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[[File:He Man She Ra.jpg|link=He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|frame|Eternia celebrates the birth of Christ [[An Asskicking Christmas|with senseless violence]]!]]
A mostly American subgenre—special television shows, often one-shots, created with a winter or holiday theme for broadcast during the month of December.
Perhaps the best-known '''Christmas Specials''' are the animated ones (including the stop-motion animations produced primarily by [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]]) from the 1960s through the 1970s that rerun annually. Far more numerous, though, are the various celebrity specials, which usually take the form of a low-key holiday-themed [[Variety Show]]. Usually the latter are rather forgettable by virtue of their one-off nature, but sometimes they can generate moments that survive decades. A case in point would be the [[Bing Crosby]]-[[David Bowie]] duet of "The Little Drummer Boy", which has taken on a life of its own above and beyond the 1977 Crosby special from which it sprang.
Compare [[Christmas Episode]] ([[Separated by a Common Language|generally known as Christmas Specials]] [[A Very British Christmas|in the UK]]) and [[Halloween Special]]. If the holiday celebrated in the special only looks like Christmas but is renamed to match the setting, it's a [[You Mean "Xmas"]].
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* ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Caillou]]'s Holiday Movie'' (2003)
* The TV adaptation of [[Terry Pratchett
* [[Doctor Steel]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVfSJPKA0VM Dr. Steel Christmas Special]'' (2007) and ''[http://www.toysoldiersunite.com/media/mp3/adrsteelchristmasmp3.mp3 A Dr. Steel Christmas]'' (2009).
* [[LeapFrog (animation)|LeapFrog]]'s ''A Tad Of Christmas Cheer'' (2007)
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* ''[[Charlie and Lola]]'' had an episode with the siblings visiting the elves and saving Christmas.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' "A Very Venture Christmas" - introduced the Krampus to much of America.
* ''The Adventures Of [[The League of STEAM]]'' [[Christmas Episode|episode]], "The Fright Before Christmas".
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