Like most kids, Timmy Turner wishes it was Christmas every day, but adding fairies in the mix causes a problem that enrages the other holidays.
The residents of Dimmsdale are shopping and frolicking in the winter wonderland their town has come, preparing for Christmas.
Newsman Chet Ubetcha talks about the town'ss love for the season: A construction worker tears down statues to the other holidays and puts up one of Santa. Timmy has a terrible time wrapping fruitcakes for Vicky. This sort of thing happens every Christmas Eve; One year she sold Timmy and his friends as ice sculptures. It turns out Vicky is only having Timmy do busy work and she then shovels the fruitcakes into the fireplace. The fire is put out when Timmy's parents return, and they give Vicky her Christmas bonus: she gets to go home early this year. It's time to decorate, which at this house means pressing a hidden button that causes the rooms to flip around into festive versions of themselves. Timmy is happy to learn that nothing will keep his parents busy or bring back Vicky the next day, and when Christmas comes, he wakes to a sea of toys. Diving in, Timmy begins singing about how he loves Christmas, and that he wishes it could take place every day. Timmy lists reasons Christmas is superior to the other holidays, and even Cosmo and Wanda say they wish it could be like this, since they get presents, too. The best present for Timmy, however, is that he gets to spend time with his parents and not have to deal with Vicky. As he goes to bed, Timmy repeatedly makes his wish, and though Cosmo and Wanda oblige, neither of them seem happy about it.
To Timmy's joy and his parents' confusion, the next day is also Christmas, and even their calendar has been altered so that every day is December 25.
Timmy dives into his new pool of toys, and though Cosmo and Wanda have something to tell him, they can't bring themselves to spoil his good mood. That night, Timmy's parents agree that it would be nice if they could always be together like this, but point out they have to work, and would probably panic if it just stayed Christmas. Day after day, Timmy wakes his parents with the news that it's till Christmas, but on the fourth day he finds there are merely a few presents, rather than a massive pool. Cosmo points out that Santa has never had to continuously make this many gifts before, and when Timmy's dad tries to leave to get more eggnog, he finds they're snowed in. By the 15th day, Timmy is still enjoying Christmas, but negative feelings are becoming prominent, which Timmy notices when Chet Ubetcha takes the screen. The anchor lists the mounting issues, with banks, businesses, and schools staying closed, and along with parents setting up traps to prevent Santa's access, military forces around the world are luring in opening fire on the jolly old elf. Santa proclaims that he's just doing his job, confused at what's going on, and Ubetcha expresses the worldwide sentiment that they want to find out who caused this. Realizing his mistake, Timmy tries to undo his wish, only for Wanda to reveal they don't have enough power to do so. Other holidays, led by the Easter Bunny, grab Timmy, angry that their holidays never come and allow them to spread their joy to kids. The Easter Bunny introduces everyone and demands that Timmy undo his wish, and Wanda repeats her prior explanation that they don't have enough magic. She tells Timmy that Christmas takes a lot of effort each year, and as a result the fairies help Santa by sending him most of their magic. Because Christmas isn't ending, the magic isn't returning like it normally would, leaving them practically powerless, a fact that further enrages the Easter Bunny. Timmy realizes how his wish is ruining things for everyone to the point they want to get rid of Santa, a sentiment the Easter Bunny takes a liking to. He suggests that the other holidays banish Santa to the non-existent day of February 33, and they grab Cosmo and Wanda and take off in the April Fool's bus. Without Cosmo and Wanda, Timmy is left using his wits and the toys Santa has brought up to this point as he tries to reach the North Pole before the other holidays.
As opposed to the Jimmy Neutron special, this is definitely one I always enjoy watching, with Timmy learning why it shouldn't be Christmas every day.
Butch Hartman gave us some memorable things during his time at Nickelodeon, and his creativity is on full display here. When writing something, simple bases are often the best, and the basis for this is something I would think most people can relate to. Wishing it was always Christmas seems a pretty common occurrence, obviously for toys if you're young, or like even Timmy feels, for more emotional reasons. Even if he has Cosmo and Wanda to help him out, Timmy has to spend a lot of time without his parents but with Vicky, something no one would want. His absentee parents and monstrous babysitter were the reason he was eligible to get fairies, so it makes sense while being quite touching that his ultimate gift is to get to spend time with his parents. The holidays are all quite comical in their representation, with some perfectly fitting, i.e. the April Fool as a Jerry Seinfeld, and some wildly out there like the "adorable" Easter Bunny ending up a gruff New Yorker. The idea of these other holidays becoming jealous of Santa is a great way to build on the desire of kids to make it Christmas all the time. Throughout the episode,we're told about how much more the residents of Dimmsdale love Christmas than the other holidays. Constantly hearing stuff like this would be frustrating enough for them, but having their own holidays cancelled would be the ultimate slap in the face. Their desire to provide joy to kids just like Santa is getting to gets them to the point that they would do something villainous like eliminate Santa, when really they just want to make people happy. Having the fairies give their magic to Santa each year is also a creative way of tying the fairies in this world to the common idea of Santa. Without the magic, he's a simple, scrawny businessman, and once he gets it, he's immediately transformed into his jolly self. Along with being an interesting take on his character, it could be said that this matches what happens to actual people at this time of the year. Most of the time he's a businessman focused on keeping everything running ship-shape, but when the holidays roll around, he becomes a jolly nice guy. The Christmas process also causes the big problem of the episode, honestly due more to Cosmo and Wanda's actions than Timmy's. One would think Da Rules would have something about this type of wish, since it's such a common desire and would cause such problems for the world. And even if Timmy truly desire it and it would make him happy, Cosmo and Wanda knew the consequences from the start, and didn't want to tell him and ruin his joy. It's clear based on his reaction to everyone's displeasure after days of Christmas, along with how easily he tried to un-wish the wish, that he would've at least considered the problem ahead if Cosmo and Wanda had told him. This special takes a good, fun look at an alternate kind of Santa fueled by fairy magic, and the lesson that it actually shouldn't be Christmas every year creates an great story for those who want to have a good, magical time this year.
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