Anyone else have a favorite TV Christmas episode?

[Va Lefty]

Child of the 70's here, but my favs are:

"Dear Dad" MASH
"Guess Who's Coming to Christmas?" Happy Days
"The Hard Luck Kid" Mary Tyler Moore Show
"The West Wing" In Excelsis Deo
"Jennifer's Home for Christmas" WKRP

What are some of yours?

[Sherman A1]

1. The West Wing

one you mentioned.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. West Wing In Excelsis Deo

MASH Dear Dad

[irisblue]

3. About MASH, the episode

Where Hawkeye & BJ(?) struggle to save a soldier on Christmas evening, yet he dies. Hawkeye, walks over and changes the clock do his family will have a small small blessing after losing their beloved.

I don't know the episode, but decades on,I remember it still

[CurtEastPoint]

4. This one

https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Takes_a_Holiday
Full video here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kbh9m

[hlthe2b]

15. THat one literally just played this morning on TVLAND

[jmowreader]

22. That was the same episode where Charles eats crow, and canned oysters

Charles managed to piss off the entire unit by giving one tin of smoked oysters to the company Christmas party potluck, everyone knowing that Charles had received a LOT of packages from home. Charles gave the packages (which contained candy) to the proprietor of the children's home that was going to the 4077th for the Christmas party...the proprietor traded the fancy sweets for a month's food for the kids.

"It is inappropriate to give dessert to a child who has had no meal."

[hlthe2b]

5. I like all on your list. Would add Seinfeld, "The Strike" (episode that brought us "Festivus") LOL

[Dagstead Bumwood]

6. Good choices.

And, I would add the 2nd season ep from the Big Bang Theory: The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis. Wherein Sheldon is so overcome with gratitude that he hugs Penny. Jim was amazing in that scene with his manic joy, then he gives one of the most awkward hugs in television history.

[Va Lefty]

7. Absolutely, I agree!

[TeamPooka]

17. that is a great Christmas episode. especially how Sheldon breaks down gift giving with math

and that hug.

[FM123]

8. Ok, so my favorite Christmas episode is not a sweet & sentimental one.....

One year when my then college kid came home for Christmas, he put on "A Very Sunny Christmas" episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and invited me to watch. It was so crazy, but I loved it!

[Va Lefty]

9. That's cool. whatever works for you.

[Alliepoo]

10. It's corny but

I like the Christmas episode from The Andy Griffith Show!!

[Va Lefty]

13. Amazing how well this series stands the test of time

Still better than 90% of what's on the networks today.

[Alliepoo]

18. I absolutely agree!!

[pressbox69]

11. My favorite sitcom is

MTM but my favorite Christmas episode isn't from the first season.It's from a few seasons later. It takes place during a freak snow storm in November. Sue Ann is taping her Christmas show. All the characters are fighting. Georgette stops the show with Silent Night, but not for long. Watch for yourself and enjoy.

[Va Lefty]

14. Incredible cast and great writing

[Shrek]

12. The "Downton Abbey" Christmas special

Where Matthew and Lady Mary got engaged.

The Christmas specials from Call the Midwife are all great too.

[Doc_Technical]

16. Moonlighting- "It's a Wonderful Job"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. The Monkees, 1967

I can't say they're favorites, but they're period pieces.

Ríu Ríu Chíu (High Quality) by the Monkees - 1967
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tanjabarnes
217 subscribers

Riu, Riu, Chiu is a Spanish "villancico" published in 1556 that has attained some contemporary fame as a Christmas carol. A villancico was a popular form for song in post-Renaissance Spain. This carol became one of the more widely known such works in its time; versions of it today often contain updated translations to filter out its archaic words and meanings. The author of this carol is generally thought to be anonymous, but its text, possibly originally written in Portuguese, has been attributed by some to Mateo Flecha (1481-1553). The melody to Riu, riu, chiu probably dates to the fifteenth century or earlier.

The song has crossed over to popular performance, and appears on Christmas themed collections, including David Archuleta's Christmas from the Heart, Sixpence None the Richer's The Dawn of Grace, Bruce Cockburn's Christmas, and an instrumental version on Bradley Joseph's Christmas Around the World album. The song appears on The Kingston Trio's 1961 album Goin' Places, listed as "Guardo el Lobo," and credited to musicologist Dr. Erich Schwandt.

In 1967 The Monkees performed the song live on a Christmas episode of their TV series, "The Monkees' Christmas Show". A studio version was released on subsequent compilation albums. It is believed they learned the song from their producer, Chip Douglas who himself performed it with his former band The Modern Folk Quartet on their 1964 album.

The Monkees (1966–1968) The Christmas Show

TV-G | 30min | Comedy, Music | Episode aired 25 December 1967
Season 2 | Episode 15

It's Christmas and the group has to teach a neglected boy about the magic and love of the season.

And, one of the DC-area over-the-air channels ran "The Homecoming," the original 1971 {edited; I had thought it was from 1972} show about the Waltons, on Christmas Day.

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)

PG | 1h 40min | Drama | TV Movie 19 December 1971

On Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday. However, John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not returned home yet, and his family are becoming increasingly worried.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. I dunno if it counts as a Christmas episode per se

But Doctor Who (2005) First Series Episode, "The Unquiet Dead", which features "Charles Dickens", is a great one. The Second Series Episode, "The Christmas Invasion" is also hella fun!

[abqtommy]

21. I've always really enjoyed the Hallmark movie Hitched For The Holidays. It came out in 2012

and was rerun for a couple years but no more. Guess I'll have to buy it!

[elleng]

23. Of COURSE,

"The West Wing" In Excelsis Deo

[Initech]

24. Not technically Christmas, but Seinfeld's "The Strike" is one I make a point to watch every year.

A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US!!!!