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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/holidaze.jpg]]
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3	''Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen'' is a 2006 StopMotion animated Christmas special that premiered on Creator/{{ABC}}. It was directed by David H. Brooks and features an AllStarCast, including Fred Savage, Creator/JohnOHurley, Music/GladysKnight, Edie [=McClurg=], Harland Williams, Creator/PaulRodriguez, Creator/BrendaSong, Creator/EmilyOsment, Creator/FredWillard, and Dylan and Cole Sprouse.
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5	The plot revolves around {{Literature/Rudolph\|TheRedNosedReindeer}}'s brother Rusty (Savage), who's hopelessly inferior to the other reindeer and is ignored even by his own dad. He joins a support group for depressed holiday icons, such as the Easter Bunny (Knight), Cupid (Rodriguez), a Thanksgiving turkey (Williams), and two ghost girls representing Halloween: Trick (Osment) and Treat (Song). Together they search for the meaning of Christmas and help an unnamed boy (Sprouse) get on Santa's (Willard) nice list.
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7	The special was sponsored by Campbell's soup, UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}, Ask.com, and Coca-Cola, all of which were subjected to ProductPlacement in the special itself.
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9	Not to be confused with ''Holidaze'', a seasonal 2D animated short created by Creator/VivienneMedrano.
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11	!!This special contains examples of:
12	* ArbitrarySkepticism: The kid who knows a talking reindeer doesn't believe in Santa.
13	%% * ChristmasSpecial
14	%% * MallSanta: The special tries to explain that they're actually working for Santa himself.
15	%% * NoNameGiven: The boy played by both Sprouse brothers.
16	* ProductPlacement:
17	** Most if not all of the commercial breaks from its original airing had a commercial enticing viewers to buy the DVD of the special itself at Walmart (which nowadays can be had for cheap on Amazon).
18	** Near the beginning of the special Rusty runs into the Coca-Cola bears.
19	%% * SavingChristmas: But not in the way you'd expect. [[spoiler:The reason this Christmas "almost didn't happen" was [[TechMarchesOn because Santa had the wrong operating system running]].]]
20	* ShoutOut: When Trick and Treat are holding a BattleOfTheBands to decide what song is better for Rusty, the songs are judged upon by the turkey, the Easter Bunny and Cupid in the manner of ''Series/AmericanIdol''.
21	%% * StopMotion
22	* TropaholicsAnonymous: Rusty meets the other holiday icons through an "Icons Anonymous" meeting.
23	%% * ValleyGirl: Trick and Treat.
24	* WritingAroundTrademarks: Rusty is Rudolph's brother, but the latter isn't mentioned by name because he actually isn't a public domain character.

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