Every trope we publish for Christmas / Holiday Romance, ranked by reader-demand mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-08-24. 7,455 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
Changing the genre and pressing Check demand reloads the trope list for that lane. 3,589 trope-and-lane readouts are published today.
| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Second Chance | 465 | 6.24% | Rising | 309 |
| 2 | Found Family | 440 | 5.90% | Holding steady | 345 |
| 3 | Holiday Romance | 373 | 5.00% | Cooling | 5 |
| 4 | Forced Proximity | 349 | 4.68% | Cooling | 758 |
| 5 | Small Town | 217 | 2.91% | Rising | 199 |
| 6 | Slow Burn | 208 | 2.79% | Rising | 296 |
| 7 | Paranormal Romance | 124 | 1.66% | Not called | 109 |
| 8 | Enemies to Lovers | 91 | 1.22% | Cooling | 383 |
| 9 | Ensemble Cast | 91 | 1.22% | Not called | — |
| 10 | Fated Mates | 69 | 0.93% | Not called | 215 |
| 11 | Friends to Lovers | 68 | 0.91% | Not called | 84 |
| 12 | Fake Dating / Fake Relationship | 66 | 0.89% | Not called | 92 |
| 13 | Dark Romance (as trope) | 59 | 0.79% | Cooling | 170 |
| 14 | Character Growth | 54 | 0.72% | Not called | 9 |
| 15 | Banter | 54 | 0.72% | Not called | 6,178 |
| 16 | Cozy Mystery | 48 | 0.64% | Not called | 3 |
| 17 | Redemption Arc | 43 | 0.58% | Not called | 47 |
| 18 | Age Gap | 40 | 0.54% | Cooling | — |
| 19 | Cozy Romance | 39 | 0.52% | Not called | 7 |
| 20 | Single Parent Romance | 39 | 0.52% | Not called | 1 |
| 21 | Grumpy MMC | 38 | 0.51% | Not called | 181 |
| 22 | Romance | 36 | 0.48% | Not called | 1 |
| 23 | Series Continuation | 36 | 0.48% | Not called | 3 |
| 24 | Sweet Romance | 35 | 0.47% | Not called | 8 |
| 25 | Feel Good | 35 | 0.47% | Not called | — |
| 26 | Coming Of Age | 34 | 0.46% | Not called | 4 |
| 27 | Holiday Setting | 33 | 0.44% | Not called | — |
| 28 | Self Discovery | 33 | 0.44% | Not called | 12 |
| 29 | Meet Cute | 32 | 0.43% | Not called | 18 |
| 30 | Instalove | 32 | 0.43% | Not called | 1,186 |
| 31 | Opposites Attract | 31 | 0.42% | Not called | 122 |
| 32 | Christmas Setting | 30 | 0.40% | Not called | 1 |
| 33 | Rom Com | 28 | 0.38% | Not called | 2 |
| 34 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 27 | 0.36% | Not called | 56 |
| 35 | Forbidden Romance | 26 | 0.35% | Not called | 338 |
| 36 | Summer Romance | 25 | 0.34% | Not called | 6 |
Direction is the change in each trope’s share of the lane between the last 12 weeks and the 12 before — never a raw weekly move. “Not called” means the two bands hold fewer than 30 mentions between them and we will not pretend otherwise. Tagged titles are counted across our whole registry, not just this lane.