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1. O. Henry "The Gift of the Magi"

The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O.Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband, Jim, and his wife, Della, and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.

The Gift of the Magi - short story

A short film adaptation by Ismene Daskarolis

2.Sainsbury's Christmas advert about a Christmas football matchdepicted the real-life WW1 Christmas Truce where British and German soldiers emerged from trenches to share carols, gifts, and play football, famously culminating in a match where a soldier gives his enemy a chocolate bar and they play on a frozen field. While based on the true Christmas Truce, the specific, widespread, organized football matches depicted in the ad are debated by historians, though some accounts confirm games occurred

Christmas 1914 - Sainbury's Ad

3. "The Other Shoe"

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Crudely disguised as Santa Claus and with Max as a reindeer, the Grinch rides a sleigh down the mountain to Whoville, where he begins to steal the Whos' Christmas presents, Christmas trees and decorations, and food. He then does the same thing to all the other houses in the village, filling his sleigh. Miraculously, the Grinch realizes that Christmas may not all be about money and presents. 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. The story was published as a book in 1957.The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas and the Christmas holiday.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".In 2012 it was ranked 61st among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal.

(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!)

Here you can read the book

5. Song "Happy Xmas (War is Over)"

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released as a single in 1971 by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Plastic Ono Band. The lyric is based on a campaign in late 1969 by Lennon and Ono, who rented billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world that read: "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko". The cities included New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Helsinki. At the time of the song's release, the US was deeply entrenched in the unpopular Vietnam War.

6. "The 12 Days of Christmas"

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol and nursery rhyme. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).

7. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean!"

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean" is the seventh episode of the British television series Mr. Bean starring Rowan Atkinson. It was first broadcast as a Christmas special on ITV on Tuesday 29 December 1992 as part of ITV's Christmas schedule and was watched by 18.48 million viewers during its original transmission.