Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! The holidays are getting closer and closer, which means that it is time to check out some good winter-related anime series to guarantee you a heartwarming holiday experience! 

Let's take a look at  17 of the best Christmas anime available that even Santa would approve of!

1. Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve

A rumor is going around Japan that if you profess your love to someone special on Christmas Eve, all of your wishes will come true. In the meantime, Su and Sara find a letter in Naru's room that contains the words "I always loved…" in it. Naturally, Keitaro soon finds out and decides to profess his love to Naru. Will it be reciprocated?

This Christmas Special is warmer than chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Tons of cute Love Hina characters and countless love confessions are sure to brighten any fan's Christmastime!

 

2. Toradora! — Episode 19 "Christmas Eve Festival"

This episode is filled with some really touching scenes. The changes in Taiga and Ryuuji as they unknowingly face sudden changes in emotion will pull at your heartstrings.

3. Lucky☆Star — Episode 11 "Various Ways to Spend Christmas Eve"

Check out these adorable school girls spending Christmastime with each other and having an absolutely jolly time. If you loved the anime, you will definitely love this episode as well.

4. K-On! — Episode 7 "Christmas!"

Shown largely from Ui's perspective, the episode follows the gang as they have a mini-talent show as part of a friend-centered Christmas celebration. A episode full of sisterly love.

5. Is the order a rabbit? — Episode 11 "The Girl Dons a Red Coat and Drives a Team of Rabbits Across the Christmas Eve Night Sky"

The ultra-cute girls of the Rabbit House coffeeshop are determined to celebrate Christmas with as many delightful traditions as possible! This episode explores a pleasing variety of Christmas customs, along with the friendship between the characters. It's a total treat even if you're not familiar with the anime as a whole.

6. Clannad: After Story — Episode 13 "Graduation"

Tomoya and Nagisa spend Christmas with their family and Nagisa gets drunk for the first time in her life. If you decide to spend your Christmastime watching this anime, don't forget to prepare tissues beforehand... you'll need them!

7. Bunny Drop — Episode 3.5 "Dear My Santa Claus"

This bonus episode is all about Daikichi and Rin preparing for Christmas and you will love the family atmosphere.

8. The Idol Master — Episode 22 "On the Holy Night"

Nothing says Japan like an idol group, and this hilarious anime about a group of would-be girl band members takes time out of its busy performance schedule to celebrate Christmas the pop star way.

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9. Gintama — Episode 37 “People Who Say that Santa Doesn’t Really Exist Actually Want to Believe in Him / Prayer Won't Make Your Worldly Desires Go Away! Control Yourself”

Alien invasion won't stop Santa! This is Gintama's hilarious take on Santa's gargantuan task of visiting every house in a single night, with Gintoki's reluctant help. It's also a great introduction for first-time viewers to the cheeky fun humor of this popular show. 

10. Honey and Clover — Episode 4 "Actually, I don't like Christmas all that much.../ The boy and girl are swayed"

The popular josei anime has one episode in which everyone has a good time at a Christmas party.

11. Ranma ½ Specials — Episode 2 "Tendo Family Christmas Scramble"

The Tendo/Saotome family decide to throw a huge Christmas party at the dojo and literally everyone shows up. The usual jealous hijinks ensue but it all comes together with a Christmas karaoke and gift exchange. 

The episode is like an anime version of Four Christmases or any of those other wacky family holiday films (but with characters you actually like).

12. Hetalia Axis Powers — Episode 31 "Academy Hetalia Christmas"

Christmas at Hetalia Academy is pretty busy with each country contributing to the upcoming celebration of the most anticipated holiday of the year.

13. Strawberry Marshmallow — Episode 12 "Present"

Prepare for a cuteness overload with these girls who celebrate Christmas together and whose faith in Santa is unrelenting.

14. Sword Art Online — Episode 3 "Red-Nosed Reindeer"

This isn't your typical Christmas story, but then Sword Art Online isn't your typical high school anime. This popular dystopic anime has trapped thousands of unwitting gamers inside a bleak game world where their only way out is to either beat every other player in the game, or die in reality. 

This is a true Christmas episode—but there's a moment when you realize that SAO isn't going to pull any punches.

15. Always My Santa!

It's rare to get a whole anime about Christmas, but leave it to Love Hina creator Ken Akamatsu to retell the story of a Christmas humbug discovering the meaning of Christmas, with a romantic twist of course. 

The Christmas hater in this case is a guy born on Christmas Eve whose parents thought it'd be hilarious to name him Santa. He meets Mai (thus the "My/Mai Santa pun), a sort of santa-in-training who's determined to use her Christmas magic to turn Santa's attitude around.

16. Tokyo Godfathers

A warm-and-fuzzy holiday movie about forgiveness and family, Tokyo Godfathers follows three homeless friends who find a baby on Christmas Eve. 

The three unlikely godparents encounter a series of coincidences revealing each others past while searching for the baby's birth parents. Directed by the late Satoshi Kon, if you were going to choose one anime Christmas film to end the season on, stick with this one.

 

17. Sailor Moon S Movie: Hearts in Ice

This winter-themed Sailor Moon movie features cameos by Santa Tuxedo Kamen as Tokyo finds itself frozen solid by an evil ice space queen. 

If you like magical girls, topless monsters, and cats changing into humans instead of more traditional Christmas stuff, this hour-long movie is perfect.

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(source:myanimelist)