Decemberween

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Fifty-five days after Halloween

Decemberween is a holiday celebrated by the people of Free Country, USA, 55 days after Halloween, on December 25. It bears many similarities to Christmas, with colorful lights and garlands and the giving of presents, but also has some obvious differences. Though Christmas carols have made appearances (O Holy Night in A Holiday Greeting and Jingle Bells in Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes), their (correct) words are never sung. Decemberween food has some unique variations on more recognizable cuisine. Instead of turkeys, the traditional meal is bunnies (much to Marzipan's chagrin). The origins of the holiday are complicated, involving at least one Angel, Dr. Christmas (who looks a bit like Santa Claus), two Kobe Bryants, and a sailor named Archibald. Although the holiday's origins are explained in their pageant, we can only see glimpses of it in the toon "A Decemberween Pageant" leaving most of the story a mystery. Decemberween can also be celebrated in July, time permitting.

Decemberween Characters

Decemberween will come soon!

• The Angel
• Dr. Christmas
• Archibald
• The King of Town
• The Popular Vote
• Kobe 1 and 2
• The First Decemberween
• Santaman
• Bad Graphics Ghost dressed as a Santaman
• Gift Exchange Lion

Decemberween Toons

• A Holiday Greeting (Although Decemberween isn't mentioned) (2000)
• The Best Decemberween Ever (2001)
• A Decemberween Pageant (2002)
• Decemberween In July (2004)
• Snow Globe (2004)
• Decemberween Teen Girl Squad (2004)
• Homestar Presents: Presents (2004)

Decemberween Emails

• Decemberween Email Menu

References to Christmas

Though Decemberween is the holiday celebrated in Free Country, USA, some characters still make reference to Christmas.

• In A Holiday Greeting, the main characters wish us "Happy Holidays from all of us to all of you".
• Dr. Christmas is similar to Santa Claus and presumably affiliated with Christmas in some way.
• In Peasant's Quest, the description of the Super Trinket tells you that "It looks like it can either kill you or make you the hit of your Christmas party."
• In animal, Strong Bad says if he was a made-up animal he'd want to be a Deep Sea Fangly Fish, the kind with Christmas lights and custom lures.
• On the toons menu, the description for Happy Fireworks says "Strong Bad ruins Christmas. Wait, what?"
• Excluding "Decemberween Teen Girl Squad" and "Decemberween in July", all of the Decemberween toons have the word "xmas", an abbreviation for Christmas, in the URL address.
• In Pumpkin Carve-nival, Homsar remarks, "I'm the ghost of Christmas past", a reference to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
• In Bug in Mouth Disease, Homestar calls the King of Town "Santa", an obvious but incorrect reference to when he wanted to play Dr. Christmas.(Or, Homestar could have called KOT "Santa" simply because KOT does bear a similar resemblance to Father Christmas).