Christmas Carole was a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 in a comic strip

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 in the UK

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 comic

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 The Beano

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, and previously The Beezer Annuals when the Beezer Comic became defunct. Lavishly drawn in pencils by Keith Page, it first appeared in issue 3259, dated 1 January 2005, as part of Comic Idol - a selection of three comic strips to be voted in by Beano readers (the other two being Zap Zodiac

Zap Zodiac

Zap Zodiac was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Drawn by Steve Horrocks, it first appeared in issue 3259, dated 1 January 2005, as part of Comic Idol- a selection of three comic strips to be voted in by Beano readers...

 and Hugh Dunnit

Hugh Dunnit

Hugh Dunnit was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in issue 3259, dated 1 January 2005, as part of Comic Idol- a selection of three comic strips to be voted in by Beano readers...

). Appearing in the comic throughout January, she eventually lost out to Zap Zodiac, who was revealed as the winner in issue 3268, dated 5 March 2005.

The premise of the strip can be summed up in the tagline "She wishes it could be Christmas

Christmas

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 every day!". Carole permanently wore a Father Christmas

Father Christmas

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 hat and t-shirt

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 featuring a holly

Holly

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design on it, and would frequently persevere to turn everything Christmas related, much to the annoyance of her parents.