Christmas movies would be better if all of them starred Gritty

We put Gritty in everything from A Christmas Carol to Die Hard.
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If there's one thing to be said for this garbage year, it's that at least it gave us Gritty.

Terrifying yet endearing, with wild eyes and a wide fixed grin, the orange mascot may have begun life as a Philadelphia Flyers mascot, but he's since grown into so much more. He's a meme, a Halloween costume, an antifa icon—to put it simply, Gritty is the gift that keeps on giving.

And there's certainly no reason for that to stop now that we're in the season of giving. Gritty was made for Christmas! Christmas was made for Gritty! So without further ado, we present to you the 12 days of Gritty.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

12 Grittys grumping...

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... 11 Grittys gliding...

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... 10 Grittys pranking...

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... 9 Grits believing...

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... 8 Grits a-gifting...

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... 7 Grits regretting...

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... 6 Grits escaping...

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... 5 orange flings...

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... 4 Gritty firs...

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... 3 Grit friends...

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... 2 Gritty subs...

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... And a mascot in an orgy

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Angie Han

Angie Han is the Deputy Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Previously, she was the managing editor of Slashfilm.com. She writes about all things pop culture, but mostly movies, which is too bad since she has terrible taste in movies.

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