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* 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.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''

* ~~[[The Simpsons (animation)|~~Homer ~~Simpson]]~~ 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.

** 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.

** The Simpsons family also attempted to steal some Funzos before Christmas Day. Subverted in that they actually had a very ''good'' reason for doing so, as apparently the toy company that created Funzo also programmed it to destroy any and all toys that are not part of its own line, meaning allowing them to survive would have made Christmas worse.

** Mr. Burns in one episode was also stated to have stolen Christmas in 1986.

*** In one [[Distant Finale|future episode]], a character again alludes to Mr. Burns having stolen Christmas, this time apparently permanently.

** Another [[Distant Finale|future episode]] shows that Milhouse - married to Lisa - really doesn't like Christmas because he's allergic to mistletoe, holly, and the red part of candy canes. He encourages Lisa and their daughter to spend Christmas with her folks while he takes a trip to somewhere that doesn't celebrate it.

* Turns out ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is a Grinch. Growing up with two erratic parents who spend their holidays too busy arguing about Santa's existence gave him a deep hatred of Christmas and probably the only child negligence story involving possessed turkey. He gets over, though.

* [[Shrek]] starts out as one of these in ''Shrek the Halls''.