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A Christmas special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi which aired on Nickelodeon in 1988.

Tropes used in Christmas in Tattertown include:

Ambiguously Jewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store
And Call Him George - Why Muffet avoids Debbie like the plague.
Animate Inanimate Object - Everyone in Tattertown except Debbie.
Fluffy the Terrible - Muffet
Genki Girl - Debbie
Giant Spider - Sidney the Spider
Interactive Narrator - Saxophone
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo - Golden Age cartoon stars Flip the Frog and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley.
Living Toys - Muffet and Cubby, among others.
One-Episode Wonder: This was originally going to be Nickelodeon's first foray into evening television (and a regular children's series for Ralph Bakshi).
Perma-Stubble - Muffet, despite being female.
Storybook Opening
True Meaning of Christmas
You Can't Go Home Again - Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series never even starting.

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 A Christmas special created and directed by [[Ralph Bakshi]] which aired on [[Nickelodeon]] in [[The Renaissance Age of Animation|1988]].
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 * [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store
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