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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.
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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:
{{quote|''On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
''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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