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* When Bun-Bun sets out to become the King of All Holidays in ''SluggyFreelance'', he has to kill the previous leaders of the holidays to gain their titles and powers. To gain control of Christmas and Easter, he kills Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, not Jesus.

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* ''SouthPark'' plays this straight by making Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo, a Christmas Spirit in the vein of FrostyTheSnowman. There is an Easter Episode wherein the secret message behind the Easter Bunny, hidden from you by [[CorruptChurch the eeevul Vatican]], is uncovered.

* In the {{Futurama}} universe, Christmas (pronounced X-Mas) is less about religion and more about finding a good hiding spot from the killer robotic Santa who judges everyone to be naughty due to his standards being set too high.

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** UrbanLegend has it that [[TheThemeParkVersion the image of Santa Claus nailed to a cross]] has been witnessed in Japan at Christmastime.

*** ... including a [[CompletelyMissingThePoint plastic replica of the tree]] that Charlie Brown picked out specifically because it was the [[AluminumChristmasTrees only real tree in the lot]].

This does reflect real life somewhat, as these days there are plenty of people from Christian backgrounds who are not particularly religious but still celebrate Christmas and Easter with parties and gifts and chocolate, as well as some who aren't Christian at all but do the same. After all, few say no to free presents. Or [[EverythingsBetterWithChocolate chocolate]]. [[hottip:*:Except people who are allergic to chocolate, paranoid about bombs or not from regions where christmass is practiced drinking hot chocolate.]]

This does reflect real life somewhat, as these days there are plenty of people from Christian backgrounds who are not particularly religious but still celebrate Christmas and Easter with parties and gifts and chocolate, as well as some who aren't Christian at all but do the same. After all, few say no to free presents. Or [[EverythingsBetterWithChocolate chocolate]]. [[hottip:*:Except people who are allergic to chocolate and paranoid about bombs.]]

* Japan at large practices the commercial holiday of Christmas, but less than 1 percent of the population is Christian. Of course, they practice it [[ChristmasInJapan somewhat differently than everyone else]]; one of their Christmas Traditions is eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.

* The ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown'' is an actual Easter example. ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'' nicely subverts this: Snoopy is only concerned with winning a house decoration contest, Lucy is more concerned with getting a nice tree than with the Christmas pageant, and Charlie angsts about how commercialized Christmas has become (in TheSixties, mind you). Later on, Linus reminds the whole gang about the holiday's true meaning by [[TheBible reciting part of the second chapter of Luke]], in which the shepherds learn of Jesus's birth. This is actually what makes the show a classic — by going back to the real meaning of Christmas, it stood out in an increasingly commercialized world.

This does reflect real life somewhat, as these days there are plenty of people from Christian backgrounds who are not particularly religious but still celebrate Christmas and Easter with parties and gifts and chocolate, as well as some who aren't Christian at all but do the same. After all, few say no to free presents. Or chocolate. [[hottip:*:Except people who are allergic to chocolate and paranoid about bombs.]]

* CSLewis wrote a couple of essays highlighting the commercialization of Christmas in the 1950s. In fact, this problem became a subject for concern very soon after the "old-fashioned" Christmas-as-we-know-it was invented in the 19th century.

* Japan at large practices the commercial holiday of Christmas, but less than 1 percent of the population is Christian. Of course, they practice it somewhat differently than everyone else; one of their Christmas Traditions is eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.

* On ''{{Wonderfalls}}'', the "twice-a-year church attendance" trope is referenced and spoofed when Jaye's former classmate, who has converted to Judaism in order to marry her husband, demonstrates some ignorance of the basic tenets of the religion and then cheerfully informs Jaye, "I'm more of a Christmas and Easter Jew."

* An Easter Sunday strip of ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' from TheEighties calls attention to this very trope. The Pattersons get dressed up and go to church, where young Michael is somewhat fascinated by the choir and stained glass windows and such. He asks his mother if the church is always open and she tells him yes, it's open every Sunday. In the final panel, to the amusement of the nearby preacher, he innocently inquires, "Then how come we only come here twice a year?"

* ''{{MST3K}}'' had Mike and the Bots poking fun at Santa and the Easter Bunny's adversarial relationship in ''Film/SantaClaus''.

A religious holiday episode which only mentions the religious holiday trappings, without the religion. Religion doesn't even crop up casually. This applies to all of the big Christian holidays.

This does reflect real life somewhat, as these days there are plenty of people from Christian backgrounds who are not particularly religious but still celebrate Christmas and Easter with parties and gifts and chocolate, as well as some who aren't Christian at all but do the same. After all, few say no to free presents. Or chocolate[[hottip:*: except people who are allergic to chocolate and paranoid about bombs]].

This does reflect real life somewhat, as these days there are plenty of people from Christian backgrounds who are not particularly religious but still celebrate Christmas and Easter with parties and gifts and chocolate, as well as some who aren't Christian at all but do the same. After all, few say no to free presents. Or chocolate.

* Japan at large practices the commercial holiday of Christmas, but less than 1 percent of the population is Christian.

* In ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', all the holidays are in their secular forms, though, interestingly, Jack ''does'' refer to God offhanded twice in "Poor Jack".

* In ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', all the holidays are all secular celebrations.

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* Japan at large practices the commercial holiday of Christmas, but less than 1 percent of the population is Christian.

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* The Wizarding World of the ''HarryPotter'' stories celebrates Christmas with a feast and gifts, and traditional hymns like "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". They also have Easter holidays complete with Easter eggs. Otherwise, the only other references to religion are a generic "man in black robes" who's implied to be a wizard clergymen, the presence of godparents and a WordOfGod reference to Harry's "Christening", and that both the Potters and the Dumbledores have Bible verses on their graves.