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        The holiday is again rapidly approaching. Along with holiday decorations, shopping, and the classic holiday music, comics with Christmas stories always added to the season for me, so I thought this would be a fun thread. Some DC picks are: BATMAN 219 (2/1970) backup by Friedrich, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano. Batman shows up at police headquarters, no crime is occurring, so he sings Christmas carols all night with the police officers there. Kindness and good fortune makes people all over town think twice about crime, suicide, etc. larger image of it HERE BATMAN 239 (2/1972) by Dennis O'Neil, Irv Novick and Giordano. A down-on-his-luck x-convict, his daughter, and a Scrooge-like company owner are helped by Batman. Plus a backup Golden Age Batman Christmas story by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, also reprinted here. http://fullsize/239.GIF BATMAN 247 (3/1973) by O'Neil, Novick and Giordano. Batman hunts down a criminal who has stolen a germ-warfare weapon. The story is divided into two chapters, the first occurring at Christmas, the second part a week later on New Years' Eve. http://fullsize/247.GIF PLOP 10 (3/1975) Cain, Abel and Eve sneak aboard Santa's sleigh and force him to put up with their stories while he rides around the world delivering presents. Art by Aragones and others. http://fullsize/10.GIF DC SPECIAL SERIES 21 (SUPER STAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL, 1979) featuring a Batman story by O'Neil, Frank Miller and Steve Mitchell. Along with other stories of Jonah Hex (Fleisher/Ayers), Sgt Rock (Kanigher/Ayers) and the Legion(Levitz/Garcia-Lopez). http://fullsize/21.GIF SECRET ORIGINS 10 (1986), featuring the Phantom Stranger in four different stories. Christmas stories of a more Biblical nature, by Alan Moore/Joe Orlando, Mike Barr/Jim Aparo, and Levitz/Garcia-Lopez. http://fullsize/10.GIF Some great non-DC books: BIZARRE ADVENTURES 34 (2/1983) Stories with a humorously bizarre look at Christmas. "Son of Santa" by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Kupperberg, "Howard the Duck's Christmas" by Steven Grant and Paul Smith (a very funny take-off on the movie It's a Wonderful Life, with some of the nicest Paul Smith pages I've seen), "Slaybells" by Mike Carlin, and "Santa Bites the Big Apple" by Al Milgrom. This is one of my favorite Christmas comics. http://fullsize/34.GIF GUMBY'S WINTER FUN SPECIAL (from Comico, 12/1988) by Steve Purcell and Arthur Adams. A very fun story with a childlike sense of innocence and adventure. Gumby and his pals go on an incredible journey to rescue Santa. And 40 gorgeous pages of Arthur Adams art. http://fullsize/1.GIF X-MEN 143 (3/1981) by Claremont/Byrne/Austin. Not exactly a Christmas story, but with some great Christmas atmosphere scenes, including a young couple out in the woods selecting a Christmas tree, and the X-Men at home decorating for Christmas and getting into the spirit of the season. http://fullsize/143.GIF Those are some of my Christmas picks. Anyone else? ---------------------  "This Man, This Wonder Boy..."
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I always try to watch as many of the animated Christmas specials as I can each year. They were part of the thrill of the Christmas season growing up, and when you see them each year, you're suddenly 8 years old again. In 1998, I went to a video store and rented: - SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN,
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER,
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS,
THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS,
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
A SIMPSONS CHRISTMAS,
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THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
And I collected them all on one 6-hour tape. And each year, the woman next door to me borrows it to show her kids. She says her two daughters are just glued to the set every minute the video plays. One of the great pleasures of Christmas is providing all the little decorations, music, festivities and atmosphere to a new generation of children, keeping the season's magic alive. For children, and for the adult children as well (like me).
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Hanukkah has also begun.
I don't celebrate Hanukkah, but Adam Sandler's "The Hannukah Song" (Parts 1 and 2) is just as much a part of the holiday season.
To those who celebrate, have a great Hanukkah!
A link to Darknight's Hanukkah (or Chanukkah, for those of you with better spelling than me) topic:
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I'm also a big fan of the Biblical movie-epics from the late 1950's and early 1960's, including:
The Robe
Ben Hur
Spartacus
The King of Kings
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The Ten Commandments
Great movies, one and all. And all great Biblical representations, to get back to the roots of what the season is all about.
Hollywood classics I try to watch again, whenever possible. Especially during the Christmas season.
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Hanukkah has also begun.
I don't celebrate Hanukkah, but Adam Sandler's "The Hannukah Song" (Parts 1 and 2) is just as much a part of the holiday season.
Since you brought up favorite Christmas stories in comics, I finally got my hands on that JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA issue where The Atom learns about Chanukkah. I think it's one of the very few mainstream Chanukkah-related comic book story out there, and I'm glad to see my holiday treated not only with respect, but represented accurately.
Are there any more Chanukkah related comic book stories out there? Wasn't there a Batman story in a holiday issue a few years back?
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Either way is okay, considering it's a transliteration of a Hebrew word.
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SUPERMAN #165 -- What do you get the JLA for Christmas? Rubber bands for Plastic Man, A box of chocos cookies for Martian Manhunter, one of those things you shake up and it snows inside for Aquaman, jewelry polish for Green Lantern, tube socks for the Flash, a mjolnir for Wonder Woman, and a magnifying glass for Batman.
Of course, this was just before all that "Return to Krypton" stuff.
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Are there any more Chanukkah related comic book stories out there? Wasn't there a Batman story in a holiday issue a few years back? In MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1993, a story has Doc Sampson from HULK telling a group of Jewish kids the story of Chanukkah. (not a great Channukah story, but it's the only one I can think of right now. If I can think of others, I'll mention them later). I have the MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL issues from 1991 and 1993 (both with poster-worthy Arthur Adams wraparound covers).  The 1993 one has slightly better stories. A Wolverine story by Michael Golden, a Spiderman story by Stan Lee/Steve Lightle, a Thanos story by Starlin/Lim/Austin, and a Daredevil story by Nocenti/Grindberg, among others. The 1996 one has much better printing, and a good Spiderman story by Waid/Olliffe/Breeding. (Mark Waid seems to have been a driving force in creating Christmas specials at both Marvel and DC in the 80's and 90's.) The 1996 issue also has a story with Kitty Pryde (who is portrayed as Jewish) that is a preachy story about a church-burning, and she briefly mentions she is home visiting her family for Chanukkah. X-MEN 143 (in my opening post) also briefly mentions that Kitty is Jewish, and sees her parents over the holidays. Some interesting non-Chanukkah stories that touch on Judaism: - BATMAN 237. A story involving Jewish holocaust survivors tracking Nazi war criminals, who Batman stumbles on at a Halloween costume party, at a rural mansion in Rutland, Vermont. With guest appearances by many real-world fans and comics creators, including New York Comic Con promoter Tom Fagan, Dennis O'Neil, Cary Bates, Berni Wrightson and Gerry Conway.
FANTASTIC FOUR 56 That, bizarrely, after 41 years since the FF first appeared, suddenly reveals Ben Grimm is Jewish. Grimm visits the rough neighborhood of Yancy street, and meets an old Jewish shopkeeper he knew growing up, who is threatened by anti-semitic violence.
And also the X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS Marvel Graphic novel from 1983, by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson. Where hatred toward mutants is used as an allegory to other types of racism, and it is revealed that Magneto's family was killed by the Nazis.
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Arthur in "the Tick" is Jewish and I recall a Tick Chanukkah story entitled, I believe "JEWS ARE MIGHTY!!"
And, of course, there was the character "Judah the Hammer" in Mike Baron's "Nexus."
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SUPERMAN #165 -- What do you get the JLA for Christmas? Rubber bands for Plastic Man, A box of chocos cookies for Martian Manhunter, one of those things you shake up and it snows inside for Aquaman, jewelry polish for Green Lantern, tube socks for the Flash, a mjolnir for Wonder Woman, and a magnifying glass for Batman.
Of course, this was just before all that "Return to Krypton" stuff.
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I like that one Batman story where he had to track down this killer on Christmas who cooked up poor people like turkeys while they were still alive and ate them even if they weren't dead yet. In the end when all was said and done, Bruce had a nice turkey dinner with Alfred and Dick.
It was awesome.
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I remember in one of the DC holiday specials, there was a nifty Darkseid story. Apparently some invader was penetrating all the defenses on Apokolips. Turns out it was Santa, delivering a lump of coal to Darkseid!
I also enjoyed that one issue of Action Comics that had Superman vs. Etrigan at Christmastime.
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I liked this story I think Byrne did it for a DC Holiday book.The story was called Silent Night I believe,with Enemy Ace.No words but a touching story that always stuck in my memory.
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Dr Tzin Tzin steals Xmas in one Batman Christmas story.
And of course the infamous Batman / Plastic Man story where Bats tips a down-on-his-luck Plas a dime.
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My favourite Christmas stories are the ones from when I was a kid:
That issue of DC COMICS PRESENTS where Superman teams up with Santa Claus against the Toyman (long before he became a goth child-killer... Toyman, not Santa Claus, of course). I think it was #67.
Also, the FUNNY STUFF STOCKING STUFFER from 1984/85 was fun. It starred a lot of DC's golden age funny animal characters updated slightly for the '80s.
There were also a few issues of THE BEST OF DC -- which was a digest-sized series of mostly reprints -- that reprinted some Christmas stories. Two of my favourites were the ones reprinting RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER by Shelly Mayer (issue #4) and the SUPER JRS. HOLIDAY SPECIAL from issue #58 (1984) that was an all-new 65 page adventure and was very entertaining to my 10-year-old self.
 
(I'll probably edit in some covers for those later on.)
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Sideways said:
SUPERMAN #165 -- What do you get the JLA for Christmas? Rubber bands for Plastic Man, A box of chocos cookies for Martian Manhunter, one of those things you shake up and it snows inside for Aquaman, jewelry polish for Green Lantern, tube socks for the Flash, a mjolnir for Wonder Woman, and a magnifying glass for Batman.
Of course, this was just before all that "Return to Krypton" stuff.  This is one I haven't seen. It looks like a fun story, I'll have to pick it up. Pariah said:
I like that one Batman story where he had to track down this killer on Christmas who cooked up poor people like turkeys while they were still alive and ate them even if they weren't dead yet. In the end when all was said and done, Bruce had a nice turkey dinner with Alfred and Dick.
It was awesome. Man, that's wonderfully twisted ! I'd like to know the issue number so I can read that one. King Snarf said:
I remember in one of the DC holiday specials, there was a nifty Darkseid story. Apparently some invader was penetrating all the defenses on Apokolips. Turns out it was Santa, delivering a lump of coal to Darkseid!
I also enjoyed that one issue of Action Comics that had Superman vs. Etrigan at Christmastime. I've never heard of these either. More I'd like to see.
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I liked this story I think Byrne did it for a DC Holiday book.The story was called Silent Night I believe,with Enemy Ace. No words, but a touching story that always stuck in my memory. Yeah, from CHRISTMAS WITH THE SUPERHEROES # 2 (1989). This issue has a thick collection all-new stories, by:  - Chadwick,
Gibbons/Morrow,
Shanower,
Messner-Loebs/Doran/Templeton,
Brennert/Giordano,
and the captionless Byrne story you mention.
The first issue (from Christmas 1988) has all reprinted stories, from the 70's mostly, with a nice Byrne cover, and a nostalgic editorial by Mark Waid.  Included in this 80-page issue are: - Batman, "Wanted:Santa Claus, Dead or Alive" by O'Neil, Miller and Mitchell (from DC SPECIAL SERIES 21, 1979)
Justice League, "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus" by Wein, Dillin and Giordano (from JLA 110, 1973)
Teen Titans, "The TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol" by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy (from TEEN TITANS 13)
Legion, "Star Light, Star Bright" by Levitz and Garcia-Lopez (also from DC SPECIAL SERIES 21, 1979)
Superman, "Twas the Fright Before Christmas" by Wein/Bridwell, Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson (from DC COMICS PRESENTS 67, 1983)
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Batman, "Silent Night, Deadly Night" by Mike Friedrich, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano (from BATMAN 219, 1969)
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Oh! I just remembered that one JLA issue where Plastic Man tells Woozy's nephew about the time the JLA teamed up with Santa!
"Santa has heat-vision!"
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Dave said:
Dr Tzin Tzin steals Xmas in one Batman Christmas story.
And of course the infamous Batman / Plastic Man story where Bats tips a down-on-his-luck Plas a dime. The Tzin Tzin one I don't know. Possibly BATMAN 285 ?  The Batman/Plastic Man story is in BRAVE & THE BOLD 148 (March 1979).  And yeah, the ten-cent donation to an old friend bordering on vagrancy was certainly less than generous. The Time Trust said:
My favourite Christmas stories are the ones from when I was a kid:
That issue of DC COMICS PRESENTS where Superman teams up with Santa Claus against the Toyman (long before he became a goth child-killer... Toyman, not Santa Claus, of course). I think it was #67.
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Also, the FUNNY STUFF STOCKING STUFFER from 1984/85 was fun. It starred a lot of DC's golden age funny animal characters updated slightly for the '80s.
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There were also a few issues of THE BEST OF DC -- which was a digest-sized series of mostly reprints -- that reprinted some Christmas stories. Two of my favourites were the ones reprinting RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER by Shelly Mayer (issue #4) and the SUPER JRS. HOLIDAY SPECIAL from issue #58 (1984) that was an all-new 65 page adventure and was very entertaining to my 10-year-old self.
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(I'll probably edit in some covers for those later on.) You're right on the DC COMICS PRESENT # 67 story. 
The others you list are new to me. More back issues to explore. 
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I like that one Batman story where he had to track down this killer on Christmas who cooked up poor people like turkeys while they were still alive and ate them even if they weren't dead yet. In the end when all was said and done, Bruce had a nice turkey dinner with Alfred and Dick.
It was awesome.
Man, that's wonderfully twisted ! I'd like to know the issue number so I can read that one. 
Actually I was joking. But I would like to see it.
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Christmas Time. A time of joy, goodwill, giving graciously, and receiving with equal grace. A time to forgive, make a difference, help those who need us, and forget our differences. Don't give in to the pressure exerted by those who say they hate Christmas. Rise above it because Christmas is truly what you make it. Having said that, what's a Christmas television special without the music? I have two 6-hour tape collections of my own. Here are some clips, if you can guess which shows I recorded them from: clip 1 clip 2clip 3clip 4clip 5
There is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes, and maybe it’s too much for us, but it’s all on you. Because if we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn well sure we’ll avenge it.
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I'm with you on your point about the soundtrack making many of these shows a memorable part of Christmas, McGurk. One I'd highly recommend is the A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack, by Vince Guaraldi. I've thought of getting soundtracks for Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others, but I really hear them enough when I play the recorded Christmas specials. But yeah, Christmas music is a huge part of the holiday atmosphere. (I tried accessing your links, but they crashed my system. It's not your fault, there's a lot of links that cause my system to crash, particularly sound and video stuff. I haven't gotten around to getting my system cleared of spyware yet. I think it's a combination of spyware and not enough memory.) Another great holiday story I thought of is in MARVEL FANFARE # 1 (Dec 1981).  link to full-size image HERE A Daredevil story by Roger McKenzie and then-newcomer Paul Smith, inked by Terry Austin. It has some great Christmas scenes with the characters in Daredevil, as well as a nice human-interest story about a street-Santa experiencing a Christmas miracle. And beautiful Smith/Austin art. This was just a few months before Smith did an X-men story in MARVEL FANFARE 4, and then took over X-MEN in issues 165-175, in one of the best runs on X-MEN. And again, as I listed in my opening post, Smith followed up with a Howard the Duck Christmas story in BIZARRE ADVENTURES 34 for Christmas 1982. One of my all-time favorite stories, with some wild and charming twists on a classic Christmas story, Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life.
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I think my favorite one is where at the end of a JLA story the team gives the Red Tornado a new costume. I think it's the above listed,Justice League, "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus" by Wein, Dillin and Giordano (from JLA 110, 1973)
BTW anyone remember a Ziggy Christmas special a long ways back? I never cared for the strip but remember liking the character in the special.
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Hanukkah has also begun.
I don't celebrate Hanukkah, but Adam Sandler's "The Hannukah Song" (Parts 1 and 2) is just as much a part of the holiday season.
To those who celebrate, have a great Hanukkah!
A link to Darknight's Hanukkah (or Chanukkah, for those of you with better spelling than me) topic:
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DAREDEVIL 169 by Frank Miller (the issue where Bullseye was hallucinating, and saw everyone in the streets of New York City as wearing red Daredevil costumes) is another story that shows people at Christmastime out holiday-shopping, and with all the trappings of the season. Captured well in Miller's art.  Daredevil is a character whose had an unusually high number of Christmas stories. And good ones. Thanks also for the images you added to your earlier post above, Time Trust.
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Another story set over Christmas is Miller and Mazzuchelli's DAREDEVIL:BORN AGAIN storyline, originally in DAREDEVIL 227-233 (1985)  It has Turk in a street-Santa costume, as well as a lot of other Chistmas season imagery. And taps into the Catholic Virgin-Mary/Madonna-and-child image, with DD's mother and the whole "saved"/"born-again" aspect of Matt Murdock in the story.
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Another Daredevil Christmas story is in DAREDEVIL 241, By Ann Nocenti and Todd McFarlane.  Plus another good DD story by Nocenti and Grindberg in the MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL for 1993.  ( I wish I could find a clearer scan of this last cover, and I wish I could show the full wraparound cover for both the 1991 and 1993 specials. Both of these Arthur Adams covers are very poster-worthy. )
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Another great: ENEMY ACE:WAR IDYLL, written and painted by George Pratt. I'm thinking in particular of the scene between Allied and German troops along the trenches on Christmas Eve.  An excellent story, in any season. Originally released in hardcover in 1990, in trade in 1991. Although it has since been re-released.
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I was over at http://www.worldbook.com/
to see what is listed for SANTA CLAUS.
There are so many constant new variations created in comics, movies and elsewhere, and I was curious what the Santa Claus myth began as, and when the modern image of Santa Claus emerged.
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The idea of Santa Claus developed from stories about a real person named Saint Nicholas. Historians know little for certain about him. He was probably born in Patara, in what is now Turkey. When he was 19 years old, Nicholas became a priest. He later served as bishop of Myra, near Patara. He died during the A.D. 300's.
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According to legend, Saint Nicholas once aided a poor nobleman who had three daughters. No men would marry the daughters because the nobleman did not provide any of them with a dowry. A dowry is money or property that the bride's family gives the bride or the groom or his family when the couple marry. Saint Nicholas threw three bags of money through an open window of the nobleman's house to show that the daughters now had dowries. As a result, they were able to marry. The legend of Saint Nicholas as a man who brings gifts may have developed from this story.
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( How the Santa Claus legend began: )
The custom of giving gifts on a special day in winter was practiced before Christianity was founded. After Christianity was well established, Saint Nicholas became a symbol of the custom among Christians. During the Reformation of the 1500's, Protestants substituted nonreligious characters for Saint Nicholas. In England, for example, the saint was replaced by a gentleman called Father Christmas. This character was called Pere Noel in France and Weihnachtsmann in Germany.
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The people of the Netherlands were especially fond of Saint Nicholas. The first Dutch settlers who came to America had a figure of Saint Nicholas on the front of their ship. The Dutch settlers maintained their custom of celebrating the saint's feast day on December 6. They told their children that the saint visited their homes and left gifts on Saint Nicholas Eve. In time, English settlers adopted the legends and festivities associated with Saint Nicholas. English-speaking children spoke the Dutch name for the saint, Sinterklaas, quickly and excitedly so that it sounded like Santy Claus or Santa Claus.
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( Santa's appearance: ) Until the 1800's, people pictured Saint Nicholas as a tall, thin, stately man who wore a bishop's robe and rode a white horse. In 1809, the American author Washington Irving published Knickerbocker's History of New York, in which he presented a new version of the saint. Irving described Saint Nicholas as a stout, jolly man who wore a broad-brimmed hat and huge breeches and smoked a long pipe. Irving's Saint Nicholas rode over treetops in a wagon and filled children's stockings with presents.
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On Dec. 23, 1823, a poem titled "An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" appeared in the Troy (New York) Sentinel. This poem begins with the familiar line " 'Twas the night before Christmas." Clement Clarke Moore, an American scholar, is generally credited with writing the poem, but Henry Livingston, an American land surveyor, may have written it.
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In the poem, Saint Nicholas appears as a stout, jolly man with twinkling eyes and a red nose. He wears a suit trimmed with white fur and rides a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. The saint's visit takes place on Christmas Eve.
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Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist, completed the present-day image of Santa Claus. Nast created a series of drawings for Harper's Weekly magazine between 1863 and 1886. These drawings represent Santa Claus with a white beard. In various cartoons, Santa is shown working in his shop, driving a sleigh pulled by reindeer, or placing toys in stockings hung over a fireplace.
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( Santa-like characters in other countries: )
Today, people in many parts of the world are familiar with the legend of Santa Claus. But he is primarily an American tradition. People in most countries have adopted other imaginary characters who supposedly bring gifts on a certain day of the year other than Christmas.
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In the Netherlands and Belgium, Saint Nicholas visits homes on St. Nicholas Eve, December 5. He leaves small gifts in shoes that the children put near the fireplace, to be opened on St. Nicholas Day, December 6. He often is accompanied on these visits by a character named Black Pete, who carries a birch rod to whip naughty children. People in Austria, Hungary, and parts of Germany also celebrate St. Nicholas Day.
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In southern Germany, people usually say the Christkind (Christ child) sends the gifts on Christmas Eve.
But in northern Germany, most people say the Weihnachtsmann (Christmas Man) brings the presents. From the name Christkind came the character Kris Kringle, who gradually became identified with Santa Claus.
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In France, Pere Noel leaves small presents in homes on Christmas Eve.
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In Sweden, the Jultomten, an elflike character, brings gifts on Christmas Eve.
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This elf is called Julenissen in Denmark and Norway.
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Darknight613, I remembered another Chanukkah story, from JLA 188 (cover date March 1981), "The Miracle At 22,300 Miles", by Gerry Conway, with art by Rich Buckler and Frank McLaughlin.  This has both good story and good art, a story in which a seemingly miraculous event occurs aboard the JLA orbital satellite, and a parallel re-telling of the Chanukkah event gives insight into what occurred, while explaining in detail what Chanukkah is about. Although you said (on page 1) that you recently picked up a JLA Chanukkah story where the Atom learns about Chanukkah, and this is probably the issue you mentioned.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned the Ultimate Warrior Christmas Story yet! I'm sure that's one of Llance's favorites!
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ENEMY ACE:WAR IDYLL, written and painted by George Pratt. I'm thinking in particular of the scene between Allied and German troops along the trenches on Christmas Eve.
larger cover image HERE
An excellent story, in any season. Originally released in hardcover in 1990, in trade in 1991.
Although it has since been re-released.
I quite liked this. I thought it was a good homage to old soldiers.
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King Snarf said:
I can't believe no one has mentioned the Ultimate Warrior Christmas Story yet! I'm sure that's one of Llance's favorites! ?? Not one I'm familiar with. Can you list the exact title so I can look it up? I couldn't find it under ULTIMATE WARRIOR. Yeah, T-Dave, ENEMY ACE:WAR IDYLL is a terrific story. I've described it as the Great American Novel in comics form (and by that I mean in the tradition of Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald, in the tradition of naturalist fiction.) And as King Snarf mentioned on page 1 of the topic... King Snarf said:
Oh! I just remembered that one JLA issue where Plastic Man tells Woozy's nephew about the time the JLA teamed up with Santa!
"Santa has heat-vision!" 
In addition to the JLA story I listed above (issue 188), one of the most recent greats is JLA # 60 (2001), written by Mark Waid, a charming, clever and funny story that incorporates a lot of the modern trends in our culture, of action figures, corporate layoffs, outsourcing, etc. Very funny.
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How could I forget DCU Holiday Bash I, II, and III? I bought all three of them last year during the summer. The guy sold them to me for 50 cents each because it was way off season.
They have short Christmas stories involving several DC characters. I remember a scene where Max Mercury tries to tell Bart (Impulse) that there's no Santa Claus. Max says "People just aren't that selfless. The man spends his whole life in service of other people." Bart says "Superman? Hello?" and Bart compares Santa to other DC heroes, like he can read minds like Martian Manhunter to find out who's good or bad, he can disappear from your house like Batman, he can shrink down chimneys like the Atom.
That's about the extend of my memory. I'll have to try and find them and read them again.
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One of my favorites has to be one of the silliest, as well. I don't have it here, but the third story in SHAZAM! # 11 (I think) had the Sivana Family (Thad, Sr., Thad, Jr. & Georgia) trying to speed up time so that Christmas only lasted a few short hours.
Oh, and last week's Shonen Sunday had a Christmas themed cover featuring Inu-Yasha and Kagome. You can view it here . It's very kawaii (Japanese for cute).
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ShazamGrrl1 said:
One of my favorites has to be one of the silliest, as well. I don't have it here, but the third story in SHAZAM! # 11 (I think) had the Sivana Family (Thad, Sr., Thad, Jr. & Georgia) trying to speed up time so that Christmas only lasted a few short hours.
I enjoyed that one too, Shazamgrrl. To me it captures the sense of fun and playfulness that was typical of the Golden-Age/Silver-Age comics storytelling style.  And here's two more Christmas offerings from 1989: A She-Hulk story where She-Hulk is offered help from Santa Claus, whose supernatural powers as St.Nick ("he knows when you've been sleeping... he knows if you've been bad or good...") make him the ultimate detective in helping She-Hulk track down a criminal.  Also from 1989, A good story by Dave Michelinie and Todd McFarlane in AMAZING SPIDERMAN 314, where Peter Parker and Maryjane are evicted on Christmas Eve, and Pete learns that thinking of others instead of himself brings his family together for the holidays, and results in a very enjoyable Christmas for everyone.  And finally, from 1990, a Peter David story in INCREDIBLE HULK 378, where the Rhino, to get into the holiday spirit disguises himself as a department-store Santa, but is too short-tempered to deal with the kids, which sets him up for a clash with the Hulk, but both try to settle down when their actions upset a little girl, and they try to convince her that things are not as they seem, and that: Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus. 
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A number of the DC stories from the 1970's and prior listed above are collected in the two LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION "CHRISTMAS WITH THE SUPERHEROES" collections, in issues 34 (Christmas 1974) and 43 (Christmas 1975). The reprints are not sourced in these books, but are indexed HERE.   This was where I read most of these stories originally, before I tracked down the issues where they were originally printed. They're wonderful Christmas collections. LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION 33, 42 and 50 also reprinted the Rudolph stories, prior to the DC BLUE RIBBON DIGEST ISSUES that Time Trust listed on Page 1 of the topic:   
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Two or three Christmases ago, I was in the supermarket and saw a new flavor of BEN & JERRY's ice cream that I just have to share: FESTIVUS (The holiday for the rest of us!) It's described on the box as: "brown sugar cinnamon ice cream loaded with gingerbread cookies & a ginger caramel swirl" I bought it, and it was delicious ! But unfortunately, they only made it that one year. It must have been a one-time license contract to use the name. I'm glad I saved the box, it's a funny little conversation piece. And many might not believe me, if I didn't show them the box. Now I'm all primed for Festivus. I've got the pole up. Who will join me for the ritual airing of grievances?
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I liked this story I think Byrne did it for a DC Holiday book.The story was called Silent Night I believe,with Enemy Ace.No words but a touching story that always stuck in my memory.
I've read that one but I don't remember what book it was in. I tihnk it was in one of the DC Christmas collections, that was a good one.
Not a comic, but the episode of Batman the animated series wehre there's something like 3 or 4 short stroies packed in 1 half our long episode, and in one of them, Harly and Ivy go on a shopping spree and Ivy controls Bruce into paying the tab. He eventually breaks free of her hold then changes and captures them.
The entire episode had some fun and amusing parts to it.
It's a rented tux ok? I'm not going comando in another man's fatigues.
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Now I'm all primed for Festivus.
I've got the pole up.
Who will join me for the ritual airing of grievances? 
Count me in.  
It's a rented tux ok? I'm not going comando in another man's fatigues.
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