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'''24 December''' was the traditional date of [[Christmas Eve]] on [[Earth]]. In addition to being a time of celebration, many notable things that occurred on this day.

In [[1783]], the [[Third Doctor]] pursued [[Casimer]] to [[Sommerton Manor]] in [[Shrewsbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')

In [[1892]], the Eleventh Doctor met [[Clara Oswin Oswald]], another [[Clara Oswald splinter]], and encountered the [[Great Intelligence]] in the form of telepathic [[snow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')

In [[1906]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]] briefly visited [[Edward Grove]] and met with [[Edith Thompson]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'') In 1906, in an alternate timeline, Edward Grove became alive due to a [[time loop]] caused by the [[temporal paradox]] created by Edith Thompson's [[suicide]]. When the Doctor resolved the paradox by saving Edith from her recurring death, this timeline was negated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'')

In [[1909]], [[Missy]] helped some [[Thief|thieves]] steal the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[crown jewels]] from inside [[Edinburgh Castle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Missing Habitas Frond (short story)|Missing Habitas Frond]]'')

In [[1938]], the Eleventh Doctor was stuck in a spaceship in [[Earth]]'s orbit. He escaped and fell to Earth, but was saved by [[Madge Arwell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')

In [[1969]], the Third Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited [[Saigon]], [[Vietnam]] during the [[Christmas]] ceasefire of the [[Vietnam War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interesting Times (short story)|Interesting Times]]'')

In [[1973]], the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')

In [[1975]], the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and [[Hex]] defeated the [[Kellenian]] invasion of [[Earth]] in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Presence (short story)|Presence]]'')

In [[1985]], the Ninth Doctor was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'')

In [[1987]], [[David Gilligan]] burgled several houses in the suburbs of [[Illinois]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)|Be Good for Goodness's Sake]]'')

In [[1993]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')

In [[2006]], the newly-regenerated Tenth Doctor crashed the TARDIS into the [[Powell Estate]]. Later that day, [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were attacked by [[Robot Santa]]s while out shopping. When they arrived back home, they were attacked by a [[Roboform Christmas tree]]. Later that night, the [[Sycorax]] made first contact with Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')

In [[2023]], the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited a [[Los Angeles]] toy shop. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')

In [[3060]] and [[3090]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] visited the human colony planet [[Puxatornee]] during Christmas in two versions of the timeline whilst searching for [[Leptonite crystal]]s so they could defeat the [[Quark]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flip-Flop (audio story)|Flip-Flop]]'')

In [[3181]], the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited [[Africa|Eastern Africa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')

On Christmas Eve 2007, in [[Donna's World]], the Tenth Doctor failed to [[Regeneration|regenerate]] and died with the Racnoss children. The Webstar was destroyed by the [[British Army]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'')

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