christmas time, one year or another.
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534[[folder:Web Videos]]
535* Creator/AchievementHunter had an "Achievement Hunter presents: Merry Christmas!" where Achievement City was decorated for the occasion and the crew had snowballs fights, went sledding, built snowmen and exchanged presents.
536* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' has 8 of them. 3 of them focus on Wisdom Tree's games based off of Literature/TheBible, one had ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' homage ([[spoiler:with footage of James at ages 8 and 11]]), one focused on the NES version of Winter Games, and one was a parody of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. In 2018 he reviewed every ''Film/HomeAlone'' video game alongside Creator/MacaulayCulkin himself.
537* ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'' has at least one Christmas video every year:
538** 2009: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlyFs9f1gYA Sandy Claus]]''
539** 2010: ''[[http://assets.behance.net/swf/player.swf?controlbar=over&file=http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles3/143436/projects/916687/f1fbc64920fc25cb133d9b1c2e1f3dac.flv&skin=http://assets.behance.net/swf/modieus.swf&height=288&width=512ℑ=http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles3/143436/projects/916687/f1fbc64920fc25cb133d9b1c2e1f3dac-0000.png Nokia wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Flamin' Good New Year!]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAmKx7e_dzI Wishful Thinking]]''
540** 2011: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw0qYP5PD-s Annoying Orange - Xmas Card Xplosion!!]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb96OH5T0dQ Annoying Orange - Orange vs. Frosty]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQnqyMOQmlA Annoying Orange - Marshmallow's Christmas Sock]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_sSLDXRi80 Annoying Orange - Nutcracker]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANqU_BKDW0 Annoying Orange - Dizzy Hanukkah]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekkgAyuvPw Annoying Orange - Ding-A-Ling]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do343ZQ3vK0 Annoying Orange - Ginger Man]]'', and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BVzcqvW5s Annoying Orange - Midget Rudolph]]''
541* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' dedicates at least one episode in December to reviewing Christmas comics with only one year, 2011, not doing this in favor of a storyline-heavy review of the ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' adaptation. In this span, he's also done at least four YetAnotherChristmasCarol incidents with the fourth one having an irate Linkara shooting ghost!Viga with Magic Gun and telling her not this year.
542-->(Linkara!) He builds a snowman --SPLUT!-- now it has a hole!\
543(Linkara!) Eight maids a milkin' and a ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood|ImageComics}}'' Troll!\
544(Linkara!) Only one Dickens homage away from going chestnuts!\
545(Linkara!) This Christmas comic sucks!
546* ''WebVideo/TheBritishRailwayStories'': Episode 7, "Christmas, 1952", was released on December 23rd, 2007. Episode 14, "Silent Night", was released on December 27th, 2008. Despite that, the two episodes don't focus much on Christmas. The first is about the engines having to deal with all the snow covering the rails, and the latter is everyone worrying about Nigel after learning he's been put on the out-of-use line.
547* ''WebVideo/CrossedLines'': The episode "The Long Journey Home" focuses on Marisa and Tamarind having to take a train on Christmas Eve, with Marisa really getting into the Christmas Spirit, while Tamarind is just focusing on the job.
548* ''WebVideo/CarmillaTheSeries'' has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Christmas Special]], where Laura, Carmilla, Perry, and [=LaFontaine=] find themselves trapped in a diner with a woman who keeps trying to feed them cookies. [[spoiler: [[Literature/HanselAndGretel She's a cannibal.]]]]
549%% ZCE * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZrO1toSkZ4 Episode 4]] of ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside''.
550* ''WebVideo/{{Dabchick}}'':
551** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-vaAXKbSrk&list=PLQ90reAPeWiUS0V_JnbCcRlXZyRFc-RLO&index=14 "First Christmas!"]] features Dabchick receiving a toy skateboard for Christmas and riding it around Barnaby's house.
552** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPMQW3hjeZk&list=PLQ90reAPeWiUS0V_JnbCcRlXZyRFc-RLO&index=48&t=214s "Dabchick Climbs a Christmas Tree"]] features Dabchick decorating a sentient Christmas tree.
553** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7N8a7b885Q&list=PLQ90reAPeWiUS0V_JnbCcRlXZyRFc-RLO&index=88 "CAP'N DAB SPARROW!!!"]] has Dabchick singing Christmas carols, and pointing out how "Down in Yon Forest" sounds similar to the song "He's a Pirate", the theme from the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film series.
554** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wME0llIMblE "A Time For Giving"]], though not a part of the official Dabchick episode lineup, features Dixon's two wool puppets singing "Silent Night".
555* ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' had "A Blair Witch Hangover". The happiness of the episode could be described in one line:
556-->'''Quinn:''' Christ, this is depressing. And I'm Irish! I'm going to watch ''Angela's Ashes'' so I can remember what it feels like to laugh again.
557* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': The Season 1 and 2 finales were Christmas specials - "A Very Hoarder Christmas" and "It's An Economic Snowfall", respectively.
558* ''WebVideo/EightiesDan'' had one that was called "Very Inappropriate" for good reason. Let's just say Nazis got shot, and there was a tree star that got involved in an AssShove.
559* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
560** ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' became "The Christmas Tree of Might". The whole plot starts when Krillin wishes for the perfect Christmas tree and Turles is basically the Grinch as a Saiyan.
561** They also changed ''Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans'' to ''Plan to Eradicate Christmas'' with ghost copies of Freeza, Cooler, Lord Slug, and Turles being summoned to kill the Z Fighters and machines that fill the air with a terrible miasma to kill everyone on earth summoned by [[spoiler: ''[[BadSanta Santa Claus himself]]''.]]
562* ''WebVideo/{{Fred}}'' has had a few.
563** 2007: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTetkt6mnek Fred on Christmas]]''
564** 2009: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWCidnkhPtQ Christmas Cash]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPVNvJoljD0 Christmas is Creepy]]''.
565* ''WebVideo/FalseSwipeGaming'': Delibird took the spotlight for 2018's season greetings, where Kellen goes over its Christmas journey of learning to love thy neighbors (because otherwise the video would be nothing but talking about how bad Delibird was, and how it got worse and worse).
566* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': The series got one where Alucard murders Santa and takes his place to have a "Nightmare before Christmas" moment (Which apparently ended when Alucard "got bored, and kinda wandered off").
567* ''WebVideo/TheIrateGamer'' had a mini Christmas video with Ronnie The Skeleton performing his version of "Deck the Halls".
568* ''WebVideo/IsItAGoodIdeaToMicrowaveThis'' has done the episodes, "Disco Ball", "Christmas Tree", and the bonus special "Christmas Trees with Gasoline".
569* One of the "Nonsense" pranks on ''WebVideo/JackValeFilms'' takes place at a mall on Christmas and a mall Santa joins in the fun.
570* ''WebVideo/JonTron'': One Christmas video has Jon reviewing various ''VideoGame/HomeAloneSega'' games to bring Jacque back to life. A later Christmas video has Jon watching ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks''.
571* ''WebVideo/KidTimeStorytime'' has many readings of Christmas books. In fact, the channel has sections for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xNeVDerelo&list=PL3gBRxwlIAz1S2_BYC6p325JvftSuCjpU comedic Christmas books]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovXIbF4nvQ&list=PL3gBRxwlIAz0cooyVBmaBBbIkNt07TQS2 parodies of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLMWB_C0fU&list=PL3gBRxwlIAz3hSqc1CCdGntmvOGGnGA3O Santa-related books]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3gBRxwlIAz1T0JWgezoXD7gvdhfRRoDd Christmas books in general]].
572* The first season of ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' had one, "Christmas Surprise."
573* ''WebVideo/MusicalHell'''s December reviews are almost always Christmas-related.
574** 2012: ''Film/{{Mame}}'' (1974 film version of TheMusical, which features the song "We Need a Little Christmas")
575** 2013: ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie''
576** 2014: ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess Christmas''
577** 2015: ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D''
578** 2016: ''Christmas Is Here Again''
579** 2017: ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas''
580** 2018: ''Film/AChristmasCarolTheMusical''
581** 2019: ''Elf Bowling''
582** 2020: ''Film/LaLaLand'' (as a joke the July 2021 review is ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'' to "make up" for this film, despite having Christmas-related content, not "really" being a Christmas movie), plus a special featuring Diva riffing on ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta''
583** 2021: ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'' (1986 TV movie version), plus a livestream special riffing on ''The Christmas Light''.
584** 2022: ''Saving Santa''
585** 2023: Averted in favor of ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'' (though the film does feature LivingToys)
586* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' absolutely ''LOVES'' Christmas. Like with Halloween, has done at least two seasonally appropriate videos every December that the show's been in regular production. Unlike Nostalgiaween, these reviews don't have a subseries nickname. However there is a traditional celebratory freakout that gets more fantastical each year. His love even goes as far to give his Top 11 Lists an extra step beyond.
587** 2008:
588*** Top 12 Christmas Specials
589*** Film/JingleAllTheWay
590** 2009:
591*** ''[[Film/JackFrost1998 Jack Frost]]''
592*** ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]] and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]: A Christmas Special''
593*** "The Return of the Christmas Specials": The top 12 runners-up to the previous year's list of best Christmas specials
594*** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''
595*** ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas''
596** 2010:
597*** WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield
598*** ''[[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticYoureARottenDirtyBastard You're A Dirty Rotten Bastard]]'': The Nostalgia Critic does an ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' homage
599** 2011-12:
600*** 1986's Theatre/BabesInToyland
601*** ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''
602*** ''Film/ChildsPlay'' with Phelous
603*** ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie''
604** 2013:
605*** Top 12 Santa Clauses
606*** ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights''
607*** An editorial about keeping up the lie about Santa
608*** ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree''
609*** ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas''
610** 2014:
611*** ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''
612*** A showcase of overlooked Christmas specials
613*** ''Film/AChristmasStory2''
614*** What You Never Knew about ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation''
615** 2015:
616*** ''We Wish You A Turtle Christmas''
617*** An editorial as to whether ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' is overrated
618*** ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks''
619*** ''Film/TheForceAwakens''
620** 2016:
621*** ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Saves Christmas''
622*** Top 12 Christmas Commercials
623*** ''Film/IllBeHomeForChristmas''
624** 2017:
625*** WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta
626*** ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas''
627*** ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork''
628** 2018:
629*** ''Film/AChristmasStory Live''
630*** ''The Search For Santa Paws''
631*** ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D''
632** Since 2014, Doug has acknowledged that he's gotten into a habit of doing a really extreme NightmareFuel episode, followed by a RealitySubtext TearJerker one, with the review of The Nutcracker In 3D containing elements of both.
633* Every season of ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' has a Christmas episode, and due to a season being a year's worth of episodes, these usually also double as the SeasonFinale, with the exception of "Collector's Editions" for Christmas 2018. To note:
634** 2017's "A Very Madden 08 Christmas" sees Scott's excessive love for the video game ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 08]]'' putting him at odds with the vegan community at a gathering he was invited to.
635** 2018's "Collector's Editions" is a regular ''Scott the Woz'' episode instead of a finale, with him explaining various forms of video game collector's editions. The very next episode, "It's Awesome Baby!", ''is'' the SeasonFinale.
636** 2019's "It's A Bargain Bin Christmas" has Scott attempting to host a charity gala with cheap bargain bin games as prizes to the attendees, after he landed himself into bankruptcy.
637** 2020's "You're Not an RPG Guy" sees Scott's friends pulling off an intervention on him due to Scott having a major dislike for [=RPGs=], and trying to get him into wanting to play [=RPGs=] (even though most of them don't even know what an RPG is). Tons of RPG tropes and elements are explored as Scott explains why he is, as the title puts it, not an RPG guy.
638** 2021's "The Gifts of Gaming" uses a SecretSanta Christmas Party as a FramingDevice for four segments about topics that somewhat relate to Christmas:
639*** "Gaming Gift Cards," where Scott talks about gaming Gift cards throughout history.
640*** "Holiday Gift Guides," where Scott reminisces on old gift guides and catalogs.
641*** "The Rex Mohs Cruci-fiction Special," where [[ItMakesSenseInContext Rex explains his backstory as the supposed reincarnation of Jesus Christ.]]
642*** "The Gifts of Gaming," where Scott reminisces on video games that he received for Christmas throughout his childhood.
643** 2022's "Merry Christmas, Data Design!!" (though technically released in January 2023) sees Scott and his friends collect shovelware games from Creator/DataDesignInteractive to give as gifts and compete with Santa Claus.
644** 2023's "Have a Bootleg Gaming Christmas" sees Scott review and sell bootleg games, hoping for a 2024 calendar in exchange.
645* ''WebVideo/TheSonicAmigos'' has several.
646** ''WebVideo/TheSonicAmigos Christmas Special''. (Two-Parter)
647** ''WebVideo/TheSonicAmigos Christmas Special: 2013 Edition''.
648** ''Shadow in Christmas Carol''.
649** ''Tails' Christmas Present Hunt''.
650* Every year since 2008 comedian ''WebVideo/StuartAshen'' has uploaded Christmas specials featuring reviews of products from British retailer Poundland. The specials are as follows:
651** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfXEnjI4vTk Christmas Tat 1 (2008)]]
652** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATZPvDhHX3I Christmas Tat 2 (2009)]]
653** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsjQpxJU7hM 2010]]
654** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbDeW5PwqRU 2011]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeJFZBvyVrE bonus Christmas crackers video]]
655** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6GziB3ArVI 2012]]
656** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UNVUUcvUcE 2013]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTeQs4-3CAY bonus Christmas food video]]
657** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MXsvjtA0c4 2014]]
658** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmCwsSrhG98 2015]]
659* ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4's Mario Bloopers]]'' has one Christmas episode every year, sometimes a week before Christmas.
660* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' treated its third episode as "A ''Sword Art Online'' Christmas," complete with [[MediumShiftGag live-action narrator Sir Jack Dapper]] reading the story from a book (and expressing confusion that the tale starts in ''April''), and Santa hats and falling snow crudely edited into the opening sequence. After the episode's DownerEnding, the very drunk narrator is ranting about his failed marriage and vomiting out-of-frame.
661* "The Most Wonderful TIME of the Year" is a NoFourthWall musical short/Christmas card from ''WebVideo/TheTimeGuys''.
662* ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'' has done three; a Pop Song Review on ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmC25j0BsBQ Mistletoe]]"'' by Music/JustinBieber in 2011, a One Hit Wonderland on ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIXStAcAKW8 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer]]"'' by Elmo & Patsy in 2012, and to a certain extent, a One Hit Wonderland on ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Fr5wcLEjM I Know What Boys Like]]"'' by Music/TheWaitresses in 2020[[note]]as the video states, the band has two songs that could qualify for OneHitWonder territory, namely that and their [[ChristmasSongs Christmas song]] "Christmas Wrapping"[[/note]].
663* ''WebVideo/{{Treetopia}}'' had one where all LetsPlay/TheCreatures present had a building contest. Some of the buildings included a Christmas tree, Santa vomiting and pooping, and the star of David.
664* ''WebVideo/TwistedTranslations'':
665** One video translates three Christmas songs: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and "The Christmas Song".
666** One video translates "'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
667** Another video translates "Baby, it's Cold Outside".
668** One video translates "All I Want for Christmas is You".
669* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': The titular character usually acknowledges the season in "TRUE Scary Stories." In season 2 he wore a Santa hat for several episodes. The stories themselves may or may not be Christmas-themed.
670* ''WebVideo/TheVictorianWay'': There are several episodes with Christmas food recipes.
671** "How to Make a Christmas Cake - The Victorian Way": This episode's recipe is for traditional plum cake. It is based on a recipe by Charles Francatelli who was Queen Victoria's chief cook.
672** "How to Make Mince Pies - The Victorian Way": In this episode, Mrs Crocombe cooks traditional mincemeat ans she has made enough to last the whole Christmas season. Some of it is used to make mince pies.
673** "How to Make Christmas Pudding - The Victorian Way": The cook prepares a traditional plum pudding. This recipe comes from ''Modern Cookery'' by Eliza Acton who has been the first person to call it 'Christmas Pudding'.
674** "How to Make Christmas Gin Punch - The Victorian Way": We are told that Mr Lincoln, the butler, is very busy with Christmas preparations, so it is Mrs Crocombe who makes some Christmas gin punch for the servants.
675** "How to Make Gingerbread – The Victorian Way": Mrs Crocombe makes traditional gingerbread. These edible decorations are going to be hanged on the Christmas tree at Audley End House.
676** "How To Make Nesselrode Cream – The Victorian Way": Nesselrode Cream is a Victorian Christmas favourite, called an ideal winter dessert. It's made of chestnuts, double cream, dried cherries, vanilla and other ingredients.
677* Episode 17 of ''WebVideo/WorldsGreatestAdventures'' (which aired, and takes place, in September) serves as one, thanks to Rufus's inability to read a calendar.
678* ''Advertising/WillItBlend'' had the episodes "Christmas Dinner" and "Elf on the Shelf".
679* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' has several Christmas related episodes; with Kaiba in a Carol parody and Marik being told the story of Baby Jesus.
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682[[folder:Real Life]]
683* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce Christmas Truces]] of World Wars I and II: proof that this sort of thing actually happens [[TruthInTelevision real life]]. For many units the war literally went on pause so troops from both sides could venture out into No Man's Land. Some simply called a truce to bury their fallen comrades, while some units actually mingled, exchanged gifts, and ''sang carols'' together. There are even accounts of friendly games of football between opposing units. Unsurprisingly, just like many Christmas Specials, the fight was right back on the next day [[StatusQuoIsGod as if nothing had happened]].
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