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* [[Green Lantern|Larfleeze]] once went on a rampage against [[Mall Santa]]s and tried to melt the North Pole after he waited all Christmas Eve. After Hal Jordan convinces him that the spirit of Christmas was about giving, Larfleeze decided that he hated the Christmas spirit. Of course, {{spoiler|what he really wanted was for Santa to [[Jerkass Woobie|give him his family]].}}
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* [[Horny Devils|Verosika Mayday]] (a character from ''[[Helluva Boss]]'') she [https://www.deviantart.com/bluesplendont/art/Verosika-prefers-Halloween-over-Christmas-935454992 hates Christmas, but ''loves'' Halloween], much like the artist claims she does.
== [[Film]] ==
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* The eponymous character of ''[[Monk]]'' hated the Christmas season, although he had a very sympathetic reason for doing so, as it was around that time of year that Trudy, his wife and pretty much the only person who ever had him see the positives of Christmas, was murdered via Car Bomb, and his early experiences with Christmas were admittedly quite horrible (for instance, in 1964, his mother fell ill, his dad was what he usually was, and Ambrose Monk locked himself in the basement for the whole Christmas season [Monk implies by saying "he was no fool" that Ambrose did this deliberately], and he himself received [[Convenience Store Gift Shopping|only one walkie talkie out of a set]], which his dad explained that he gave the gift to him because he only ever needed one because he didn't really have any friends).
* Britta on ''[[Community]]'' makes a series of rather smug and snide dismissals of the trappings of the festive season, such as Christmas songs, see her come off as a bit of a killjoy. Curiously, in the Christmas episode in season 1 ("Comparative Religion") she came off as a lot more easy-going about it.
* A common characteristic of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' villains:
** In the original ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', Lord Zedd complains about Christmas every year, according to Rita, but one year he decides to invade Santa's workshop and impose his ideal Christmas on the world. The heroes naturally are in hot pursuit, despite Zordon's warning that the North Pole [[Eldritch Location|has a "unique polarity"]] that leaves them unable to morph. Fortunately, the bad guys have the same disadvantage, and are defeated via a snowball fight.
** King Mondo from ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' is even worse. In the Christmas episode, he robs the presents from Angel Grove to please his [[Spoiled Brat]] of a son, and imposes a [[Hate Plague]] upon the heroes to make them argue.
** In ''[[Power Rangers Dino Charge]]'', Poisandra has a personal grudge against Santa, stealing his computer after being denied presents. Santa, it seems, keeps his "naughty/nice list" on it, and never made a backup, meaning he'd have to cancel Christmas if he can't get it back.
* Count Dregon, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Masked Rider]]''. One of his evil plans is an attempt to set an ambush for Santa Claus. He is confirmed as this Trope when the plan fails, when he says outright that he "hates Christmas".
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In the ''[[Garfield]]'' strip [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2020/12/13?ct=v&cti=1502255 seen here], Jon gets a Christmas card from the Homeowners' Association with a fine for $75 due to his ugly lawn Santa.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The [[Villain Protagonist|protagonists]] and supporting characters of ''[[Garden Gnome Carnage]]'' and ''[[Hyper Princess Pitch]]'' hate Christmas. For the latter game it's explained that none of them got any presents as kids/kits, and Pitch herself is heavily implied to have spent all her life on the "naughty" list.
* In ''[[DC Universe Online]]'', Larfleeze stole a bunch of Christmas presents, which Hal Jordan tasks the players with recovering.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has two that are problems during Winter's Veil, Azeroth's equivalent of Christmas:
** The Abominable Greench not only steals presents during Winter's Veil, he kidnaps Metzen the Reindeer, and unlike the guy he's a parody of, is very, very dangerous. As in, he's a Raid Boss, and should not be confronted alone. However, actually fighting him is not required to complete the daily quest.
** Far more malicious is [[The Krampus| Grumpas]], who can only be fought by players who can access the Broken Isles. Legends state that he kidnaps naughty children and creates his minions using their tears. Of course, he's no legend, and makes his lair in the frozen wasteland of Frostfire Ridge, a dangerous arctic region with volcanic activity.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* Bushroot in the ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' Christmas episode. His motivation for being a Grinch, though, is that he has great difficulty doing his Christmas shopping and swears to make everyone else feel his pain.
* Herman the Hermit and Snively in ''[[Yogi Bear|Yogi's First Christmas]]''.
* [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]'s [[Sadist Teacher|teacher]] definitely qualifies for making him read ''[[War and Peace]]'' during Christmas vacation. This was actually an exaggerated version of a storyline that ran in the comic strip, where his teacher assigned ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' during Christmas break (not as long, but still way too advanced for grade school) and Charlie Brown didn't help matters by procrastinating.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** Homer stole gifts in "'Tis the Fiftheenth Season" accompanied by a variation of the Grinch song. The twist is that Homer [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|believed he was doing a good thing]] by getting rid of excess materialism, which would allow people to have [[True Meaning of Christmas|a more emotionally meaningful holiday]]. Not surprisingly, it just pissed people off.
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** This was largely for pragmatic reasons; at the time most American Protestants didn't really consider Christmas a festive holiday, while the Hessians did and thus spent the day enjoying themselves, thus letting their guard down.
* Admiral Yamamoto. Striking just at the beginning of the holiday season on Dec 7. Of course you know [[This Means War]].
* Some people, while not actually disliking Christmas itself, [[Hype Backlash|get irritated by the constant barrage of Christmas advertising]], and businesses shoving Christmas down your throat as early as possible, up to and including stores putting their Christmas decorations on display ''in the [
** Also, some Christmas songs are ''extremely'' annoying. Particularly bad offenders are "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer," and "12 Days of Christmas."
*** Even the Christmas songs that aren't on this level of annoyance tend to get old very quickly, as every year there are always about a million different remixes and covers of the same "classic" songs, and they get just as annoying. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is not a bad song, but when you've heard over 100 different versions of it, you quickly reach the conclusion that you never want to hear it again.
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** Historically this would include the Puritans, in both early America and Cromwellian England, who not only refused to celebrate Christmas but actually made it punishable by law to do so.
** In our own era, "secular-progressives" (ironically, in many ways the complete opposites of the Puritans) are often accused of trying to ruin Christmas, though their meddlings are usually limited to the promotion of more culturally neutral terms like "holidays" or "seasons," or trying to keep Christmas celebrations strictly private.
* One of many messages released on social media by [[Donald Trump]] on Christmas Day 2023:
{{quote|""Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith, the out of control Lunatic who just hired outside attorneys, fresh from the SWAMP (unprecedented!), to help him with his poorly executed WITCH HUNT against 'TRUMP' and 'MAGA' Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and 'sick' as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!"}}
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