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== 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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* 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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