| 1 | [[quoteright:320:[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_celebrating_christmas_6935.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:320:[[GratuitousFrench Joyeux Noel]], from [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Princess]] [[SublimeRhyme Belle]].]] |
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| 4 | ->''"But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Fred''' to his uncle Ebenezer, ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | An index of tropes related to (both Christian and secularized versions of) the holiday of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas Christmas]], and all the various cultural traditions associated with it. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | This is a sub-index of HolidayTropes. Also see HalloweenTropes. |
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| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | !!Tropes: |
| 15 | [floatboxright: |
| 16 | '''Main topic:''' |
| 17 | * {{UsefulNotes/Christmas}} |
| 18 | |
| 19 | '''See also:''' |
| 20 | * ChristmasEpisode |
| 21 | * ChristmasMoviesIndex |
| 22 | * ChristmasSpecial |
| 23 | ] |
| 24 | * AntiChristmasSong: When you're tired of hearing Christmas carols, and a simple "Bah! Humbug!" just won't cut it. |
| 25 | * TheAntiGrinch: Strange how a guy whose heart ''isn't'' two sizes too small can snafu the holidays better than someone whose is. |
| 26 | * AnAsskickingChristmas: We're SavingChristmas the old-fashioned way: [[MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty with good ol' Lefty and Righty]]. |
| 27 | * AwayInAManger: A baby born on Christmas Eve in a stinky barn... are you sure he's not the Second Coming? |
| 28 | * BadassSanta: The perfect thing for AnAssKickingChristmas. Just don't end up on his Naughty List... |
| 29 | * BadSanta: You got tube socks while the BarbaricBully got tens and twenties? '''There's only one reason.''' |
| 30 | * BetterIfNotBornPlot: A subversion to the famous ItsAWonderfulPlot, which showcases how everyone's lives would ''improve'' if you didn't exist. |
| 31 | * ChaosOfTheBells: When the classic Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" is used as a soundtrack for action, suspense, and/or dread. |
| 32 | * ChekhovsGift: RuleNumberOne when your present is ChekhovsGun—don't return it. |
| 33 | * ChimneyEntry: Santa's favorite way to deliver toys personally. |
| 34 | * TheChristmasAnnual: That beloved DoorStopper would make the perfect gift for UsefulNotes/AVeryBritishChristmas. |
| 35 | * ChristmasCarolers: Their attempts to inspire Christmas cheer inspire some people to break out the Anti-Jehovah's Witness Cannon. |
| 36 | * ChristmasCreep: Stores having Christmas sections well before December. |
| 37 | * ChristmasElves: Clean and sprightly like [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]], yet short and industrious like [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]]... [[WildMassGuessing hmm...]] |
| 38 | * ChristmasEveryDay: Christmas is so great, why can't we have it every single day of the year? |
| 39 | * ChristmasInJuly: Who says we can't combine some yuletide cheer with bikini season? |
| 40 | * ChristmasLightChaos: Dealing with Christmas lights can be very, very hard. |
| 41 | * ChristmasMiracle: A helpful stroke of good fortune comes to the characters in their time of need during Christmas time. |
| 42 | * ChristmasRushed: A product or media work is pushed through development to get it out ahead of the holiday shopping season. |
| 43 | * ChristmasSongs: 'Tis the season for holiday-themed pop music. |
| 44 | * ChristmasTown: Where ''all'' the magic happens! |
| 45 | * ClothesForChristmasCringe: What a horrible gift... clothes! |
| 46 | * CommercializedChristmas: Merry Christmas. NowBuyTheMerchandise! |
| 47 | * ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: The best presents you can buy with too little time and/or money. |
| 48 | * CrappyHolidays: Stale TV specials. Five months of bills! Black Friday hordes that would trample their own mother for a discount toaster. Asinine holiday music for three months solid, you ''know'' you're getting divorced as soon as the ball drops on New Year's Eve, and top it off with DinnerAndAShow. It's the ''unhappiest'' time of the year. |
| 49 | * CrappyHomemadeGift: A homemade gift that turns out to be... not so good. |
| 50 | * DasherDancerPrancerAndNixon: Someone gets the names of at least one of Santa's reindeer wrong. |
| 51 | * DidIMentionItsChristmas: Oh, right. Let's put up the tree, and then we'll get back to our {{Zany Scheme}}s. |
| 52 | * DinnerAndAShow: Part of the holiday is dinner at Grandma's place. Or the in-laws come over and you get stuck cooking. Or both. And none of them approve of your politics, religion, lifestyle, or choice in partner any more than you approve of theirs. Worse, [[CabinFever you're all snowed in]]... |
| 53 | * DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas: No heavy slush, just a perfect powdery blanket of fun! |
| 54 | * EncouragedRegifting: A character gives someone a gift they know will be given away. |
| 55 | * EveryoneHatesFruitCakes: Along with the HomemadeSweaterFromHell, this serves as a reminder that Christmas ain't perfect. |
| 56 | * EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Ah, Christmas, when InformedJudaism becomes just a little more informed. |
| 57 | * AGiftForThemselves: Can't leave myself off the gift list! |
| 58 | * GiftGivingGaffe: My geologist friend gave me a present! Aw, IGotARock... |
| 59 | * GiftOfTheMagiPlot: [[SpoofAesop The moral of this story]] is: Being Twice Generous can be just as lame as being TwiceShy. |
| 60 | * GiftShake: Let's just hope that whatever's inside isn't fragile... |
| 61 | * GingerbreadHouse: A sweet building that everyone wants to eat at Christmas (unless you're Literature/HanselAndGretel). |
| 62 | * TheGrinch: [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas He's a mean one]], and he can't ''stand'' the holidays. |
| 63 | * HappyHolidaysDress: The {{Pimped Out Dress}}maker has been waiting all year to debut this little number. |
| 64 | * HolidayCeasefire: Enemies or rivals temporarily putting aside their differences to celebrate a holiday (usually Christmas) together. |
| 65 | * HolidayVolunteering: Christmastime is all about giving, after all, which is why you GotVolunteered for our annual charity drive. |
| 66 | * HollywoodGiftwrap: The average Joe in RealLife can't wrap gifts like the elves can. |
| 67 | * HomeByChristmas: Soldiers fighting in a war are seemingly assured of a quick victory that will allow them to be back home by a certain date, such as Christmas. |
| 68 | * HomemadeSweaterFromHell: It's itchy, it's tasteless, it's two or three sizes too big... but it ''is'' Christmas... |
| 69 | * HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: Fiction has so many different answers. |
| 70 | * HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: ...And then realized the TrueMeaningOfChristmas, and gave it back before we had to [[AnAsskickingChristmas beat it out of him]]. |
| 71 | * HurryingHomeForTheHolidays: Gotta make it back from work in another town before Christmas dinner! |
| 72 | * ItsAWonderfulPlot: Choosing to live is the ultimate ChristmasMiracle. |
| 73 | * JackFrost: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of ice, snow, and winter. Sometimes also associated with Christmas by extension. |
| 74 | * TheKrampus: A demon who specializes in CorporalPunishment; now, ''that's'' a holiday tradition! |
| 75 | * LeavingFoodForSanta: And some vegetables and water for the reindeer; can't forget them! |
| 76 | * LetThereBeSnow: To all kids DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas down south, anything's possible this time of year. |
| 77 | * LudicrousGiftRequest: When the impossible gift is on your wish list. |
| 78 | * MallSanta: Try not to let your whiskey-soaked beard fall off, will ya? |
| 79 | * MerryChristmasInGotham: For one special time a year, the CrapsackWorld becomes... kind of pleasant. |
| 80 | * MistakenForSanta: Someone wrongly thinks someone else is SantaClaus. |
| 81 | * MrsClaus: Because who would want Santa to be single? |
| 82 | * MyNewGiftIsLame: A gift that brings disappointment to whoever receives it. |
| 83 | * OverthetopChristmasDecorations: Your Christmas cheer isn't great enough unless it can be seen from orbit. |
| 84 | * TheParodyBeforeChristmas: A Christmas story based on the format of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''. |
| 85 | * PekingDuckChristmas: I guess [[AvertedTrope not]] EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas, but hey, the Chinese restaurant is always open! |
| 86 | * PetsAsAPresent: Aww, look! There's a RidiculouslyCuteCritter in my stocking. |
| 87 | * PowerlessAtChristmas: Demonic (or otherwise evil) forces wielding power? Not on Christmas! |
| 88 | * PresentPeeking: There's an art to it, as any anxious kid in fictionland will tell you. |
| 89 | * PseudoSanta: When someone/something other than Santa brings gifts at Christmas (or an [[YouMeanXmas equivalent holiday]]). |
| 90 | * RedGreenContrast: An omnipresent color combination for the holiday. |
| 91 | * {{Santabomination}}: SantaClaus... if he were imagined by Creator/HPLovecraft. |
| 92 | * SantaAmbiguity: So ''was'' Santa Claus RealAfterAll? Your guess is as good as mine. |
| 93 | * SantaClaus: [[IconicOutfit Red suit, check. White beard, check.]] [[BigFun Large belly, check.]] [[SignatureLaugh Ho ho ho, check.]] Sack of {{toys}}... hopefully not filled with {{Creepy Doll}}s. |
| 94 | * SantaClausmas: Hey, isn't this some dude's birthday? I heard that He was [[JesusWasWayCool a pretty cool guy]]. |
| 95 | * SantasExistenceClause: See? SantaClaus ''is'' real, just like the EasterBunny and StingyJack! |
| 96 | * SantasSweatshop: You do ''not'' want to work at Santa's workshop. |
| 97 | * SavingChristmas: Old Saint Nick is in danger, and it's up to ''us'' to set things right! |
| 98 | * SecretSanta: A classic gift exchange system that leads to many an UnwantedGiftPlot. |
| 99 | * SexySantaDress: Because this time of year is no reason to forget the {{fanservice}}! |
| 100 | * {{UsefulNotes/Sinterklaas}}: A Dutch winter holiday character who served as an inspiration for Santa Claus himself. |
| 101 | * SnowGlobeOfInnocence: A snowglobe representing a more innocent, happier time or idealized life is often popularized around Christmas (and easiest to find then). |
| 102 | * {{Snowlems}}: Who says snowmen have to be inanimate? |
| 103 | * SnowySleighBells: Sometimes part of the aforementioned ChristmasSongs. |
| 104 | * StarOfBethlehem: Who needs a compass when you're TheThreeWiseMen in BibleTimes? |
| 105 | * StillBelievesInSanta: A character's age-inappropriate belief in Santa makes them look childish. |
| 106 | * StuckInAChimney: When Santa's attempted toy delivery leads to a HelpImStuck moment. |
| 107 | * SubbingForSanta: Can our RagtagBunchOfMisfits handle the reins? SomeoneHasToDoIt, after all... |
| 108 | * SurpriseSantaEncounter: Why would SantaClaus make TheCameo in {{Anime}}? AwesomeDearBoy, that's why. |
| 109 | * TheThreeWiseMen: We come bearing gold and a couple of smelly things. |
| 110 | * TrueMeaningOfChristmas: [[AnAesop It's better to give than to receive]], so give me a hundred dollars. |
| 111 | * TheTwelveSpoofsOfChristmas: A parody version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." |
| 112 | * TwistedChristmas: Seasons Beatings on this DarkerAndEdgier Christmas! |
| 113 | * UnderTheMistletoe: Wait a minute, that's holly. Ah, who cares when it's time for smooches? |
| 114 | * UnwantedGiftPlot: Pretending to like a gift you hate. |
| 115 | * UsurpingSanta: [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas This year, Christmas will be ours!]] |
| 116 | * WhiteTailedReindeer: [[SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying All deer are the same, right?]] |
| 117 | * YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Not getting any good cheer from TheScrooge? Send three ghosts to ScareEmStraight! |
| 118 | * YouMeanXmas: Or do you mean [[Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial Life Day]], [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Festivus]], [[Franchise/AnimalCrossing Toy Day]], [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Decemberween]], [[Webcomic/SleeplessDomain Crimmus]]... |
| 119 | [[/index]] |
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