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** Alice and Bob visit her parents and siblings' graves every Christmas.
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** Alice and Bob visit her parents and siblings' graves every Christmas. [[note]]Makes you wonder, [[NoodleIncident what exactly happened]] ''that'' Christmas day?[[/note]]
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** Alice and Bob visit her parents and sibling's graves every Christmas.
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** Alice and Bob visit her parents and sibling's siblings' graves every Christmas.
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* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob are seen looking unhappy in a Christmas photo.
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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
** Alice and Bob are seen looking unhappy in a Christmasphoto.photo.
** Alice and Bob visit her parents and sibling's graves every Christmas.
** Alice and Bob are seen looking unhappy in a Christmas
** Alice and Bob visit her parents and sibling's graves every Christmas.
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* '''Downplayed''': It's a happy Christmas for most of the characters, but Alice is a bit disappointed because she has a sinus infection.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** It's a happy Christmas for most of the characters, but Alice is a bit disappointed because she has a sinusinfection.infection.
** CrappyHolidays - nothing ''dangerous'' happens, but Alice and Bob still aren't having a great time.
** It's a happy Christmas for most of the characters, but Alice is a bit disappointed because she has a sinus
** CrappyHolidays - nothing ''dangerous'' happens, but Alice and Bob still aren't having a great time.
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** Alice gets locked out naked on Christmas. Her attempts to hide away lead her further from home and she is caught in a mall. Threatening to call police, the mall manager forces her to serve as the MallSanta, only giving her a Santa hat to wear. After hours of children sitting on her lap and people taking photos and videos of her to upload online, Alice is dragged out and forced to join a band of carolers going door-to-door.
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** Alice gets locked out naked on Christmas. Her attempts to hide away lead her further from home and she is caught in a mall. Threatening to call police, the mall manager forces her to serve as the MallSanta, only giving her a Santa hat to wear. After hours of children sitting on her lap and people taking photos and videos of her to upload online, Alice is dragged out and forced to join a band of carolers going door-to-door.door-to-door, then a Navity play, snowball fight and a music video. At the end of the day, she still gets arrested for public indecency.
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* '''Parodied''': It's treated like a Christmas tragedy, but all that happened was that Bob's mug broke.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** It's treated like a Christmas tragedy, but all that happened was that Bob's mugbroke.broke.
** Alice gets locked out naked on Christmas. Her attempts to hide away lead her further from home and she is caught in a mall. Threatening to call police, the mall manager forces her to serve as the MallSanta, only giving her a Santa hat to wear. After hours of children sitting on her lap and people taking photos and videos of her to upload online, Alice is dragged out and forced to join a band of carolers going door-to-door.
** It's treated like a Christmas tragedy, but all that happened was that Bob's mug
** Alice gets locked out naked on Christmas. Her attempts to hide away lead her further from home and she is caught in a mall. Threatening to call police, the mall manager forces her to serve as the MallSanta, only giving her a Santa hat to wear. After hours of children sitting on her lap and people taking photos and videos of her to upload online, Alice is dragged out and forced to join a band of carolers going door-to-door.
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* '''Exploited''':'''Exploited''': Two adults record Alice and Bob's house being burned down at Christmas and shows it to punish their children for being naughty.
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** [[PublicServiceAnnouncement "This is what happens if you don't check your Christmas lights for fraying."]]
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* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone but Alice dies on Christmas and she has such bad grief she needs a [[TheShrink psychologist]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Everyone but Alice dies on Christmas and she has such bad grief she needs a [[TheShrinkpsychologist]].psychologist]].
** Everyone [[CessationOfExistence ceases]] [[{{Retgone}} to exist]] on Christmas.
** Everyone but Alice dies on Christmas and she has such bad grief she needs a [[TheShrink
** Everyone [[CessationOfExistence ceases]] [[{{Retgone}} to exist]] on Christmas.
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** ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy The audience]]'' is the one who hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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** ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy ''[[TooBleakStoppedCaring The audience]]'' is the one who hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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* '''Defied''': Alice goes to extra lengths to flame-proof the house in time for Christmas.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** Alice goes to extra lengths to flame-proof the house in time forChristmas.Christmas.
** "I'm sorry -- I don't see why Christmas must be the day Alice and Bob suffer the biggest shit-fest they've had to endure so far. I'm not saying making it a ''comedy'' episode or something, but surely we can have the WhamEpisode taking place some other day?"
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** "I'm sorry -- I don't see why Christmas must be the day Alice and Bob suffer the biggest shit-fest they've had to endure so far. I'm not saying making it a ''comedy'' episode or something, but surely we can have the WhamEpisode taking place some other day?"
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** Alice and Bob hit the DespairEventHorizon after the universe doesn't cuts them a single day's worth of break, in the one day of the year where people would expect it to come, and [[DrivenToSuicide decide there's no worth in living this miserable life anymore]].
** ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy The audience]]'' is the one who hits the DespairEventHorizon.
** ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy The audience]]'' is the one who hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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* '''Played for Horror''': Alice and Bob's Christmastime tragedy is a SerialKiller breaking into their home in the middle of the standard Eve party and exterminating their entire family.
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'''Basic Trope''': Something bad happens [[ChristmasEpisode on Christmas]].
* '''Straight''': It's Christmas, but AliceAndBob's house has burned down.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone but Alice dies on Christmas and she has such bad grief she needs a [[TheShrink psychologist]].
* '''Downplayed''': It's a happy Christmas for most of the characters, but Alice is a bit disappointed because she has a sinus infection.
* '''Justified''': The fire started when Bob knocked over one of the candles that was decorating his and Alice's house.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is lucky enough to win the lottery on Christmas.
** Alice and Bob are both [[ButtMonkey very unlucky]], but on Christmas [[ThrowTheDogABone nothing bad happens to them]].
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob's house burns down on Christmas, but Bob's brother Charlie takes pity on them and buys them a new house, complete with new stuff.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then it turns out that Diane, Alice's mother, died.
* '''Parodied''': It's treated like a Christmas tragedy, but all that happened was that Bob's mug broke.
* '''Zigzagged''': On Christmas, Alice and Bob's house burns down, but Charlie buys them a new one. However, Diane appears to die, but then it [[DisneyDeath turns out]] she faked her death. Then, their neighbour Edwin appears to die, but [[UncertainDoom there's evidence he might actually be alive]].
* '''Averted''':
** Nobody celebrates Christmas.
** Christmas happens, but nothing bad happens on it.
* '''Enforced''':
** One of the writers [[TheGrinch hates Christmas]] and rebels when asked to do a Christmas episode.
** The writers wanted to add pathos to the house-burning-down plot by having it happen on Christmas.
** The show is always dramatic, so why change just because the episode is set on Christmas?
* '''Lampshaded''': "It just doesn't feel like Christmas!"
* '''Invoked''': Freda the villain deliberately sets Alice and Bob's house on fire on Christmas.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice goes to extra lengths to flame-proof the house in time for Christmas.
* '''Discussed''': "I feel sorry for my cousin Bob and his wife-- their house burnt down on Christmas!"
* '''Conversed''': "I'm glad my Christmases are better than the ones in that show!"
* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob are seen looking unhappy in a Christmas photo.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The unfortunate things that happen on Christmas are just sitcom-style high-jinks.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob find it especially sad that their house burned down on Christmas of all days.
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* '''Straight''': It's Christmas, but AliceAndBob's house has burned down.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone but Alice dies on Christmas and she has such bad grief she needs a [[TheShrink psychologist]].
* '''Downplayed''': It's a happy Christmas for most of the characters, but Alice is a bit disappointed because she has a sinus infection.
* '''Justified''': The fire started when Bob knocked over one of the candles that was decorating his and Alice's house.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is lucky enough to win the lottery on Christmas.
** Alice and Bob are both [[ButtMonkey very unlucky]], but on Christmas [[ThrowTheDogABone nothing bad happens to them]].
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob's house burns down on Christmas, but Bob's brother Charlie takes pity on them and buys them a new house, complete with new stuff.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then it turns out that Diane, Alice's mother, died.
* '''Parodied''': It's treated like a Christmas tragedy, but all that happened was that Bob's mug broke.
* '''Zigzagged''': On Christmas, Alice and Bob's house burns down, but Charlie buys them a new one. However, Diane appears to die, but then it [[DisneyDeath turns out]] she faked her death. Then, their neighbour Edwin appears to die, but [[UncertainDoom there's evidence he might actually be alive]].
* '''Averted''':
** Nobody celebrates Christmas.
** Christmas happens, but nothing bad happens on it.
* '''Enforced''':
** One of the writers [[TheGrinch hates Christmas]] and rebels when asked to do a Christmas episode.
** The writers wanted to add pathos to the house-burning-down plot by having it happen on Christmas.
** The show is always dramatic, so why change just because the episode is set on Christmas?
* '''Lampshaded''': "It just doesn't feel like Christmas!"
* '''Invoked''': Freda the villain deliberately sets Alice and Bob's house on fire on Christmas.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice goes to extra lengths to flame-proof the house in time for Christmas.
* '''Discussed''': "I feel sorry for my cousin Bob and his wife-- their house burnt down on Christmas!"
* '''Conversed''': "I'm glad my Christmases are better than the ones in that show!"
* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob are seen looking unhappy in a Christmas photo.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The unfortunate things that happen on Christmas are just sitcom-style high-jinks.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob find it especially sad that their house burned down on Christmas of all days.
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