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Prime's Alpha Trion disguise fooled few.

Christmas is a holiday celebrated by humans on December 25, commemorating the birth of someone called "Christ", who is considered God. It seems to revolve around the exchange of material goods, the slaughter and festooning of conifers, and the consumption of roasted avians. 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 hardened Decepticon warriors and vengeance-driven humans are subject to its influence. Such spirit is manifest in a saint, named Santa Claus, who travels over the world bearing gifts.

Some Autobots have been known to don a red outfit with a bushy, white beard, imitating Santa Claus as part of the Christmas ritual.

Another human custom, Black Friday, is rumored to be the busiest day of shopping for the material goods needed for exchange on Christmas.

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

Fiction

Woman's Day magazine

• The magic of Christmas made Bumblebee and the Autobots do the power company's repair work. The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Christmas appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

"Me, Grimlock, love energo letter opener me got for Christmas."

• The magic of Christmas made Circuit Breaker not kill Jazz. Christmas Breaker!
• The magic of Christmas made Jetfire appreciate his Earth heritage. The Gift
• The magic of Christmas made Starscream realize that even if he doesn't care, helping people can make him feel... well, he still doesn't really care. Stargazing
• The magic of Christmas made Grimlock wear the Santa costume. So cute! Stargazing
• The magic of Christmas made Optimus Prime renew his pledge to protect Earth. Cold Comfort and Joy!
• The magic of free wine Christmas made Darkwing and Dreadwind switch sides! The Greatest Gift of All!
• Meanwhile, having been turned away from the Transformers' party, the magic of Christmas allowed Combat Colin to party with Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America and the Giggly sisters! Christmas with Combat Colin
• Optimus Prime shared a little of his own Christmas magic, healing environmental damage with a chunk of the Matrix. The Greatest Gift of All!
• The magic of Christmas sent three ghostly spirits to visit Dreadwind. Dreadwind's Xmas!

God bless us, every one.

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Macrocosmic Seekers

• The magic of Christmas made Scrapheap consider Santa Claus's existence and give Hot Rod a gift—a piece of Optimus Prime. This made Kup wish Rodimus a merry Christmas. A Gift from the Planet of Scrap

The Headmasters comic

• The magic of Christmas was spread by the Autobot Headmasters when they visited a children's hospital to hand out presents. Raiden got in on the fun, carrying all the presents in a giant sack and even donning a colossal Santa hat.

Dreamwave Armada comics

• The magic of Christmas made Iceberg be fascinated with it. More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada

Animated cartoon

"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 plugging them into a virtual reality world, but it could have if it chose to. Human Error, Part I
• The magic of Christmas would also free 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! 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. Revenge of the Fallen

Revenge of the Fallen Titan magazine

• The magic of Christmas got Ironhide to give Barricade a present! From 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...) Law and Disorder
• The magic of Christmas was something Bumblebee was eager to experience, and it got him to sing carols while beating on some guy. The magic then saw Bumblebee give the Witwicky family presents (he seemed to think they were cars but it's the thought that counts). The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas

Prime cartoon

• When Team Prime was put in stasis lock by the Nemesis, Agent Fowler, who bore witness and had hopes that this battle would win the Autobots the war, denounced his plans for a Christmas vacation in Fiji as being cancelled. Flying Mind

Prime Titan magazine

• The magic of Christmas allowed Arcee and Bulkhead to discover their mutual love of ice skating. Ice Breaker

Commercial appearances

My own dog gone commercial. I can't stand it. AAUGH!

• The magic of Christmas caused the barrier between universes to shatter so that Bulkhead and Megatron could join The Hub Carolers, a group whose other members include My Little Ponies, a diminutive dessert chef, and an insane supervillain. The Hub Carolers The Hub Carolers (Second spot)
• The magic of Christmas caused Megatron to narrate A Visit from St. Nicholas to his troops. 30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"
• The magic of Christmas caused several Vehicons to sing about figgy pudding. 30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"
• The magic of Christmas "holiday spirit" caused two rogue Vehicons to decorate the Nemesis in a garish light display. 30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"

Kre-O cartoon

• The magic of Christmas made the Autobots prank Megatron. A Gift For Megatron

Loyal Subjects Nemesis Prime figure bio

• The magic of Christmas caused Nemesis Prime to attack Santa Claus' village on December 14. Nemesis Prime destroyed his village, burnt his reindeer alive, then defaced the corpse of an elf before Nemesis tried to choke Santa to death. Thankfully, the magic of Christmas also compelled a mysterious stranger to transport Nemesis Prime away. The magic of Christmas may have adverse effects on some entities. Nemesis Prime figure bio

Kre-O comic

• The magic of Christmas allowed the Autobots to give Megatron his own room in a rebuilt Metroplex after an attempted Decepticon takeover of the city-bot. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!

Ask Vector Prime

• The magic of Christmas caused Optimus Prime to invite Vector Prime over to this universe to help celebrate. While he was there, he kept an eye out for any sign of Sideways' mischief. Ask Vector Prime

IDW Generation 1 continuity

• The magic of Christmas Chosen One Day made Windblade and some of the other colonists not hate Starscream for a few hours. Choose Me
• The magic of Christmas caused Brainstorm's contrivance engine to make his various stealth devices inadvertently resemble Christmas paraphernalia. The magic of Christmas may have also caused a bunch of scraplets to beam aboard, disguised as an innocuous protoform. Silent Light
• The magic of Christmas inspired Thundercracker to write a phenomenally crummy children's book, detailing how he beat up Megatron and saved Christmas with the help of Buster and Santa Claus. The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

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
  • Optimus Prime Heirloom Ornament
  • Optimus Prime/Autobot logo

Holiday Stockings

• Megatron
• Optimus Prime
• Bumblebee (mini)

Notes

• One Christmas season (somewhere between 1986-1992), Hasbro's Boys' Toys Marketing department internally passed out green-chromed Beachcomber and blue-chromed 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.
• For Christmas 2013, The Hub aired a special "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" video yule log. This hour-long special consisted of music and cameo appearances by several characters or pieces from Hub properties in addition to the ponies themselves. Among the characters who made cameos were Beast Hunters Bumblebee (who beeped as he drove across the screen), Rescue Bots Blades (who stumbled onto the screen before being pulled back off), Strawberry Shortcake, Lil' Bat (mascot for The Aquabats), a Sorry! game piece, a character from "Pound Puppies", the main lead from "SheZow!", and several characters from the "Littlest Pet Shop" cartoon. This special was aired back-to-back for four hours on Christmas morning, possibly as a means of giving the bulk of the network staff a chance to spend Christmas morning with their families.

External links

• Christmas at Wikipedia
• Beachcomber Christmas Ornament
• Seaspray Christmas Ornament