Christmas

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[[Image:Christmasprime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Prime's Alpha Trion disguise fooled few.]]
'''Christmas''' is a holiday celebrated by [[Human|humans]] on [[December 25]], commemorating the birth of someone called "[[Jesus|Christ]]." It seems to revolve around the exchange of material goods, the slaughter and festooning of conifers, and the consumption of roasted avians. [[Transformers Comic issue 2.7#Contents#Law and Disorder|Autobot intelligence]] suggests that at this time, humans gather together and ''don't'' shoot each other.

More importantly, Christmas is the focus of a powerful "spirit" manifesting in charity, goodwill, and appreciation. Even [[Starscream (G1)|hardened]] [[Dreadwind (G1)|Decepticon]] [[Darkwing|warriors]] and [[Circuit Breaker|vengeance-driven humans]] are subject to its influence.

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Some]] [[Grimlock (G1)|Autobots]] have been known to don a [[Transformer clothing|red outfit]] with a bushy, white [[Facial hair|beard]] as part of the Christmas ritual. While not the most extreme example of [[Pretender|quasi-fetishistic anthropomorphization]] among [[Transformer|Transformers]], this case is notable in its lack of explanation. Perhaps it is related to the similarly-opaque "Christ" figure at the center of the holiday.

Another human custom, [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]], is rumored to be the busiest day of shopping for the material goods needed for exchange on Christmas.

{{quote|Christmas: Date — December 25th. Annual festival celebrating Christ's birth. Features include family reunion, gift-giving...|Starscream's "Internal Data File"|"[[Stargazing]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel UK Generation 1 comics===
[[Image:GrimlockXmasLettersUK.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Me, Grimlock, love energo letter opener me got for Christmas."]]
*The magic of Christmas made [[Circuit Breaker]] not kill [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}}

*The magic of Christmas made [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and the [[Autobot]]s do the power company's repair work. {{storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}

*The magic of Christmas made [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] appreciate his [[Earth]] heritage. {{storylink|The Gift}}

*The magic of Christmas made [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] realize that even if he doesn't care, helping people can make him feel... well, he still doesn't really care. {{storylink|Stargazing}}

*The magic of Christmas made [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] wear the [[Santa Claus|Santa]] costume. So [[:Image:Biggrim christmas.jpg|cute]]! {{storylink|Stargazing}}

*The magic of Christmas made [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] renew his pledge to protect Earth. {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

*The magic of <s>free wine</s> Christmas made [[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] [[:Image:MarvelUK-250.jpg|switch sides]]! {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

*Optimus Prime shared a little of his own Christmas magic, healing environmental damage with a chunk of the Matrix. {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

[[God]] bless us, every one.

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
*The magic of Christmas made [[Iceberg]] be fascinated with it. {{storylink|More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:TFAni_Human_Error_Part2_Wreck-Gar_Merry_Trashmas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Merry Christmas to all, and to all, some good trash."]]
* The magic of Christmas turned the Autobots into humans! Well, it wasn't so much the magic of Christmas as it was [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] plugging them into a virtual reality world, but it could have if it chose to. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}
*The magic of Christmas would also free [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] from his entrapment in the lake bed, giving [[Sari Sumdac]] another ally in stopping Soundwave. It would also entice Wreck-Gar to give garbage to all the good little girls and boys! {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
* [[Yakov]] hopes that the magic of Christmas bonuses will help him achieve his dream of buying those new teeth he saw in [[Sky Mall]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Revenge of the Fallen Titan magazine===
* The magic of Christmas got [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to give [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] a present! From [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] of course, Ironhide wouldn't douse him in coolant if he was on fire. (It was a large fist shaped object he had in a cardboard box on the end of his arm...) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7#Law_and_Disorder|Law and Disorder}}

==Merchandise==
===Holiday Ornaments===
===='''Seasonal Specialties'''====
* Autobot symbol
* Bumblebee
* Optimus Prime
* Optimus Prime 2-pack
* Decepticon symbol
* Megatron
* Megatron 2-pack
* 5-pack

===='''American Greetings'''====
* Generation 1 Heirloom Ornaments
** Optimus Prime
** Megatron
** Bumblebee
* Movie (2007)
** Bumblebee
** Bumblebee (flat ornament)
** Megatron
** Optimus Prime
** Optimus Prime (flat ornament)
* Animated
** Autobot Team
** Bumblebee
** Optimus Prime
* Revenge of the Fallen Heirloom Ornament
** Optimus Prime

===Holiday Stockings===
* Megatron
* Optimus Prime

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==Notes==
* One Christmas season (somewhere between 1986-1992), [[Hasbro|Hasbro's]] Boys' Toys Marketing department internally passed out green-chromed [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and blue-chromed [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] toys as Christmas ornaments with a string attached to them. They were bagged with a card that read "Transformers Christmas ornament" on one side and "Merry Christmas from the Boys' Toys Marketing" on the other side.

==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Christmas|Christmas at Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Employee/Gen2ChristmasOrnamentBCom.html Beachcomber Christmas Ornament]
*[http://www.landybridal.com/christmas-dresses-c160.aspx Christmas Party Dresses]
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Employee/Gen2ChristmasOrnamentSS.html Seaspray Christmas Ornament]

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