We take a break from our regular football breaks this week to show off a very timely baseball release!

Topps Holiday Mega Boxes have become an annual holiday tradition. For those crazy collectors, like myself, Topps also releases advent calendars.

2025 Topps Holiday Baseball features a 200-card base checklist. The design uses the regular 2025 flagship base design with some added holiday elements, like candy cane lines and Christmas lights and holly around the border. The holiday nods don’t end there, as there are photo variations to hunt for, which feature added holiday items (for example, a Santa hat replacing the player’s normal baseball cap). If that isn’t enough holiday cheer for you, there are also multiple Glitter parallels to add some sparkle to your day!

The parallels don’t end there, either. There are also colorful Chrome Refractors to search for. Those are tough pulls, though, with Chrome Refractors falling just once in every six Mega boxes. There are your typical hits to search for in these packs as well, with many boxes holding a relic or Chrome card. Autographs are on the checklist, but extremely tough to pull. Autographs are found about once every 100 boxes. Good luck!

2025 Topps Holiday Baseball Mega Box Break 

Cards per pack: 10
Packs per box: 10
Price paid: $30

Box Topper:

First things first, each box comes with a jumbo ornament card. This box had a James Wood.

Pack 1 highlights: 

Yordan Alvarez, Dylan Crews RC, Clayton Kershaw, Kyle Tucker, Jackson Chourio, Bobby Witt Jr., Spencer Strider and Wyatt Langford Holiday Back SP (1:7 packs)

The Holiday Back SP cards have a different back than the base cards, with a red top border and a snowflake cookie.

Pack 2: 

Masyn Winn, Giancarlo Stanton, Pete Alonso and Yordan Alvarez Glitter Parallel (1:2 packs)

Pack 3: 

Hunter Greene, Julio Rodriguez and Tarik Skubal Holiday Photo Variation SP (1:7 packs)

Ho Ho Ho! Skubal is handing out gifts this holiday season like he does strikeouts during the regular season.

Pack 4: 

Fernando Tatis, Jr., Oneil Cruz, Corey Seager and Adael Amador Glitter (1:2 packs)

Pack 5: 

Francisco Lindor, Salvador Perez and Marcelo Mayer RC

Pack 6: 

Kristian Campbell RC, Griffin Conine Glitter (1:2 packs) and Yu Darvish Player Relic Glitter /99 (1:627 packs)

Pack 7: 

Tarik Skubal, Agustin Ramirez RC, Cal Raleigh and Triston Casas Blue Metallic Glitter (1:10 packs)

Pack 8: 

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Teoscar Hernandez, Spencer Schwellenbach RC, Trea Turner and Jacob deGrom Glitter (1:2 packs)

Pack 9: 

Corbin Burnes, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Jackson Holliday, Aaron Judge, Ketel Marte, Luisangel Acuña RC and Luisangel Acuña Photo Variation SP (1:7 packs)

It’s a little easier to miss this one than the Skubal Santa hat variation, but check out Acuña’s candy cane striped bat and wrist guards.

Pack 10: 

Jacob deGrom, Ceddanne Rafaela, Luis Arraez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jace Jung RC and Logan Gilbert Glitter (1:2 packs)

Lastly, the Vlad card back.

These are fun, and I do try to find some every year.

Football breaks return next week and run through the end of the NFL season.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the collectors out there!

Want more installments of Shane Salmonson’s Cheap Wax Wednesday? Check out his other breaks in the archives.

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