--- title: Ryan Reynolds Spreads Holiday Cheer with 12 Days of Deadpool description: Not feeling the Christmas spirit this year? 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 6:28 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 6:28 PM UTC Not feeling the Christmas spirit this year? Ryan Reynolds is here to remedy that. Dressed as [Wade Wilson](http://time.com/4105381/ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-deadpool/) in his [full Deadpool suit](http://time.com/4099543/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-halloween/), the 39-year-actor teased the latest promotion for his upcoming movie, the 12 Days of _Deadpool_. “Hi, I’m Deadpool, the other jolly guy in a red suit with a lap worth sitting on,” he says in the video. [Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth](http://time.com/4103800/deadpool-movie-director-pansexual/) then explains that for 12 days in a row, a different site will debut a new _Deadpool_\-related item, with the campaign culminating in the release of a new trailer for the film on Christmas Day. “It’s time for Saint Wade to put the ‘win’ in winter wonderland,” he says. The promotion began on Monday with [EW’s reveal](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/14/deadpool-poster-ryan-reynolds) of an exclusive _Deadpool_ poster and continued on Tuesday with a series of [Reynolds’ _Deadpool_\-themed Christmas photos](http://www.people.com/article/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-holiday-photos) posted by _PEOPLE_. 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