Christmas

Christmas and the festive celebrations of the birth of Jesus Christ remains the foremost annual cultural festival in most parts of the western world, celebrated even by non-Christians, atheists and agnostics, even if it is not marked by such groups as a religious holiday in itself.

Within the UK television industry Christmas, from the very start of the service beginning in the 1930s, was marked as a special season in the same way that it had been and continues to be within the radio, publishing and retail industries. Special high-quality and budget-generous programmes were devised with an accent either on religion or on comedy and variety entertainment. Regular programming, especially dramas, would either take a short break over the Christmas period or the festive season would become an integral part of the storyline and Emmerdale has been no exception in this respect. The holiday has always featured within the storylines although the nature in which has been treated has changed along with viewer tastes and habits in the years since 1972.

Christmas storylines
To be added.

Emmerdale
Episodes were broadcast on 25th December on the following years:
 * 1970s - None.
 * 1980s - None.
 * 1990s - 1997, 1998, 1999
 * 2000s - 2000 (I) (II), 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
 * 2010s - 2010, 2011, 2012 (I) (II), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Text Santa

 * 2010s - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015