Christmas-Industrial Complex

The Christmas-Industrial Complex (CIC) is an antagonist faction that appears several times in the Crisis series. They serve as the Bigger Bads of A Call of Duty Christmas and Turkey Day before making a proper appearance as main antagonists in Jingle All the Way.

The CIC is a corporate alliance of major retailers and manufacturers that desires to increase their profits and influence by increasing the dominance of Christmas over other holidays. When Santa refused to make his deliveries twice a year, the CIC backed General Winter in his coup to take over the North Pole and plunge the world in eternal winter. Winter and his army of Christmas Noobs were thwarted by the combined efforts of the Ranger and the defenders of Moscow.

The CIC later funded experiments to develop Mankiller Turkeys, and supplied and armed them when they attempted to destroy Plymouth and therefore Thanksgiving, the last roadblock to preventing Christmas from taking over November. Victor Denley successfully defeated the Turkey leader with the aid of the Plymouth High School Football Team and the ghosts of the Pilgrims.

The CIC finally appears as main antagonists when Santa Mitchell attempts to investigate the deeper meaning of Christmas.