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An episode, chapter, or special within a larger series in which the story focuses on themes and plots related to the observance of a specific holiday. This episode will most likely use one or more HolidayTropes.

See also ChristmasSpecial, EasterSpecial, and HalloweenSpecial. Compare to HolidayMode for videogames, in which certain holiday themed features are activated during the holidays. Contrast OutOfHolidayEpisode, which is this but released in a different date than the celebrated holiday.
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!!Subtropes:
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* AprilFoolsPlot: Celebrated worldwide on April 1st. Expect plots with ComedyTropes, usually good-natured pranks, but may be an opportunity to get revenge on the {{Jerkass}}.
* ChristmasEpisode: Celebrated worldwide on December 25th. Expect the use of ChristmasTropes.
* EasterEpisode: Usually celebrated in March or April. Expect the appearance of the EasterBunny.
* EarthDayEpisode: Celebrated on April 22nd. Usually comes with a GreenAesop.
* FestivalEpisode: Observed in Japan on various dates.
* FoundingDay: A celebration of when a country or organization was founded. Includes Independence Day, celebrated in the United States on July 4th.
* HalloweenEpisode: Celebrated October 31st. Expect plots dealing with finding a costume and going trick-or-treating.
* HanukkahEpisode: A Jewish holiday celebrated between November and December, which lasts for 8 days and nights.
* NewYearHasCome: Celebration of the beginning of a New Year.
* StPatricksDayEpisode: Celebrated mostly in Ireland and the U.S. on March 17. Expect leprechauns, their pots of gold, rainbows, a copious amount of the color green, and (in more adult works) ''tons'' of drinking.
* ThanksgivingEpisode: A holiday of American origin that's typically celebrated in November (or October in Canada), emphasizing food, thankfulness, and often American football. Closely resembling harvest festivals found in other cultures.
* ValentinesDayEpisode: Celebrated on February 14th worldwide. Japan & South Korea have a similar holiday, White Day, celebrated on March 14th. Expect plots with LoveTropes.
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!!Examples:
Examples on this page should only be listed if they do not fall under one of the subtropes listed above.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/ChhotaBheem'': Indian holidays such as Holi and Diwali are celebrated in the series.
* The ''Animation/KeymonAche'' episode "Holi War" has the characters celebrate the Indian festival of Holi by fighting each other with WaterGunsAndBalloons filled with colored water.
* Several ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' episodes have the characters celebrate the festivals of Holi and Diwali.
* There is an episode of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' where the characters celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
* ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass: Travel Around the World'' episode 23 is about the goats travelling to Thailand and learning about Songkran, the Thai New Year holiday, as well as the festival associated with it that involves splashing water on others to represent blessings.
* ''Animation/UpinAndIpin'':
** With the exceptions of the first two seasons (only because they're ''entirely'' themed around a holiday), every season has Holiday Episodes dedicated to celebrating Ramadhan month and Eid al-Fitr (one episode each).
** Season 11 has "Pesta Cahaya" where the characters celebrate Diwali.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Website/HarveyGirlsForeverFanon'':
** In "Asiamania", the girls go to China for a Chinese New Year party.
** "Harveyween", "Scare Bud" and "All Harvey's Eve" are the three canon Halloween episodes, but come to think of it, there are many more Halloween episodes that are fanmade.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had two episodes devoted to Labor Day:
** "Hot Off the Grill" has Al holding a Labor Day barbecue, where Kelly inadvertently uses the ashes of Marcy's dead aunt to cook the burgers.
** "We'll Follow the Sun" has the Bundys taking a trip for Labor Day and getting stuck in horrible traffic.
* In a TV segment featured in one episode of ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', three young siblings invite viewers to come see their mandir and watch as they celebrate Diwali just before their feast.
* The ''Series/EerieIndiana'' episode "The Lost Hour" focuses on Daylight Savings when Marshall sets his watch forward an hour despite town rules.
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' has an episode where the personnel stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital celebrate Boxing Day by [[SwappedRoles swapping roles]].
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': The third episode is aired on Eid al-Adha and revolves around the characters getting ready then celebrating it.
* ''Film/{{Flodder}}'': The TV series had several, including Christmas, UsefulNotes/{{Sinterklaas}}, April Fools, and New Year's Eve.
* There are several episodes of ''Series/BaalVeer'' where the characters celebrate Holi.
* The ''Two Doors Down'' episode "Burns Supper" is, as the title suggests, a Burns Night episode. There were also two Christmas epsiodes.
* The 1998 series of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' featured a Millenium themed episode as the finale of the second season. Cackle's Academy celebrates the castle's thousand-year history. Then a former student turned pop star Amanda Honeydew is revealed as a special guest with the intention of buying the castle for herself and Mr. Hallow opting to move and modernize the school. [[spoiler: This causes Miss Hardbroom to resign and when Mildred hears of this plan, she concocts a scheme with her friends (and her rivals) to put Amanda off. After the usual magical mishaps of the show, Amanda still buys the castle but returns ownership to Miss Cackle, resulting in Miss Hardbroom rescinding her resignation.]]
* ''Series/Nightwatch2015'': S2 E1 is set on Mardi Gras, which is huge in New Orleans; all of the cast members have to work extra shifts to keep up.
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[[folder:Podcasts]]
* ''Podcast/UnwellPodcast'' has two in its second season - 'The Graveyard Shuffle' for Halloween, and 'The Broken Moat' for Thanksgiving.
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[[folder: Radio]]
* ''Radio/HamishAndDougal'' had a Burns Night episode, with the central joke being that they have no idea what Burns Night is, and suspect it's been made up by the English.
* The second semi-final of Season 35 of the music quiz ''Counterpoint'' was subtly but distinctly an International Women's Day episode (broadcast 7th March, the day before), with Paul Gambicinni commenting on how appropriate it was the three semi-finalists were all women, the first three questions involving the suffragette anthem "March of the Women", the music from ''Film/{{Amelia}}'', and a pioneering female director of music, and a category round called "I'm Every Woman".
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Unusually, ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' has had some events themed around Easter, despite obviously not being a popular holiday in Japan. The point seems more to have an excuse to place the characters in [[RuleOfCute colourful rabbit-themed outfits]] (but not yet, somehow, the appropriately named unit Ra*bits) than anything especially complicated. However, it didn't run for the first couple of years, and due to its proximity to many other events (being right after the very important White Day, aka Repayment Festival, and with Reminisence events often occuring not long after Repayfes, and [[FestivalEpisode Cherry blossom Viewing]] also tending to happen around Easter), it's often skipped.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2'' is made up ''entirely'' of holiday episodes, since each episode takes place on or around a major [=US=] holiday. ''Roads'' takes places on Halloween, ''Rules'' is in the run-up to Christmas, ''Wastelands'' is around Valentines Day,[[note]]And is the only episode not to actually mention the holiday, though it ''is'' thematically appropriate as the episode which contains two potential romantic sub-plots for Sean.[[/note]] ''Faith'' is just after Easter, and ''Wolves'' is on the Fourth of July weekend.
** The same concept makes another appearance in the franchise in the ''Wavelengths'' DLC for ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors''. This bonus chapter has four distinct seasons and references to a celebration in each. The chapter begins with Steph starting her new job at the Haven Springs radio station around the same time as the town's Spring Festival. In the later sections Steph is shown planning and/or performing themed shows for Pride Month in the summer, Halloween in the autumn, and New Year's Eve in the winter.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/SuperThings'' has a couple episodes themed around Carnival:
** The episode "Carnival In Kaboom City" has a group of villains taking advantage of the costumes the citizens are wearing to blend in and sneak trackers into the heroes' headquarters.
** The episode "Giant Balloons Carnival" features Toxfung infiltrating a parade with toxic spore-filled balloons, while Mushrulz strives to prove himself as a newer member of the heroes.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' has an episode where the characters celebrate Lunar New Year and plan a party for Wai Po.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has one for the Lunar New Year - slightly different from Jan 1. Talks about Chinese traditions on the day as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' episode "Spring Has Not Sprung" follows the kids as they learn about the Indian festival of Holi while searching for some monkeys who have taken Andy's camera.
* ''WesternAnimation/NiHaoKaiLan'' has two episodes where they celebrate Chinese holidays, one featuring Chinese New Year and another featuring the Moon Festival.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' has a Kwanzaa special, where the Prouds invite a homeless family to their house and learn about Kwanzaa.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' has a Daylight Savings episode called "Saving Time", where Mordecai and Rigby prank the other park attendants by setting all the clocks in the house to the wrong time. They inadvertently cause the park to ''leave its place on the ground and float to the time zone fitting its incorrect time'' because of this.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' is a rare example of a show with episodes for UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays, including one for Passover and one for Hanukkah. They also did an episode on Kwanzaa.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E9NaturePantsOppositeDay Opposite Day]]", Squidward makes up the holiday Opposite Day to convince [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to act normal, but it ultimately backfires.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' has a Daylight Savings episode where the Titans have to save the skipped-over hour from a farmer. MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext. Don't ask, we have no idea either
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