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** The storyboard wants to make a cheerful ChristmasEpisode that gives the viewer warm feelings.
** The author wants to explain the TrueMeaningOfChristmas.
* '''Lampshaded''': "It's Christmas. Something good must happen today."
** The storyboard wants to make a cheerful ChristmasEpisode that gives the viewer warm feelings.
** The author wants to explain the TrueMeaningOfChristmas.
* '''Lampshaded''': "It's Christmas. Something good must happen today."
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* '''Exploited''': ???A charity convinces Bob to tell his story to endorse donations short before Christmas.
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Bob tells the story about how he found some luck again on Christmas to Charlie, who is down on his luck short before Christmas and doesn't really believe him. Then Bob plans to "be the miracle" for Charlie together with Alice.
* '''Conversed''':???"Yes, Christmas can be such a nice day."
* '''Deconstructed''': People don't see any chance for miracles on other days of the year, and everyone is just nice at this wondrous day named Christmas.
* '''Reconstructed''': People are nice only on Christmas, but what counts is that they are nice.
* '''Implied''': We see Bob crying about being fired in one scene on the 23rd December. He is next seen on New Year's Eve, celebrating happily with his many friends at a rather lavish party at his home.
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* '''Deconstructed''': People don't see any chance for miracles on other days of the year, and everyone is just nice at this wondrous day named Christmas.
* '''Reconstructed''': People are nice only on Christmas, but what counts is that they are nice.
* '''Implied''': We see Bob crying about being fired in one scene on the 23rd December. He is next seen on New Year's Eve, celebrating happily with his many friends at a rather lavish party at his home.
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* '''Defied''': Bob buckles down, and sends out waves of applications right away. He soon gets an interview, and gets hired.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** Bob buckles down, and sends out waves of applications right away. He soon gets an interview, and gets hired.
** Bob buckles down, and sends out waves of applications right away. He soon gets an interview, and gets hired.
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* '''Basic Trope''': An amazing stroke of good luck at or around Christmas.
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* '''Justified''': ???In the world, Christmas is universally known as a day of good luck.
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* '''Parodied''': ???On Christmas, Bob bumps into someone. He thinks it is the end of the world, but when the person he bumped into says that he wasn't hurt, Bob acts like the world has been saved and praises Santa Claus.
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*'''Basic Trope''': An amazing stroke of good luck at or around Christmas.
*'''Straight''': Days before Christmas, [[UnluckyEverydude Bob]] gets fired over a misunderstanding. He has little in savings (thanks to all the Christmas-related purchases he made late November through December), and the claim he filed for unemployment was denied. He is one missed rent payment away from living out of his car (along with Alice, the kids, and the dog). On Christmas Eve, he opens his bank account and sees that he has thousands of dollars that weren't there before. It turns out that Alice [[TelecomTree called the neighbors]] and explained the situation, and they gave Alice and Bob money. And later that day, Bob's former boss comes by to apologize and offer him his old job back.
*'''Exaggerated''': The money is from the mysterious new neighbor, [[SantaClaus Mr. Kringle]], who offers Bob a new job that he can do on his computer.
*'''Downplayed''': On the way home from the grocery store, Alice loses the ham to a stray dog. She is able to go back to the store and get the last ham.
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': Right on Christmas, Bob gets fired by his boss, [[TheGrinch Mr. Grynch]], Alice files for divorce, [[ForgotToPayTheBill the electricity gets cut off]], and Bob gets evicted.
*'''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live in a poor community (such as a mobile-home park or the WrongSideOfTheTracks), so the assistance doesn't come in the form of money.
*'''Double Subverted''': However, the neighbors bring over casseroles, as well as tips and networking info ("I hear TropeCo Inc. is hiring.") Bob sends his resume over to one of the places, is called right away for an interview, and hired on the spot. He'll start the day after Christmas, and the new job offers twice as much money as he was making before, plus a much better benefits package.
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': Bob loses his job with T-minus three days until Christmas, but he gets a new one before he's even had a chance to tell Alice he's lost his job. Meanwhile, the LittlestCancerPatient dies, but the teenage girl suffering from VictorianNovelDisease in the next bed miraculously gets better.
*'''Averted''': No one has any serious problems in-story that would need fixing.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''':
*'''Invoked''': Bob was already going through some financial rough times, and to top it off, he gets fired.
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': Bob buckles down, and sends out waves of applications right away. He soon gets an interview, and gets hired.
** The LittlestCancerPatient, despite the very best efforts of his doctors and nurses, and all the thoughts and prayers from his community, still dies.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
*'''Straight''': Days before Christmas, [[UnluckyEverydude Bob]] gets fired over a misunderstanding. He has little in savings (thanks to all the Christmas-related purchases he made late November through December), and the claim he filed for unemployment was denied. He is one missed rent payment away from living out of his car (along with Alice, the kids, and the dog). On Christmas Eve, he opens his bank account and sees that he has thousands of dollars that weren't there before. It turns out that Alice [[TelecomTree called the neighbors]] and explained the situation, and they gave Alice and Bob money. And later that day, Bob's former boss comes by to apologize and offer him his old job back.
*'''Exaggerated''': The money is from the mysterious new neighbor, [[SantaClaus Mr. Kringle]], who offers Bob a new job that he can do on his computer.
*'''Downplayed''': On the way home from the grocery store, Alice loses the ham to a stray dog. She is able to go back to the store and get the last ham.
*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': Right on Christmas, Bob gets fired by his boss, [[TheGrinch Mr. Grynch]], Alice files for divorce, [[ForgotToPayTheBill the electricity gets cut off]], and Bob gets evicted.
*'''Subverted''': AliceAndBob live in a poor community (such as a mobile-home park or the WrongSideOfTheTracks), so the assistance doesn't come in the form of money.
*'''Double Subverted''': However, the neighbors bring over casseroles, as well as tips and networking info ("I hear TropeCo Inc. is hiring.") Bob sends his resume over to one of the places, is called right away for an interview, and hired on the spot. He'll start the day after Christmas, and the new job offers twice as much money as he was making before, plus a much better benefits package.
*'''Parodied''': ???
*'''Zig Zagged''': Bob loses his job with T-minus three days until Christmas, but he gets a new one before he's even had a chance to tell Alice he's lost his job. Meanwhile, the LittlestCancerPatient dies, but the teenage girl suffering from VictorianNovelDisease in the next bed miraculously gets better.
*'''Averted''': No one has any serious problems in-story that would need fixing.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''':
*'''Invoked''': Bob was already going through some financial rough times, and to top it off, he gets fired.
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': Bob buckles down, and sends out waves of applications right away. He soon gets an interview, and gets hired.
** The LittlestCancerPatient, despite the very best efforts of his doctors and nurses, and all the thoughts and prayers from his community, still dies.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
