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In extreme cases, this can mean [[Death Is Dramatic|death]], [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture]], [[Rape as Drama|rape]], and [[Department of Redundancy Department|more death]]. In shows with more everyday themes, it might be loneliness, failed relationships, and depression.
See also [[Snow Means Death]], a frequently used motif in such settings, [[Bad Santa]], a more humorous take on the concept, amd [[An Asskicking Christmas]]. The Christmas section of [[Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday]] has some of the most brutal examples. Contrast [[Merry Christmas in Gotham]]. Not to be confused with the same-titled series of Christmas [[Song Parody]] CDs by [[Bob Rivers]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.]]'', first the earthquake on Christmas, that killed hundreds of people in the town, including the families of Yuu and Yuuko. Then, years later, {{spoiler|Yuuko got raped by her stepbrother on a christmas night for the first time. And ''then'', more years later, she died in a car crash on a third Christmas. }}
* In ''[[Angel Beats!]]!'' it was implied that [[Dead Little Sister|Otonashi's sister]] died on Christmas Eve.
* In ''[[Toradora!]]'', {{spoiler|Taiga and Minori, both in love with Ryuuji, pushed him away from themselves wanting him to be happy with the other girl}} [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Cue to upbeat christmas song]].
* Lost Christmas in [[Guilty Crown]]
* The dramatic climax of ''[[
* [[Tiger and Bunny|Barnaby]] returns from a fun outing where he went ice-skating with {{spoiler|his family's trusted housekeeper}}, opens the door to the drawing room of their home...and happens upon the dead bodies of both his parents, a burning Christmas tree, ''and the murderer himself''. The house ends up a pile of smouldering rubble while Barnaby himself ends up with {{spoiler|his memories of the murderer's true identity [[Fake Memories|wiped from his mind,]] thus allowing the perpetrator to pose as his [[Parental Substitute]] and [[Mentor]] for the next 20 years}}.
== Film ==
* The movie ''[[Gremlins]]'' is an example (the events happen at Christmas), and contains another
* ''[[Legion]]'' happens in the days before and after Christmas.
* The climax of ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' takes place on the night of a Christmas party.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has its yearly Christmas episodes, that occasionally are rather sad. Voyage of the Damned comes to mind most readily.
* One ''[[
* On ''[[The West Wing]],'' Josh Lyman suffers a complete mental breakdown on Christmas, to the point that the constant cheery Christmas carols flooding the hallways of the White House trigger severe traumatic flashbacks to his recent shooting.
* The first ''[[Scrubs]]'' [[Christmas Episode]] starts off like this, but then goes [[Away in a Manger]]. Still worth mentioning just for the [[Anti-Christmas Song|song that plays]] as Turk's Christmas Spirit gradually gets worn away:
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''Twelve beaten children,
''Eleven drive-by shootings,
''Ten frozen homeless,
''Nine amputations,
''Eight burn victims,
''Seven strangled shoppers,
''Six random knifings,
''Five suicides,
''Four beaten wives,
''Three ODs,
''Two shattered skulls,
''And a drunk who drove into a tree. }}
** Anyone working in a hospital emergency room will tell you that this is [[Truth in Television]], sadly.
* In the ''[[Star Trek
* An episode of ''[[Perfect Strangers]]'' had Mr. Gorpley being a royal [[Jerkass]] to everyone at Larry and Balki's Christmas party, until everyone (save the resident Mypiat that invited him) had enough and wanted him gone. This prompted Gorpley to snarkly (then emotionally) reveal that many of his personal tragedies happened at Christmas time.
* In a recent (December 2010) episode of ''[[NCIS]]: Los Angeles'', [[Stoic Woobie]] Kenzie reveals to a suspect, and her coworkers, that she was engaged to a man named Jack who suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder following a tour of duty in the Middle East. Though she tried her hardest to help him readjust to civilian life, she woke up on Christmas morning and found that he had left her in the night; six years later, she still has no idea where he is.
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* This is the entire premise of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's third Christmas album, "The Lost Christmas Eve." The story of the album is about a man who has despised Christmas ever since his beloved wife [[Death by Childbirth|died in childbirth]] on Christmas Eve; he gave his mute son up for adoption and turned his back on the entire holiday. Naturally, events transpire to make him rethink his position.
* The [[Trope Namer]] may be [[Bob Rivers]], a Seattle-based DJ who is famous for his black-humored Christmas parody albums named Twisted Christmas.
* The Arrogant Worms have an album called Christmas Turkey, which is loaded with similarly dark-humored mayhem.
== Video Games ==
* The fourth case of the first ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game.
* The Hollijolli Village invasion in ''[[
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== Real Life ==
* The Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004.
* The Cyclone Tracy hit the Australian city of Darwin around 10pm on Christmas Eve, 1974, and dissipated on Boxing Day.
* The storm Lothar that ravaged Europe on December
* [[wikipedia:Ronald Simmons|Ronald Simmons]]'s killing spree, which lasted from December
* On a more personal scale, the Christmas period is well known as a period of peak demand for [[Suicide Prevention]] hotlines.
* [[Truth in Television|It happens.]] It's not uncommon to hear stories about fires on Christmas (either due to putting old, possibly frayed, electric lights on a dead, dry tree, or the rise in deep-frying turkeys having bad consequences.) Barring that, holidays can be a ridiculously stressful time. Women have frequently gone into labor during Christmas (while not twisted, birth is a stressful thing even at the best of times) and there's probably been at least one heart attack on that day. Add to that the fact that, in a lot of areas, Christmas is a damp, snowy, or ''icy'' holiday, and accidents aren't uncommon as well.
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