5 Best Batman Christmas Stories

Nothing says warm Christmas cheer like the scowling face of the Dark Knight. Batman never takes a day off, so he's obviously had more than one adventure on Christmas. For the past 74 years, Batman has ventured out on December 25th to help protect the Gotham's citizens. From threatening Santa Claus outside an orphanage to stopping illegal cigarettes from coming into Gotham, Batman has had his share of unique Christmas tales.

While you won't see Batman topping most Christmas trees, he's earned his place in the lexicon of the holidays. Since the Golden Age of comics, Batman has defended Christmas not only in print, but also in animation and live action. We'll take a look at just a few of the many times Batman has been in the holiday spirit.

These are the Top 5 Batman Christmas stories of all time.

"The Night the Mob Stole Xmas!" Admittedly, this is kind of a weird entry, but it's so ridiculous that it deserves a place on this list. In this issue, Batman is helping the police investigate a "buttlegging" (bootlegging for cigarettes) organization that has been infesting Gotham City. The number of times Batman says "buttlegging" alone makes this comic worth reading.

Batman finds Plastic Man, reduced to working as a street Santa, outside the famous "Lacy's" department store. In a shocking turn of events, the buttleggers steal the world famous Lacy's Christmas display and Plastic Man with it. Batman follows a clue left for him by Plastic Man to catch up with him in the back of a truck that coincidently is smuggling the tobacco as well.

Batman and Plastic Man then team up to stop the Christmas stealing buttleggers, which includes having a reindeer eat a bay of tobacco and Batman using trucker lingo when following the buttleggers out of state.

All together, this is what you want out of a silver age Christmas story. It's weird, over the top, and doesn't really make a lot of sense, but it still manages to have the Christmas spirit.