Christmas in Manga
Note: I did not add overly explicit titles or titles I could not find much information on. Most of this list is one-shots since full-length manga about Christmas are far and few in-between. I also included two light novels since both revolve around Christmas themes.
One day when 17-year-old Sagara Kurumi accidently bumps into a guy on the streets, reins suddenly appear and binds them both! What is this?! Things get even more confusing when the boy, Kaito, clasps her hands and calls her his master! When Kaito transforms into a reindeer it just becomes too much for poor Kurumi who's out as a light. But it does indeed seem like Kurumi's a santa and Kaito's her reindeer and that they've got an important job to do on Christmas Eve~ (Source: Dragon Voice Project) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Amai Kamiato Volume 2: Eden no Tobira Volume 3: Penguin Kakumei Side Story
Jack Skellington's got the blues. He's sick and tired of his hometown holiday, Halloween, and is longing for something new. But when his soul-searching leads to his well-intentioned kidnapping of Santa, things start getting pretty creepy indeed!
Miharu Hino will be spending this Christmas just like the last: alone and working a dead-end job. All he wants is good employment, but when he meets a Santa Claus dressed in clothes as black as coal, he has no idea he's encountered the real deal...sort of. The Santa Claus dressed in red makes Christmas happen for good children everywhere, but his darker counterpart handles the holiday for the bad kids. As a name on the naughty list, Miharu is dashed away to work for the shadowy Santa. The pay and benefits are great, and his co-worker is cute—but will this end up being the dream job he's wished for, or a nightmare of a Christmas?! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Airi is a Japanese exchange student who loves Finland and especially Christmas. She came to Finland to study in a special elf-educational school in Lapland and lives with a local family together with her host brothers; the relaxed and friendly Tuure and the stubborn Cain, who is to become Airi's working partner, Santa Claus. Included one-shot: Volume 2: Vinculum
This story features the Santa Claus team that takes care of Shirokuma City. Toma is in charge of keeping the reindeer and sleigh going, and he works with a team of cute female 'Santas'. It's up to them to make sure Christmas goes on without a hitch! Based on PULLTOP's visual novel under the same name. (Source: MU)
In the Christmas Romance series: 1. Jounetsu no Seiya to Wakare no Asa (The Italian's Christmas Child) 2. Kutsujoku no Wedding Dress (The Greek's Christmas Bride)
19th century England. Christmas Day. A young thief, Salt, and his partner-in-crime Pierre come across a strange-looking traveller with a penchant for sweets. The only thing of value Salt finds in the traveller’s bag is an odd compass, so he steals it – only for monsters to come after him a few hours later! Why are they after Salt? And what does the traveller want with him?? It’s a fantastic winter tale of magic! -From Kokoro no Oasis scans-
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This is a short furoku book that came with Hana to Yume magazine. It contains two Christmas stories. 1. Dakedo Happy Paradise ~Side Story~ "Anyways Happy Holidays" 2. Angel Love Song Mizuho is a young girl who just had an argument with her boyfriend, Kei-chan. On the way home, she met a fallen guy from the greenhouse along with a guitar who called himself Tenshi. Mizuho took him home and asked him to form a group for the competition to win a cruise dinner so she could make up with Kei-chan. So will Mizuho get back together with her boyfriend or will something else spark? (Source: MU)
1-2. Chocolate Christmas 3-5. Wink Rain
With a family that owns a jewelry business, a high schooler called Ange was named after the world’s largest pink diamond. At a glamorous party where ‘Ange’ is being displayed, she is told by a mysterious woman that although ‘Ange’ is beautiful, it carries a deadly curse. The next day, she visits the diamond again to find that the real ‘Ange’ has been stolen! (Source: Manga Updates)
When will he stop treating his wife like his little sister? Ever since she was young, Mattie has had a crush on James, her father's business partner. But the eligible young bachelor, poised to marry a beautiful socialite, is always hounded by the media. Mattie believes that a plain girl like her is no match for him. One day, his engagement is suddenly called off. To evade the media, he stays at Mattie's house during the Christmas holidays. He then proposes marriage to her. Is it an act to get back at his ex-fiancée? Or could it be something else? (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
Alice’s parents died and left her with nothing, so her uncle took her in, but he treats her harshly. When her uncle and her cousins leave for Christmas, a mysterious man named Captain Grayling shows up at Alice’s door in a dashing military uniform. He was on his way to spend the holidays with friends and family when he and his children were caught in a blizzard. They spend several days with Alice, but when they are making preparations to leave, Captain Grayling asks Alice to leave with them. At first, she is elated, but then she realizes all he’s looking for is a governess for his children... She realizes he could never want to marry her. Hurt and betrayed, Alice tells him she’s staying with her uncle! (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
While working part-time in a high-end department store in London during the Christmas season, Cassie recommends some candles to an especially gorgeous customer, who then buys half a dozen of them. When the man, Giancarlo, invites her to dinner, she turns him down. When he forgets to take his candles with him, she ends up delivering them herself. But when she arrives, a romantic dinner with a sexy man awaits her. Could there be any harm in sitting down at the table? (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
Helen, who lost her parents when she was young, was raised by her aunt. However, her aunt's business has gone bankrupt and now they're desperate. They receive an invitation from Earl Bridgemere, the patriarch of Aunt Bella's family, to his annual Christmas party. Aunt Bella usually declines, but she has no choice this year. The two decide to attend the party to ask the earl for help, but upon their arrival Aunt Bella collapses. Helen seeks assistance from an attendant... who turns out to be Earl Bridgemere himself! (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
He was paying her to pretend to love him, but soon his whole family had stolen her heart! Merry, a server, was in desperate need of money. One day out of the blue, Peter, one of her customers, asked her to pretend to be his girlfriend over the Thanksgiving holiday. He seemed serious and the money would certainly help, so Merry accepted his proposal. When they went to visit his family, his sweet mother welcomed Merry with open arms. She believed that Merry and her son were going to get married. Merry was concerned that Peter's mother was getting too excited about their fake relationship. But she was more concerned about how Peter and his son didn't seem to get along. Perhaps there was a way Merry could help Peter and his family... (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
Leigh agreed to take care of her seven-year-old niece, Amy, after the sudden death of her older sister and her husband. She took a break from studying graphic design at university to work and pay down her sister's debts, but the bank finally put the house in foreclosure. Leigh was devastated and decided to seek help from Amy's real father, Nicholas Kendall, the CEO of a major corporation who had a one-night stand with Amy's sister. At first, he doubted that Amy was his, but he changed his mind soon after meeting her. All Leigh wanted was to borrow a little bit of money, but instead Nicholas insisted that Leigh and Amy move into his house! (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
Tricia works at a coffee shop for now, but she dreams of starting her own business—a pet salon. The problem is that the bank doesn't want to finance her dream. But then a mysterious man walks into her coffee shop and introduces himself. His name is Lassiter Dragan, and he's a well-known venture capitalist! He tells her not to miss this chance and promises her a loan if she'll agree to play his wife over the holidays. Tricia knows this is the way to make her dreams come true, but a man that charming is dangerous! She's hesitant, but she decides to go along with his suggestion. Could this be the start of a Christmas miracle? (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
When she awoke from her coma, Alaina learned she had been in an accident and that she was suffering from amnesia. It appears that she has a husband and a child. Her husband is gorgeous and her baby is sleeping next to her... Her husband says they've been happily married for five years, but she isn't so sure. Although he constantly talks about the future, Alaina is fixated on their mysterious past. She cannot deny the attraction she feels toward him... until she remembers the reason they were on the verge of divorce! (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
It was the night of December 24. High school student Riichi’s long-held feelings for Natsumi had been returned. Yet before his happiness could sink in, she lost her life right in front of him. Once he regained his senses, he had returned to two days prior... He learnt that the words "I love you" had become a trigger to rewind time. He attempted to avoid the confession from his beloved but she would always do so, and die once again. "I love you, Riichi. I love you." Trapped in an endless Christmas Eve, will Riichi manage to overcome the recurring tragedy and seize his future? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
To erase Christmas, I decided to become the girl's lover. It all began in early December, when the holy night was just around the corner and the city started to become cheerful. Dumped by my seniors, I was trembling with irresistible irritation and sadness as I watched the beautifully shining light (illuminations) in front of the station. I wished that "Christmas" would just disappear already... And suddenly, a girl who seemed to be a high school student appeared in front of me. "You can do it. You can make 'Christmas' disappear." The notebook that she held seemed to be able to "to grant an unwanted wish." But I needed to like Christmas first before she could erase it with the power of her notebook. That was why... "With me, please become a pseudo-lover with me." This is a story to end love, starting with a strange relationship between me and a girl. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
Mai, a Santa Claus in training, appears in front of an unlucky boy named Santa, on Christmas Eve, promising him, she will make him happy for one night.
Yukimine Kokoro is the only daughter of a very wealthy couple who has just recently passed away in a car accident. Within days of the funeral, Kokoro's great uncle has directed her to pick a fiance out of a list of candidates he has prepared, since issues of inheritance have come up. However, the shock of everything happening so quickly and rumors of a possible mystery around her parents' deaths have affected her mind. Everyone around her appears to have the head of an animal instead of a normal human face, including her fiance candidates. What is going on and how will she be able to choose under such strange circumstances?
Behind Student Council Vice President Yuuko's cool facade lies a secret that she is desperate to keep from flamboyant President Hasumi. But how long can she go before her mask cracks on Christmas Eve and she's exposed? (Source: M-U)
Hiro Mashima of Fairy Tail and Nakaba Suzuki of Nanatsu no Taizai team up for a special Christmas story, based on each other's work: Meliodas, Elizabeth Liones, and Hawk are visiting the city of Magnolia for Christmas, and Meliodas' offer to buy a present for Elizabeth goes awry. Upon returning from a job, Natsu Dragneel and Happy spot a suspicious visitor on the roof of their guild, which leads to an odd confrontation. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Saving up for an extravagant dessert treat is not a sin. Well, neither is getting into an argument with some extremely rich guy just because he snatched your long-awaited dessert... However, things are about to go into a spiraling twist of events when that guy pops up the next day saying, "Become my woman!" (Source: Yukina Kouzuki)
Christmas is quickly approaching, and Takeo Komatsu could not be in a worse mood, cursing others who eagerly wait for Santa's arrival. He stumbles upon a sparkling, round object and suddenly hears a voice behind him, so he turns around to see a girl riding a reindeer! Proclaiming to be Santa, she asks him to return the strange object, which happens to be the reindeer's nose. Santa promises a reward in exchange, but to her surprise, he gives it back without asking for anything in return. Delighted by his deed, Santa determines Takeo to be a good child and decides to grant his wish of getting a girlfriend. Now, Takeo must choose a girl he admires before Christmas, and Santa will make sure that the chosen girl will reciprocate his feelings. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
A short story of a reindeer who becomes human in order to find the boy who called her "pretty" five years ago. (Source: MU)
Santa crashes into a tree and spends an evening with a practical but sweet little girl. (Source: Omari's Sister)
On a special occasion of the Christmas Eve, it is a bright night of a city where a clumsy man clad in Santa handing out pocket tissues. There, a lot of stories are unfolding… (Source: BlastComic Scans)
On a Christmas night, a man sneaked into an apartment room and managed to finish his goal. However, during his escape from the balcony, he encountered a girl standing at the balcony next door. Thinking that he would get reported to the police, what he heard was instead... (Source: Aoitenshi Scanlations)
Christmas is a joyful time to eat cake with loved ones. But is that the case for Hujita?! (Source: MU)
Noel Christonbel is Santa Claus no. 29. He and his reindeer, Rudolf (in human form) visit children on Christmas day and give them presents - whatever they ask for. However, what happens when one of the children they meet doesn't want anything... and instead feels he should die? (Source: MangaUpdates)
Two lovers go on a Christmas date... but everything goes wrong?! (Source: MU)
Momiji knits a sweater for her friend, Yunobe, who's going to be in the school's Christmas fashion show. (Source: MU)
What guy wouldn´t want cookies for free, right?
The continuation of Juunigatsu no Snow Melt.
Kondou Nagi has no eye for men—a fact that's hard to ignore after being betrayed by boyfriends three Christmases in a row. On a whim, she decides to try the counselling service at a local church, only to discover that its priest is a handsome but devil-like man who seems to have something against her.... Is Nagi truly destined never to find love? (Source: Shoujo-Sense)
Ito's favorite author has been right around her corner all this time. But he wasn't quite how she imagined he'd be. Will romance still ultimately bloom between these two? (Source: Paperdolls Project Scanlations)
December 25th is a special day for Runko, but will anyone else remember why it's special?
A sea prince wishes to have Christmas under the sea. Can his butler make his dream come true? (Source: M-U)
It's Christmas Eve, and the three protagonists have plans of sort, but things don't quite work out as expected. (Source: M-U)
Naoki has a dark past and keeps to his friendship with Ryousuke. But when Ryousuke confesses to him everything changes, as Naoki tries to distance himself from Ryousuke. However Ryousuke doesn't let up easily... (Source: Sweet Lunacy)
Fuyune has always hated Christmas. Each year, her father is out with another woman, and her mother works tirelessly instead of spending time with her. Although Fuyune is finally ready to enjoy the holiday and experience her first kiss with her boyfriend, Kenji, he abruptly breaks up with her for another girl. Furthermore, a crow had crashed into her window just moments before. Lamenting over her loneliness, Fuyune brings the poor bird in and takes care of it—which results in her Christmas wish unexpectedly coming true. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
At a Catholic boarding school, a lonely girl and a lonely boy spend Christmas break with each other. (Source: MU)
Hime Koibito is about two girls in an all girls boarding school (like so many other shoujo-ai) and an upcoming Christmas eve dance. Karen whose family owns a public bath is in the middle school and asks Nakayama an "outsider" and new student to the high school to go to the dance with her. Nakayama is bullied and shy, but Karen is outgoing and determined to get Nakayama to go to the dance with her.... (From Manga Fox)
Shizuna, a career woman, has a problem: her junior, Kiyotaka. She sees him as a womanizer whom she hates, yet she can't scold him? (Source: Midnight Scans)
Fujikura Akira is aiming to be a photographer while Masaki Hiroyuki is a high school dropout. Akira takes an unknown picture of Hiroyuki last Christmas while Hiroyuki was crying... and all Akira wants to find out is why... (from B-U)
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