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For the other definition of "holiday", compare [[Busman's Holiday]] or [[Horrible Camping Trip]].
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== [[CommercialsAdvertising]] ==
* There's a Target commercial wherein a cheerful hausfrau type is decorating cakes, and describing how much she looks forward to the Black Friday sale, and then she goes on to describe her other holiday preparations, culminating in declaring, "I haven't slept for THREE DAYS!" (cue [[Laughing Mad|insane laughter]])
 
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== [[Literature]] ==
* There's a scene in ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' where the wizards at Unseen University start thinking back on all the things that bug them about the holiday season, including disappointing presents, family feuds cropping up, and flaming rows over board games.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' short story "Harry's Day Off" features more things going wrong in Harry's life than a regular novel does.
* ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''. The main character hates Christmas so much he decides to ruin it for everyone else. {{spoiler|He failed, and in that failure he finds the true meaning of the holiday.}}
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* ''[[NCIS]]'': Almost without fail, the team is working straight through whatever holiday comes up, usually at Gibbs' insistence. Topped by the time that Ziva and Gibbs were {{spoiler|trapped in a gas station, during a blizzard, on Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning, hunted by mercenaries, outnumbered, and ''delivering a freaking baby.''}}
* ''[[Bones]]'': The main characters were ''not'' happy to be trapped in the lab in quarantine over Christmas.
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** Angela Dede doesn't fare any better.
* ''[[Adam-12]]'' had one where the officers were trying to help a poor family by getting them some gifts after theirs were stolen-only to have the gifts stolen when the car they were in was swiped. There's also a drunk driving incident.
* There are some [[Saturday Night Live]] sketches like this including:
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxVXYp2KIeE Home for the Holidays]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WvwX18oMR4 Best Christmas Ever]
 
== [[Music]] ==
* [[The Arrogant Worms]] song 'The Christmas Song'. And some of the other songs on their 'Christmas Turkey' CD, which is basically a collection of [[Anti-Christmas Song|AntiChristmasSongs]]s.
* The song [http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/b/bobrivers10338/12painsofchristmas335547.html "The 12 Pains Of Christmas"]
* "Holidays in the Sun" by [[The Sex Pistols]] - "A cheap holiday in other people's misery."
* "Christmas at Ground Zero" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] describes ''the'' most extreme case.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Cracked.com]]''{{'}}s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20092_5-everyday-things-that-can-literally-drive-you-crazy_p2.html 5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy] links seasonal affective disorder in part to "three straight months of Christmas music."
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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