History Main / ChristmasEpisode

* ''WebAnimation/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.

* ''Sandbox/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.

* ''Sandbox/BalenaProductions'''s ''WebAnimation/ChristmasWithSonic'' videos does a Christmas special each year, featuring characters from the ''Franchise/{{Sonic}}'' series, while throwing in some from ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' and original characters for the holidays.

* The Three Sisters Agency was started on Christmas in ''Anime/RODTheTV''. The episode shows them sharing birthday cake with Nenene. Another features a particularly heartwarming episode that doubles as a Christmas episode and an OriginStory for the Paper Sisters.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' did not have a literal Christmas Episode, but the second movie is implied to take place during Christmas. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9lNelJcDHc Say what you will, but it gave us this scene.]] Added to that, the girls form a Christmas tree to fight the villain.
** This is more explicit in the manga story the film was based on, [[spoiler: where Luna's transformation is treated as a Christmas gift.]]

* ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'': In episode 10, the cast attends a Christmas party at the Silverman gym dressed in festive attire, such as Santa and Reindeer costumes.

* ''ComicBook/{{The Transformers|Marvel}} UK'' featured several Christmas issues:
** In "Christmas Breaker", Optimus Prime got dressed in a Santa suit and Circuit Breaker didn't kill Jazz due to Christmas. Yeah.
** In "The Gift", Buster helps Jetfire to appreciate his Earth heritage as a Christmas gift.
** 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.
** In "Cold Comfort and Joy", while Optimus blames himself for the war reaching Earth, [[LetsYouAndHimFight a misunderstanding causes the Powermasters to fight the Wreckers]].
** 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.
** 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..

* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' had an issue where Franchise/WonderWoman modified her costume a little to look more Christmassy 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.
* Marvel had at least six featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher. Frank Castle dressing as Santa to gun down mafiosi? Two years in a row? Awesome!
** 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.
** And another time Doctor Doom took the mantle of Santa Claus.
** 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.
* The ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' comics had a Christmas special. [[http://www.clivebarker.com/html/visions/bib/comics/hell/hell22.htm Seriously]].

* Against all odds, ''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.

* For a few years, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' would do a Christmas issue where the hero answers some letters that pile up in the Metropolis post office.
* ''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.
* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' had "Little Peter's Christmas" and "The Smurfs Christmas" as its comic book stories.

* 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).
* ''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.

* ''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.

* ''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.]]

* Issue #55 of ''Cartoon Network Action Pack'' 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''.

* n ''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.

* 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.
* 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.
* ''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.

* 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.

* 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.

** 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)

* The ''Cbeebies'' and ''CBBC'' official websites change their backgrounds to look more festive every Christmas.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''

* Many ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' books are about holidays. Christmas itself is particularly popular, having at least five fairies devoted to it.

* ''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.

'''Bubs/Dethemberween Thnikkaman:''' [[CatchPhrase Yeah, shut up, kid!]]

* In ''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.

* In the ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'' series, Christmas gets its own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28298970/chapters/69343044 four-chapter fic]]. There are fun times, dramatic times, and peaceful times.
* The ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' ElsewhereFic ''Fanfic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'' has 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.
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has "A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas!".
** ''Christmas with Calvin and Hobbes'' is this for Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}} at large.

* Chapter 42 of ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'', 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.

* ''Fanfic/TheOfficialListOfUnofficialRules'' has a few, including Chapter 8.
* Several of the many [[ExpandedUniverse tie-in oneshots]] of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' are "Holiday Specials", each one featuring several short stories written by different authors.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13501363/1/Chaos-Effect Chaos Effect]]'' 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).

Note 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 (and this is a popular one for obvious reasons) [[AwayInAManger a Christmas birth]], 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.

* ''WebAnimation/SparkleOnRaven'' has episode 3, "[=DrillGirl Saves Santa Claus!=]", where the girls all [[BeachEpisode go to the beach for summer fun]] 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]].

** Manga/ShugoCharaParty also had a Manga/ShugoCharaPucchiPucchi 2-parter. The first was Yoru getting snow from Santa, the other is about a Christmas Cake.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': The Genesis Testament series is set in the leadup to the Christmas holidays, with Touma stuck in makeup schoolwork, while Mikoto being taken in by the atmosphere of the season.

* Many members in the ''WebAnimation/YouTubePoop'' community often make Christmas-themed [=YTPs=] in December. The most noteworthy of them would be [[WebAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasWhoSkellingtonsRevenge "Skellington's Revenge"]].

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The anime's fifth season has one appropriately titled "Have a Merry Christmas!" takes place on Christmas. Oddly though, the episode aired in June.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has several episodes that are Christmas- or winter-themed, and the ''true'' Christmas one ended up being banned from TV for containing Jynx, perceived by one woman to be an offensive caricature (but not before it got released to video).

* ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'': In Episode 39, The Hidden Leaf Village throws a big Christmas party with many shinobi competing for affections, then the Secret Santa turns into a survival battle.

* Episode 12 of ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'' takes place on Christmas, but Kaoru and Hajime can't spend the day together due to Kaoru having to work late. So Hajime goes to a party with Kaoru's friends and their husbands. And since she has to work the next day, they can't spend any time together that night either, so it ends with Hajime [[ADateWithRosiePalms reaching for a box of tissues]].

* ''VideoGame/AmateurSurgeon'' The first game had one in the form of a separate expansion 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]].

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