History Main / YouMeanXmas

* Often happens in public schools since religion is a no-no. The kids get sent on winter break and have a "Winter Play", which contains as much Christmas stuff as possible without actually being Christmas.

* ''TalesOfMU'' has Khersentide, a winter solstice feast that celebrates important events in the life of the local CrystalDragonJesus, Lord Khersis. It involves ornaments and presents.
* Lampshaded in [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0047.html this]] ''KeychainOfCreation'' strip; the joke, of course, is that in the ''{{Exalted}}'' universe where the strip takes place, not only Christmas but the concept of ''winter'' would be completely alien to the characters.

* ''[[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Ctrl+ Alt+ Del]]'' has "Winter-een-mas", which should more or less speak for itself.

* ''ExterminatusNow'' has the Annual Gift Day™. At least they're calling it straight. The main characters even [[InvertedTrope talk about how awful it is that some people are ascribing a religious meaning to a purely commercial holiday]].

* In the ''PennyArcade'' "[[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/12/07 Acquisitions Inc]]" RPG campaign, midwinter is when Lord Wynter, accompanied by Servitor Elves and Paindeer, brings treats to the virtuous youth. The adventure revolves around gaining the ''Enscriptor Malefica'', or "naughty list".

** ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' did some similar winks and nods, including a downloadable decorated tree prop, a speeder with gawdy strings of lights attached, and those red robes as customizable armor.

* In the USA, Hanukkah has become the ersatz Christmas for Jews. It's not a particularly holy or important day[[note: it is basically a celebration of military victory, the religious equivalent of V-J Day]], but because it happens to fall around Christmas, it receives extra attention from many Jewish families who are feeling left out of the holiday season. Some families have even added trees to the celebration, calling them "Hanukkah Bushes," but this is itself a DeadHorseTrope among Jews. Christmas Day spent seeing a movie and eating Chinese food is [[PekingDuckChristmas its own trope]].

* In the USA, Hanukkah has become the ersatz Christmas for Jews. It's not a particularly holy or important day[[note:it is basically a celebration of military victory, the religious equivalent of V-J Day]], but because it happens to fall around Christmas, it receives extra attention from many Jewish families who are feeling left out of the holiday season. Some families have even added trees to the celebration, calling them "Hanukkah Bushes," but this is itself a DeadHorseTrope among Jews. Christmas Day spent seeing a movie and eating Chinese food is [[PekingDuckChristmas its own trope]].

* In the USA, Hanukkah has become the ersatz Christmas for Jews. It's not a particularly holy or important day, but because it happens to fall around Christmas, it receives extra attention from many Jewish families who are feeling left out of the holiday season. Some families have even added trees to the celebration, calling them "Hanukkah Bushes," but this is itself a DeadHorseTrope among Jews. Christmas Day spent seeing a movie and eating Chinese food is [[PekingDuckChristmas its own trope]].

* ''LloydInSpace'' portrayed not only a Christmas clone called Droimatz, it even had its own Hannukah clone Thierlap.

* ChristmasInJapan is actually very popular, even though most Japanese aren't Christians. However, Japanese Christmas isn't anything close to Western Christmas. It's more like Valentine's Day with elves, Santa Claus hats and [[ChristmasCake cake]]. New Year's has a closer emotional associations, being a very family-and-home oriented holiday, and most TV channels will ring in the new year with beautiful solemn images of shrines tolling bells in remote, snow-covered locations.

* Localities in the SocietyForCreativeAnachronism often accommodate their members' desire for a Christmas party by scheduling a winter solstice "revel", an event that many of their personas in its AnachronismStew would have celebrated in one way or another. Too often for SCA [[ReadtheFreakingManual authenticity mavens']] taste, [[AristocratsAreEvil someone in power]] insists that the obligatory evergreens include an [[ArtisticLicense obvious Christmas tree]], which not only contravenes the SCA rule against favoring any religion but is significantly later than the Society's chosen pre-17th century period. But the feasting, dancing, and rejoicing manage to survive such contretemps.

* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'''s world of Lore, they celebrate Frostval, a day marked by the Frost Moglins of Frostvale making and delivering presents to the people of Lore. While this is pretty much were the similarity between Frostval and Christmas ends, there are two Santa Claus-themed monsters: a mutant crab named Sandy Claws and a skeleton in a Santa suit named Gris Dingle. Quests around this time generally involve the holiday being held up by a war against a powerful Ice Dragon and the players having to help deliver the presents before they magically unwrap themselves. Other holidays include Grenwog (Easter), Good Luck Day (St. Patrick's Day), Hero's Heart Day (Valentine's Day).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab2021}}'' referenced "Alvistide", the Christmas-like major holiday of the Alvians, more than once. Somewhat atypically, Alvistide was similar to Christmas in its religious aspects (the celebration of the birth of a great prophet, purportedly to a virgin), more than in its secular trappings (which mostly involved revenge, excessive consumption of whiskey, and firearms). This is an interesting example, as the episode was originally going to involve Christmas itself; the writers were warned off by [[MediaWatchdog Standards and Practices]]. There was also mention of "sheikrahdan," a month during which the menu had to be changed to accommodate the "sheikrahs."

* TheDeptfordMice -- from the RobinJarvis trilogy of that name -- celebrate "Yule" in the winter, named after the pagan/Germanic solstice festival.

* MMORPG ''StarWars: Galaxies'' ran with the ball ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' had handed them and declared December 25th Wookiee Life Day. As we all know ([[FanonDiscontinuity although I'm sure we'd like to forget]]), Wookiee Life Day is celebrated quite similarly to Christmas.

* The "Winter Harvest Festival" on the planet of Galaluna in ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan." On Earth, Ilana plans the school's dance (which is in winter, or at least snow) in the style of her planet's festival, but nothing indicates it's Christmastime in Illinois.

** There's also the somewhat less subtle examples of "Arrrbor Day" (it involves pirates planting trees), "Labór Day" (celebrating the [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch definitely accidental]] death of [[IncrediblyLamePun Manuel Labór]]) and "El Dia de Los Muertos Borrachos" (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, provided you [[BilingualBonus speak Spanish]])

** There's also the somewhat less subtle examples of "Arrrbor Day" (it involves pirates planting trees), "Labour Day" (celebrating the [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch definitely accidental]] death of [[IncrediblyLamePun Manuel Labour]]) and "El Dia de Los Muertos Borrachos" (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, provided you [[BilingualBonus speak Spanish]])

Compare CrystalDragonJesus, {{Uncoffee}}, CallARabbitASmeerp, FictionalHoliday.

* The AlternativeCalendar in the appendices of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' shows that the hobbits also celebrate Yuletide, or at least that's how Creator/JRRTolkien [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis chose to translate the name of their midwinter holiday]].

* TheLordOfTheRingsOnline has an annual Yule Festival in Winter-home, a town that can't be found on the maps. Yule celebrations involve playing games and doing chores to win tokens that can be spent on surprise gifts, clothes, and horses. There's a Christmas charity subplot of Winter-home's mayor [[spoiler:exploiting workers, and the player character choosing whether to help or take advantage of said workers]].

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* TheFilmOfTheBook version of ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] that Hogswatchnight bears "a remarkable resemblance to your Christmas."

* ''DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'' has Festivult, where a dwarf in bright clothing gives presents to all the good little clerics and wizards. It's typically a month-long event where players collect coins and exchange them for cookies and treats that cast magical effects on whoever eats them. You might also get a lump of coal or a twig as "punishment" - though the twig can be crafted into a rechargable Eternal Wand of Frost, where most wands have a limited number of uses before being consumed.

* In the BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama ''Spare Parts'', the Mondasians, dwelling in an underground city in a planet that was hurled out of the solar system, have a midwinter holiday in which an artificial tree symbolising the forests Mondas used to have is decorated with lights symbolising the stars, baubles representing the planets they pass, tinsel representing their path through space, and an uppermost star representing the sun they hope to return to.

* RobotAndMonster has Baconmas, which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a celebration of Bacon]], and how it[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext holds society together]].