Holidaze is an animated short film from Vivienne "Vivziepop" Medrano, who is also behind Zoophobia, Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, produced by SpindleHorse Toons and released on December 25, 2019.
Jangle, a spirit of Halloween, meets Jingle, a spirit of Christmas. Despite their apparent differences, they quickly discover that they're not that different, and friendship ensues.
It can be viewed on YouTube here
.
Not to be confused with the 2006 Stop Motion animated film, Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen.
Tropes that are in Holidaze:
- Benevolent Monsters: Both Jangle and Jingle are these.
- While Jangle is out frightening trick-or-treaters, it is implied that he has no real zeal for scaring, quickly losing steam as he does so on his own and takes no joy when his friends frighten off Jingle. It isn't until he meets Jingle does he come out of his shell and start socializing like a normal person.
- Jingle is a reindeer-like monster who represents the Spirit of Christmas. Because of this, he has zero desire to scare and all he cares about is spreading joy and cheer.
- The Cameo: Doubling as Company Cross-References, Eddie from the Helluva Boss pilot briefly appears wearing an easter bunny costume to kick one of Jangle's shins.
- Christmas Carolers: Jingle and Jangle briefly sing Christmas Carols during their bonding time.
- Christmas Creep: Downplayed. Jingle is introduced magically turning the neighborhood into a Christmas Wonderland on Halloween night, implying that he represents the sudden shift between holidays.
- Early-Bird Cameo: An early version of Jingle first appears in an Animated Music Video of "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" created back in 2014.
- The Krampus: The Krampus briefly makes an appearance as Jingle and Jangle are reading about him.
- Magic Wand: Jingle has a wand made to a look like a candy cane with a star at the end, a tool he uses to magically conjure a Christmas atmosphere wherever he goes.
- Mime and Music-Only Cartoon: There is no dialogue or sound effects in the short, the entire video done with carefully-timed music and visual storytelling.
- Mirror Character: The special establishes through Jingle and Jangle's friendship that Halloween and Christmas are not so different from each other. They both like candy (Jingle offers a candy cane, Jangle summons a mountain of Halloween candy with a magic trick), they both have holiday-themed drinks (Jangle enjoying a peppermint latte, Jingle having pumpkin-spice), they both have their own scary stories (Jangle taking Jingle to a monster movie, both of them later meeting The Krampus) and they both think very little of Thanksgiving (both of them mocking a turkey with a pilgrim hat, presumably Thanksgiving's arbiter).
- Monster Clown: One of Jangle's Halloween crewmates is a scary clown.
- Monster Mash: Jangle's crew are made of monsters, himself a Pumpkin Person, along with a vampire, a Monster Clown, some kind of undead Animalistic Abomination and a smaller, eyeless candy-corn Monster Clown.
- Our Vampires Are Different: One of Jangle's monster friends are one of these.
- Stingy Jack: Jangle blatantly evokes Stingy Jack, being a Pumpkin Person who has Halloween-themed magic powers and represents All Hallows' Eve in the short's narrative.
- Take That!: Both Jingle and Jangle mock a turkey with a pilgrim hat, (presumably Thanksgiving's arbiter).
