Love it or hate it, Christmas time affects all forms of entertainment...including video games. From subtle references like a hidden, red stocking, to whole levels decorated with multi-colored lights and dancing elves, one can feel the influence of the holiday season in titles from every genre.

I went on a magical Internet adventure looking for 10 Christmas references in gaming, but I easily found 21. I'm sure I still missed some titles with holiday-related content, so feel free to share your findings in the comments section.

Valve brings holiday cheer to Team Fortress 2 by celebrating Australian Christmas, adding new maps and items such as red mittens, icicle knives, and gift-wrapped baseball bats.

An enemy from Two Crude Dudes wears a purple Santa Claus suit and carries a bag full of bombs. This green-skinned troll just ruined Christmas. Wait...could he be the Grinch in disguise?

Dressing up your hero/villain in Fable 3 is fun...especially when you have fuzzy Santa hats as downloadable content.

Your sackboy will always look fashionable at Christmas festivities thanks to the wide selection of downloadable costumes in Little Big Planet 2.

In Hitman: Blood Money, Agent 47 has to assassinate a drunk in a Santa Claus suit and use the disguise to infiltrate a Christmas party where his real target is. The mission is appropriately titled "You better watch out."

Banjo-Kazooie's Freezeezy Peak is one giant, holiday-themed level full of snowmen, enormous Christmas trees, and family-sized presents.

One of the crazed earthlings in the original ToeJam & Earl is Papá Noel in a jet pack. The game's developers probably thought the idea of traveling in a flying sled pulled by magical quadruped mammals was ridiculous.

The 3rd Birthday takes place on Christmas Eve, so a sexy Santa outfit for Aya Brea is very (tight) fitting.

The Christmas equivalent in World of Warcraft is the Feast of Winter Veil, an end-of-the-year tradition where the citizens of Azeroth trade gifts, sing, dance, and get wasted on Greatfather Winter’s ale.

Rudy, the red-nosed Santa from Bully, likes to decorate his toilet with sparkly garbage. He can have my trash, but I'm not sitting on his lap.

You can catch Saint Nick walking around the city of Yokosuka in Shenmue during the winter. I'm not sure what the deal with the umbrella is, though.

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