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This is on its way to being a [[Discredited Trope]]: the latest Japanese census data shows that more and more people are marrying older, with most people under 25 remaining unmarried. Many teens and young adults have never heard of the concept and many that have think it's old-fashioned. Having a character believing in the Christmas Cake concept may mark them as being likewise old-fashioned.
See also [[Hot Mom]], [[Grande Dame]], and [[Maiden Aunt]] for the much older Western variants. Also see [[My Biological Clock Is Ticking]] and [[I Want Grandkids]]. For people older than the average brand of [[Christmas Cake]], see [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]. Contrast with [[Likes Older Women]]. Not to be confused with [[The Ditz|Fruit Cake]]. Not to be confused with [[The Cake Is a Lie|being a lie]], either. Compare and contrast with [[Stacy's Mom]], an older character who has an excess of younger suitors.
The [[Christmas Cake]] trope is related to [[Never a Self-Made Woman]]. As the Japanese-culture specific variant of [[Old Maid]], only Japanese examples should be listed here.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Both Urd and her mother, Hild of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' are technically examples of this (though since the manga progresses chronologically, a younger Urd eventually ages into it). They're a rare case of a mother-daughter cake combo, and quite happy in that regard, it would seem, and given her apparent immortality, Hild may be well beyond the measurable threshold.
* Taeko Yasuko of ''[[Area 88]]'', Ryoko's loyal secretary. She is very sensitive about her age and exploded when someone hit on her since she thought he was making fun of her.
* Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa (''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'': nagged by mom and frequently teased by Yukari, despite the latter being a "cake" herself).
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** And on the other side of the trope, Nanoha's family makes and sells Christmas Cakes at their cafe every year. In fact, Miyuki's comment in ''A's'' about how Kyouya doesn't mind the overtime spent making the cakes because his girlfriend helps out is just about the only thing she does ''all season''.
* Taeko from ''[[Only Yesterday]]''. She's 27 and unmarried, which gets brought up many times in the film to the point where Toshio's grandmother suggests she marry him. {{spoiler|Since Toshio and Taeko quite like each other, it ultimately works.}}
* ''[[Rosario
** It could be considered justified due to the fact her [[Youkai]] [[One-Gender Race]] is dying out in part thanks to this... While at the same time making it even '''worse'''. It comes as no surprise that Mizore is arguably the biggest [[Woobie]] of the cast.
* The adult manga ''[[Toshiue no Hito]]'' uses this for some drama when the 20-year-old protagonist (in university at the time) introduces his new girlfriend to his parents; they're scandalised that he's living with a 26-year-old widow. When they actually meet her, they're somewhat surprised to find she's really, ''really'' [[Older Than They Look|young-looking]].
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* Charlotte M. Yonge's ''The Clever Woman of the Family'' (1865) achieves two twists on this trope:
** At the beginning of the book, Rachel is secretly happy to have reached age 25 without marrying, because her family no longer expects her to marry, and she would prefer to be an old maid. By the end of the book, though, Rachel has married, in spite of her age and disinclination.
* In ''[[Lonely Werewolf Girl]]'' Thrix falls (reluctantly) into this category, not so much due to her being a werwolf with a borderline psychotic family, but more to her being a chronic workaholic.
* In ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', Scarlett considers herself this at ''19 years old'', worrying that her chances for remarrying are slim due to her age, ("Men always prefer silly young things") and the fact that she is also a widow with a child. Later on, the book refers to another character who is considered a spinster at ''25''. Extreme examples, but also a [[Justified Trope]] considering that girls married very young in those days.
** Although Scarlett eventually marries two other times, she wasn't so much worried about remarrying (with the exception of Ashley), she was more worried about being considered homely and unattractive.
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** In MX, Aqua Centrum has this stigma as she is among the oldest pilots in the game, older than her copilot Hugo by a few years and significantly older than the various pilots from series such as Gundam and Dragoner.
* Raine Sage of ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' isn't ''quite'' to this point yet, but she does make more than one reference to worrying about her age. All the more ridiculous because, as an elf {{spoiler|or, rather, half-elf}} she'll live for about a thousand years. She can, indeed, pursue romantic involvement with the much younger main character.
** She still has reason to worry, though. I mean, let's face it, she'll [[Mayfly-December Romance|outlive any human she hooks up with]].
* Reina Mayuzumi of ''[[Trauma Center]] Under The Knife 2'', also [[The Vamp]], is 35, single, and constantly tries to sex up Derek, after which Angie furiously complains that she has to be much older than she looks. Her ultimate fate is related to this trope.
* {{spoiler|Liliana}} spends most of ''[[Princess Waltz]]'' pretending to be a middleschooler, yet rather pointedly asks Arata if he likes 'older women'. His mother on the other hand outright accuses her of being a cradle-snatcher.
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