History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWHolidays2015

* BreakingTheFourthWall: "The Toy and the Mouse" is the most obvious example with Rarity constantly complaining to the narrator about her story's development. Other examples include the reindeer counterparts of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon discussing what [[AnAesop the moral]] of "The Flying Reindeer" is and Rainbow Dash saying that the mane five's attempts to rescue Twilight and Spike from the blizzard require another twenty pages to explain (with Pinkie complaining that Fourth Wall jokes are her shtick).

* UnsoundEffect: Katie Cook seems to be really fond of these, such as "BLISSFUL IGNORANCE", "ANGUISH", "HUG", "FLUFF", "SHOVE!" and "FESTIVE BOOM!"

* "The Flying Reindeer" (Art by Brenda Hickey), a take on WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer and supposedly written by Princess Luna, where Rainbow Dash the reindeer is the only one that can fly, but teased by the other reindeer. However, when Princess Luna on her way to deliver gift baskets runs aground after an encounter with geese, breaking her wing, she offers Rainbow the opportunity to help her complete her deliveries.

* OffModel: The art for Twilight's segments is ''terrible''. In two notable instances, characters in the background don't even have proper faces, just black dots with a line for their eyes and mouths. There's also the constantly shifting body proportions.

** Twilight accidentally left her copy of ''[[Literature/LordOfTheRings Lord of the Reins]]'' at her parents' house.

* "The Flying Reindeer", a take on WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer and supposedly written by Princess Luna, where Rainbow Dash the reindeer is the only one that can fly, but teased by the other reindeer. However, when Princess Luna on her way to deliver gift baskets runs aground after an encounter with geese, breaking her wing, she offers Rainbow the opportunity to help her complete her deliveries.
* "The Toy and the Mouse", a take on TheNutcracker, with Rarity as the young filly that adores her soldier nutcracker. The toy comes to live, but as soon as the Mouse King shows up, [[BreakingTheFourthWall Rarity deems herself too good for this book and storms off]].
* "'Twas the Night of Hearth's Warming Eve", a take on ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'', told in prose by Big Macintosh, being woken on the titular night to find AJ and Apple Bloom making his gift, a house for his Smarty Pants action figure (and totally not a doll).

* KindHeartedCatLover: We learn for the first time that Twilight's parents own two cats.

* "The Flying Reindeer", a take on RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer and supposedly written by Princess Luna, where Rainbow Dash the reindeer is the only one that can fly, but teased by the other reindeer. However, when Princess Luna on her way to deliver gift baskets runs aground after an encounter with geese, breaking her wing, she offers Rainbow the opportunity to help her complete her deliveries.

* "'Twas the Night of Hearth's Warming Eve", a take on TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas, told in prose by Big Macintosh, being woken on the titular night to find AJ and Apple Bloom making his gift, a house for his Smarty Pants action figure (and totally not a doll).

Twilight Sparkle and Spike are trying to get from Canterlot to Ponyville for Pinkie Pie's Hearth's Warming Eve party, but a snowstorm has blocked the train tracks and making it impossible to fly back or return to her parents. With a lonely coffee-stall clerk, Cuppa Joe, as the only other pony there, Twilight decides to dig into a book she brought, only to find it missing. Joe's stand has a number of books, but all aimed at fillies, but with nothing much else to do, Twilight offers to read them to Spike.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: "The Toy and the Mouse" is the most obvious example with Rarity constantly complaining to the narrator about her story's development. Other examples include the reindeer counterparts of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon discussing what [[AnAesop the moral]] of "The Flying Reindeer" is and Rainbow Dash saying that the mane five's attempts to rescue Twilight and Spike from the blizzard require another twenty pages (with Pinkie complaining that Fourth Wall jokes are her shtick).

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rarity's reaction to being in a story with a giant mouse. InUniverse, the reason "The Toy and the Mouse" is only two pages long is that Twilight and Spike fell asleep while reading it.
* ShoutOut: The cover with Spike getting electrocuted by Christmas lights is a parody of the ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' poster.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rarity's reaction to being in a story with a mouse. InUniverse, the reason "The Toy and the Mouse" is only two pages long is that Twilight and Spike fell asleep while reading it.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: "The Toy and the Mouse" is the most obvious example with Rarity constantly complaining to the narrator about her story's development. Other examples include the reindeer counterparts of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon discussing what [[AnAesop the aesop]] of "The Flying Reindeer" is and Rainbow Dash saying that the mane five's attempts to rescue Twilight and Spike from the blizzard require another twenty pages (with Pinkie complaining that Fourth Wall jokes are her shtick).

* MemeAcknowledgement: "It hit me right in the feels."

''Holiday Special 2015''

Twilight Sparkle and Spike are trying to get from Canterlot to Ponyville for Pinkie Pie's Hearth's Warning Eve party, but a snowstorm has blocked the train tracks and making it impossible to fly back or return to her parents. With a lonely coffee-stall cleark, Cuppa Joe, as the only other pony there, Twilight decides to dig into a book she brought, only to find it missing. Joe's stand has a number of books, but all aimed at fillies, but with nothing much else to do, Twilight offers to read them to Spike.

* "The Flying Reindeer", a take on RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer and supposedly written by Princess Luna, where Rainbow Dash the reindeer is the only one that can fly, but teased by the other reindeer. However, when Princess Luna on her way to deliver gift baskets runs aground after an encounter with geese, breaking her win, she offers Rainbow the opportunity to help her complete her deliveries.

* "Twas the Night of Hearth's Warming Eve", a take on TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas, told in prose by Big Macintosh, being woken on the titular night to find AJ and Apple Bloom making his gift, a house for his Smarty Pants action figure (and totally not a doll).

As Twilight finishes the last story, the doors to the station burst open, and the other Mane 6 are there, Pinkie refusing to allow her party to go on without Twilight and so bringing the party to her. The Mane 6 , Spike, and Joe enjoy the Hearth's Warning Eve celebration.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: "The Toy and the Mouse" is the most obvious example with Rarity constantly complaining to the narrator about her story's development. Other examples include the reindeer counterparts of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon discussing what [[AnAesop the aesop]] of "The Flying Reindeer" is and Rainbow Dash saying that the mane five's attempts to rescue Twilight and Spike from the blizzard require another twenty pages (With Pinkie complaining that Fourth Wall jokes are her shtick).

As Twilight finishes the last story, the doors to the station burst open, and the other Mane 6 are there, Pinkie refusing to allow her party to go on without Twilight and so bringing the party to her. The Mane 6 , Spike, and Joe enjoy the Hearth's Warning Eve celebration.