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* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVxdJSJ3rE How the Thief King Stole Slavemas]].

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* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVxdJSJ3rE How the Thief King Stole Slavemas]].
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* ''BrawlInTheFamily'' has a [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=255 take]].

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* ''BrawlInTheFamily'' ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has a [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=255 take]].
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* ''WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]
* WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic review of ''[[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas TheGrinch]]'' (the Jim Carrey version) is played up like a parody of the original story. He's not trying to steal Christmas, but their enjoyment of that movie.

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* ''WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]
* WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic review of ''[[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas TheGrinch]]'' (the Jim Carrey version) is played up like a parody of the original story. He's not trying to steal Christmas, but their enjoyment of that movie.

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* Don't forget {{Brawl In The Family}}'s parody, "How the King Stole Christmas", which basically replaces all characters with Nintendo characters, mainly ones that appeared in {{Super Smash Bros Brawl}}. The grinch replacement is King Dedede from the {{Kirby}} series.
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* Don't forget {{Brawl In The Family}}'s parody, "How the King Stole Christmas", which basically replaces all characters with Nintendo characters, mainly ones that appeared in {{Super Smash Bros Brawl}}. The grinch replacement is King Dedede from the {{Kirby}} series.
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* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]

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* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' ''WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]
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* The NostalgiaCritic review of ''[[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas TheGrinch]]'' (the Jim Carrey version) is played up like a parody of the original story. He's not trying to steal Christmas, but their enjoyment of that movie.

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* The NostalgiaCritic WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic review of ''[[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas TheGrinch]]'' (the Jim Carrey version) is played up like a parody of the original story. He's not trying to steal Christmas, but their enjoyment of that movie.

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* ''FoxTrot'' did one where Jason wrote a story casting his mother as "Mrs. Grinch", a cheapskate who wouldn't buy expensive enough presents for the "Kids down in Kidville".
** And replaced all the cool game consoles with [[LethalChef nutritious health bars]].

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* ''FoxTrot'' did one where Jason wrote a story casting his mother as "Mrs. Grinch", a cheapskate who wouldn't buy expensive enough presents for the "Kids down in Kidville".
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* ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' fanfic: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2718340/1/How_the_Question_Stole_Christmas How the Question Stole Christmas]].
* The fanfilm [[http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/howsithstole/index.asp How the Sith stole Christmas]]. Thank whatever (non)deity you pray to they didn't call it [[StarWarsHolidaySpecial How the Sith stole Life Day]].
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* The ChristmasEpisode of ''PrincessTutuAbridged'', entitled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtbVMihglQ How Drosselmeyer Stole the Abridged Series]].

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* The ChristmasEpisode of ''PrincessTutuAbridged'', A ''{{How I Met Your Mother}}'' episode entitled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtbVMihglQ How Drosselmeyer "How Lily Stole Christmas." Narrator Ted, relating the Abridged Series]].story to his teenaged children, [[NarrativeProfanityFilter substitutes "grinch"]] for "[[CountryMatters A Very Bad Word]]." Lily, upset over being called a c---, takes away all the Christmas decorations.
* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' had one where Lois took away Christmas until the boys behaved themselves, which they did, [[TooGoodToLast until they decided to sneak behind her back to open the presents]].
* ''{{The X-Files}}'' had "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas", continuing their tradition of rather morbid Christmas episodes by having Mulder and Scully go ghost-hunting on Christmas Eve. What they don't know is that the ghosts are real, are they're under a murder-suicide pact, and are desperate to get another couple to re-enact it.
* [[TheGrinch Sue Sylvester]], in "A Very ''{{Glee}}'' Christmas".
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* Radio's ''The Bob and Tom Show'' had the skit "The Griswold Who Stole Christmas", in which co-host Tom Griswold steals the presents from the show's other regulars.
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* ''BrawlInTheFamily'' has a [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=255 take]].



* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVxdJSJ3rE How the Thief King Stole Slavemas]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gyoz5HHPy8 How the Stritch Stole Christmas]]. About Elaine Stritch.
* ''FoxTrot'' did one where Jason wrote a story casting his mother as "Mrs. Grinch", a cheapskate who wouldn't buy expensive enough presents for the "Kids down in Kidville".
** And replaced all the cool game consoles with [[LethalChef nutritious health bars]].
* ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' fanfic: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2718340/1/How_the_Question_Stole_Christmas How the Question Stole Christmas]].
* [[http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=411 "How the Grinch Stole Hanukka".]]
* Alex himself does it in guest comics in ''CaptainSNES''. He's mostly doing it to screw with the censor-slash-narrator who wants him to get into the holiday spirit in precisely the way it thinks is best, '''whether he likes it or not''', and he ends the series with a TakeThat at the narrator that stuns it so much that it stops censoring him.
* TheJoker did this during TheLongHalloween. MonsterClown playing TheGrinch just because [[AttentionWhore he wanted some attention]]? [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hell yes!]]

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* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVxdJSJ3rE How the Thief King Stole Slavemas]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gyoz5HHPy8 How the Stritch Stole Christmas]]. About Elaine Stritch.
* ''FoxTrot'' did one where Jason wrote a story casting his mother as "Mrs. Grinch", a cheapskate who wouldn't buy expensive enough presents for the "Kids down in Kidville".
** And replaced all the cool game consoles with [[LethalChef nutritious health bars]].
* ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' fanfic: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2718340/1/How_the_Question_Stole_Christmas How the Question Stole Christmas]].
* [[http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=411 "How the Grinch Stole Hanukka".]]
* Alex himself does it in guest comics in ''CaptainSNES''. He's mostly doing it to screw with the censor-slash-narrator who wants him to get into the holiday spirit in precisely the way it thinks is best, '''whether he likes it or not''', and he ends the series with a TakeThat at the narrator that stuns it so much that it stops censoring him.
* TheJoker did this during TheLongHalloween. MonsterClown playing TheGrinch just because [[AttentionWhore he wanted some attention]]? [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hell yes!]]
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* [[ImageBoards /a/]] has produced [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB01uKJbl0I How the]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Battler]] [[http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/a/thread/29016052 stole Witchmas]]
* The fanfilm [[http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/howsithstole/index.asp How the Sith stole Christmas]]. Thank whatever (non)deity you pray to they didn't call it [[StarWarsHolidaySpecial How the Sith stole Life Day]].
* A ''{{How I Met Your Mother}}'' episode entitled "How Lily Stole Christmas." Narrator Ted, relating the story to his teenaged children, [[NarrativeProfanityFilter substitutes "grinch"]] for "[[CountryMatters A Very Bad Word]]." Lily, upset over being called a c---, takes away all the Christmas decorations.
* Radio's ''The Bob and Tom Show'' had the skit "The Griswold Who Stole Christmas", in which co-host Tom Griswold steals the presents from the show's other regulars.

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* [[ImageBoards /a/]] has produced [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB01uKJbl0I How the]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Battler]] [[http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/a/thread/29016052 stole Witchmas]]
Witchmas]].
* The fanfilm [[http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/howsithstole/index.asp collegehumor.com/article:1811807 How the Sith stole Christmas]]. Thank whatever (non)deity you pray to they didn't call it [[StarWarsHolidaySpecial How the Sith stole Life Day]].
* A ''{{How I Met Your Mother}}'' episode entitled "How Lily
Growing Up Stole Christmas." Narrator Ted, relating the story to his teenaged children, [[NarrativeProfanityFilter substitutes "grinch"]] for "[[CountryMatters A Very Bad Word]]." Lily, upset over being called a c---, takes away all the Christmas decorations.
* Radio's ''The Bob and Tom Show'' had the skit "The Griswold Who Stole Christmas", in which co-host Tom Griswold steals the presents from the show's other regulars.
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* Parsee from the ''TouhouProject'' [[http://walfas.org/flash/parsee_christmas.swf Steals]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qS1kqhhebw the Precious Christmas]].
* ''{{The X-Files}}'' had "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas", continuing their tradition of rather morbid Christmas episodes by having Mulder and Scully go ghost-hunting on Christmas Eve. What they don't know is that the ghosts are real, are there under a murder-suicide pact, and are desperate to get another couple to re-enact it.
* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' had one where Lois took away Christmas until the boys behaved themselves, which they did, [[TooGoodToLast until they decided to sneak behind her back to open the presents]].
* Back when Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the CapitolSteps did "How the Ging-Grinch Stole Congress."



* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]
* [[TheGrinch Sue Sylvester]], in "A Very ''{{Glee}}'' Christmas".
* [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1811807 How Growing Up Stole Christmas]]


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* The ChristmasEpisode of ''PrincessTutuAbridged'', entitled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtbVMihglQ How Drosselmeyer Stole the Abridged Series]].
* ''BrawlInTheFamily'' has a [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=255 take]].
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVxdJSJ3rE How the Thief King Stole Slavemas]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gyoz5HHPy8 How the Stritch Stole Christmas]]. About Elaine Stritch.
* ''FoxTrot'' did one where Jason wrote a story casting his mother as "Mrs. Grinch", a cheapskate who wouldn't buy expensive enough presents for the "Kids down in Kidville".
** And replaced all the cool game consoles with [[LethalChef nutritious health bars]].
* [[http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=411 "How the Grinch Stole Hanukkah".]]
* Alex himself does it in guest comics in ''CaptainSNES''. He's mostly doing it to screw with the censor-slash-narrator who wants him to get into the holiday spirit in precisely the way it thinks is best, '''whether he likes it or not''', and he ends the series with a TakeThat at the narrator that stuns it so much that it stops censoring him.
* TheJoker did this during TheLongHalloween. MonsterClown playing TheGrinch just because [[AttentionWhore he wanted some attention]]? [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hell yes!]]
* Parsee from the ''TouhouProject'' [[http://walfas.org/flash/parsee_christmas.swf Steals]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qS1kqhhebw the Precious Christmas]].
* Back when Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the CapitolSteps did "How the Ging-Grinch Stole Congress."
* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]


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-->''Are those cave-kids gonna whimper when they find out I kooped all their toys! Hahahahaha! Merry Koopa Christmas, boys and girls!''\\
-- '''Bowser Koopa''', the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' ChristmasEpisode

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* From 2002 to 2005, {{Nickelodeon}} ran a series of shorts parodying the classic 1960s Christmas specials with the Nicktoon characters every December. One segment, titled ''How the You-Know-Who Stole the You-Know-What!'', featured Angelica from ''{{Rugrats}}'', as "Grinchelica", stealing all the candy from the other Nicktoon characters.

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* TheJoker did this during TheLongHalloween. MonsterClown playing TheGrinch just because [[AttentionWhore he wanted some attention]]? [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Hell yes!]]

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* TheJoker did this during TheLongHalloween. MonsterClown playing TheGrinch just because [[AttentionWhore he wanted some attention]]? [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hell yes!]]



* A ''{{How I Met Your Mother}}'' episode entitled "How Lily Stole Christmas." Narrator Ted, relating the story to his teenaged children, [[NarrativeProfanityFilter substitutes "grinch"]] for "[[CountryMatters A Very Bad Word]]." Lily, upset over being called a [[strike:grinch]], takes away all the Christmas decorations.

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* A ''{{How I Met Your Mother}}'' episode entitled "How Lily Stole Christmas." Narrator Ted, relating the story to his teenaged children, [[NarrativeProfanityFilter substitutes "grinch"]] for "[[CountryMatters A Very Bad Word]]." Lily, upset over being called a [[strike:grinch]], c---, takes away all the Christmas decorations.



* Homer from ''TheSimpsons'' has stolen Christmas a few times, though he had good reasons...

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* There was [[ShowWithinAShow one short TV parody]] called "How the Grinchy-Poo Stole Christmas!" from the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!" Also some characters from the episodes "Cartmanland" and "Woodland Critter Christmas" parody some [[IncrediblyLamePun "lines"]] they borrowed from ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
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* ''PennyArcade'''s Christmas 2009 story arc is [[DnD How the Illithid stole Lolthmas]].

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* ''PennyArcade'''s Christmas 2009 story arc is [[DnD [[DungeonsAndDragons How the Illithid stole Lolthmas]].
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Basically, a villainous character attempts to stop a beloved holiday from coming by stealing all the material elements of the occasion, only to be stunned to see that all his victims care about is the holiday's true spiritual significance, which he could not affect. At that, the villain is so profoundly moved that he has a change of heart, returns all his loot without punishment and is welcomed to celebrate the occasion with his victims.

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Basically, a villainous character attempts to stop a beloved holiday from coming by stealing all the material elements of the occasion, only to be occasion. However, he is stunned to see that all his victims care about is the holiday's true spiritual significance, which he could not affect. At that, the villain is so profoundly moved that he has a change of heart, returns all his loot without punishment and is welcomed to celebrate the occasion with his victims.

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Any story in a show that is a take on ''HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (even if it's a different holiday).

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Any story in a show that is a take on ''HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (even if it's a different holiday).
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Basically, a villainous character attempts to stop a beloved holiday from coming by stealing all the material elements of the occasion, only to be stunned to see that all his victims care about is the holiday's true spiritual significance, which he could not affect. At that, the villain is so profoundly moved that he has a change of heart, returns all his loot without punishment and is welcomed to celebrate the occasion with his victims.
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-- '''Bowser Koopa''', the ''Series/SuperMarioWorld'' ChristmasEpisode

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* A less direct example is [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]] in the ''Series/SuperMarioWorld'' Christmas episode.

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* A less direct example is [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]] in the ''Series/SuperMarioWorld'' ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' Christmas episode.
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* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones.

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* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones. [[spoiler:The gamers down in Gameville all laughed at the bad games.]]
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* [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1811807 How Growing Up Stole Christmas]]
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* [[TheGrinch Sue Silvester]], in "A Very ''{{Glee}}'' Christmas".

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* [[TheGrinch Sue Silvester]], Sylvester]], in "A Very ''{{Glee}}'' Christmas".
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* ''JustShootMe'' had "How the Finch Stole Christmas"

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* ''JustShootMe'' had "How "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lvMe9Cbo8 How the Finch Stole Christmas"Christmas]]"
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* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' did this for the 2010 ChristmasEpisode, where the Nerd steals everyone's good games and replaces them with bad ones.
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* TheCapitolSteps' "How the Ging-Grinch Stole Congress."

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* TheCapitolSteps' Back when Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the CapitolSteps did "How the Ging-Grinch Stole Congress."
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-->''Are those cave-kids gonna whimper when they find out I kooped all their toys! Hahahahaha! Merry Koopa Christmas, boys and girls!''\\
-- '''Bowser Koopa''', the ''Series/SuperMarioWorld'' ChristmasEpisode


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* A less direct example is [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]] in the ''Series/SuperMarioWorld'' Christmas episode.
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Compare YetAnotherChristmasCarol and [[ItsAWonderFulPlot It's A Wonderful Plot]].

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Compare YetAnotherChristmasCarol and [[ItsAWonderFulPlot [[ItsAWonderfulPlot It's A Wonderful Plot]].

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