Hi All!

Just wondering what everybody's favorite Christmas episodes are! I would have to say that Home Improvement are probably my favorite, but I would like to know what others think so I can check them out too!

Thanks so much!:)

The "Partridge Family" episode where their bus breaks down in an old ghost town and they are stranded. An old prospector tells them the story of the town's christmas bell. Later the bus gets fixed and they make it home in time for christmas. After celebrating christmas they get back on the bus and go back to the ghost town and ring the christmas bell. the old prospector steps out of his shack to see who's ringing the bell he is greeted by the Partridge Family(and Rueben) singing "Have yourself a merry little christmas".:wave:

well, let's see...
"MASH"-"Dear Dad" (from the 1st season, before it became "The Alan Alda show")
"THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"-"Home for Christmas"

and that's all that I can remember now.

Anybody ever see, A Brady Christmas? It's not part of the orig. running of the show but I love it :lol:. I love all Christmas episodes on shows I watch. I like the That '70s Show one where Eric saves money for beer, so he illegally cuts down a tree from off the side of the road lol. Then Fez gets girls drunk, Hyde and Eric both give Donna presents and Red gets pissed at Eric when a police officer/ranger comes to his house to take the tree down that Kitty liked :lol: lol. Also, the one where Red plays Santa at the mall is hilarious. Bob is the elf, cause he wants to play Santa like always but Kitty wants Red to have a try lol. The Fresh Prince- I love the first 2 Seasons' Christmas Episodes. Will teaching Ashley the spirit of Christmas and how to enjoy it and the neighborhood kids pick their house as the best lit house. And the Season 2 Christmas episode was awesome- the whole family including Vy, Helen and Janice rent a house I think to ski? While the grown ups all go out for drinks or w/e, a guy comes to the door lookin to get out of the cold but Will doesn't think they should let any stranger they don't know in. The guy ends up being a robber, films Will and the kids and they lose all their materialistic things they got each other, but instead they find special gifts instead to share, if you will. And the Happy Days Christmas with the Fonz episode was classic! The part where he's in his garage makin ravioli lol, then the Cunninghams invite him over for Xmas.

In addition, The Wonder Years Christmas episode where the boys want a color TV- but Jack can't afford it. Something about that episode is really cool- it's kind of like a heartwarming moment on TV. I like it when they put up the tree and Kevin gets Winnie something too.

Bewitched Christmas show from the 1st season, A Vision Of Sugar Plumbs. Very touching episode where Sam has to teach an orphan the meaning of Christmas. It shows us what great parents Sam and Darrin would make.

How the Flintstones Saved Christmas- Loved it you could feel the warmth of the episode and know Christmas was coming. Fred working an extra job to earn money for presents and subs for the real Santa.

In general I love watching all the christmas episodes from old showsl, it doesn't feel like the holidays are approaching without them. It's a tradition to watch them, I never get tired of watching them.

The Doris Day Show had 2 terrific Christmas episodes from season 2 & 3
That Girl season 1
Captain and Tennille Christmas Special DVD
Sonny and Cher Christmas Special DVD
Jack Benny

I am trying to think of some good ones that havent been seen for a long time but should.

My very favourite is Guess Who's Coming to Christmas - Happy Days (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=12). For straight LOL comedy nothing beats the Married with Children (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=84) episodes. On the dark side, 70s crime dramas How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars - Kojak (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=575) and Little Girl Lost - Starsky & Hutch (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=556).

Bewitched Christmas episodes Season 1 & 4
Bob Newhart Show Christmas episodes Season 2-4
Mary Tyler Moore Show Christmas episode Season 1
Brady Bunch Christmas episode Season 1
Little House on the Prairie Christmas episode Season 8

There were good Christmas episodes in Home Improvement with the lights contest, Family Matters, Full House (when they get trapped in the airport), Wonder Years episode mentioned above was very good. As well, Saved by the Bell episode with the homeless man in the mall.

Not tv here but Home Alone movies at Christmas time are the best! Also, the Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) cartoon they air as well is very fun to watch every year.

The Honeymooners: "Twas the Night Before Christmas" Gleason's speech to Alice in the final moments gets me every time.

Family Matters when Steve is up on the rooftop with a Santa and reindeer display is hilarious!

And Barney Miller's "A Christmas Story" is very funny!

I really liked the Andy Griffith Show Christmas Episode.

Family Matters when Steve is up on the rooftop with a Santa and reindeer display is hilarious!

And Barney Miller's "A Christmas Story" is very funny!
I still haven't seen the Barney Miller Christmas episode yet. :(

Dennis the Menance - Silent Night is a tear jerker.
Vicar of Dibley - Alice giving birth

What were some of the Mary Tyler Moore Christmas Episodes about? I never saw any one of them.

With over 200 holiday themed episodes in my collection I will give you my top 10, not in any favorite order......but all essential viewing on christmas eve day or while wrapping presents!

Brady Bunch- Carol loses her voice
Happy Days (They produced 5, but the Fonz "Walkashaw" is the best)
Mary Tyler Moore- Mary must work Christmas Eve
The Honeymooners- a classic especially when Ed throws the tinsel!
The Andy Griffith Show- The jailhouse Christmas party!
The Wonder Years- The color TV
Father Knows Best- both episodes produced, the angel's sweater & getting stranded in the cabin.
Dennis The Menace- 3 produced, but for me it's chopping the tree down.
Dragnet- the color version of the missing Jesus.

Was it in that Happy Days episode where there is this very funny scene of Joanie scaring Richie from behind the couch or something like that?

Was it in that Happy Days episode where there is this very funny scene of Joanie scaring Richie from behind the couch or something like that?
I thought it was Richie who jumped out from behind the couch and scared Joanie.

The Facts of Life season six Christmas episode "Christmas In the Big House" is my favorite. :)

I thought it was Richie who jumped out from behind the couch and scared Joanie.

Thanks, you are probably right. I only saw that episode once about 5 years ago so I couldn't exactly remember. All I remember was me and my cousin were laughing so hard from it and vaguely remembering something like that.

Remember WENN - Christmas In The Airwaves

Happy Days Christmas episode when Fonzie spends Christmas with the Cunninghams for the first time.

Petticoat Junction Christmas episodes the 1st one in 1963 and the 2nd one in 1966.

Three's Company Christmas episode.

The Andy Griffith Christmas episode. :)

"PETTICOAT JUNCTION" only had one Xmas episode-the 1966 one was a remake of the first one (from 1963).

Full House (when they get trapped in the airport)

I love that one! There is another one that aired later on. I don't remember the title, but Stephanie and Michelle start getting greedy and forget the meaning of Christmas, so Uncle Jessie gives them a special gift; a trip to a homeless shelter. That was a really nice episode.

There was an episode of Knotts Landing that I watched years and years ago (in the summer, actually) that was really nice. The only thing I remember about it was everyone standing in the cul de sac singing Christmas carols. After it was over, I dug out my Christmas tapes and started listening to them!

Ugh! It's hard to think about :cc: :tree: :rednose: :santa: :snowman: :stocking: and :santa2: when today is my :birthday: and after that we still have pumpkin: and :turkey: to get through! :lol:


Andrea

PS: Sorry for being weird, there. I'm in a :crazy: mood tonight!

I always liked the one where they go to that guy's Christmas shop and he is sort of mean. Played by a famous actor, I forgot his name. Something with an M?

I Love

TOW The Holiday Armidillo ...Friends
TOW Almost Christmas in Tulsa...Friends
Jingle Balls...Will and Grace
Edith's Crisis of Faith...All in the Family
Joey and the Plost Twist...Joey
Joey and the Christmas Party...Joey
Yes Nicholas There is a Santa Claus...Eight is Enough
A Christmas Story...Family Ties
Deck the Halls...Fresh Prince of Belair

I wanted to bump this thread up again to see if anyone had any new replies! I am getting the itch to watch some Christmas episodes again! Thanks!

I always liked the one where they go to that guy's Christmas shop and he is sort of mean. Played by a famous actor, I forgot his name. Something with an M?

Mickey Rooney

With over 200 holiday themed episodes in my collection I will give you my top 10, not in any favorite order......but all essential viewing on christmas eve day or while wrapping presents!

Brady Bunch- Carol loses her voice
Happy Days (They produced 5, but the Fonz "Walkashaw" is the best)
Mary Tyler Moore- Mary must work Christmas Eve
The Honeymooners- a classic especially when Ed throws the tinsel!
The Andy Griffith Show- The jailhouse Christmas party!
The Wonder Years- The color TV
Father Knows Best- both episodes produced, the angel's sweater & getting stranded in the cabin.
Dennis The Menace- 3 produced, but for me it's chopping the tree down.
Dragnet- the color version of the missing Jesus.

Good idea for bumping up the thread for a little TV "Christmas In July", maybe we should bump it up in december as well.......I remembered to add to my list with the official release of "The Lucy Show" season one....the christmas and new years episodes are also favorites....Lucy only did one other christmas themed episode during "The Lucy Show" run called
"Lucy & The Choir" which brought back the character of her son who had been shipped to military school by that point, always a great way to get rid of the children, yet we never got closure or even a hint of what happened to the lovely Chris (Candy Moore)....In episode one of the series Lucy goes all out worrying about chris going out on a date and by season 4 she must have run away and was never seen or talked about again, not even on a milk carton!.....Funny she still is missing from the special features on season 1, an interview would have been nice like jimmy garrett did.....aaahhh the wonderful world of sitcoms and missing children.

The Golden Girls episode where they help at a soup kitchen.

Jack Benny Christmas show

Saved By The Bell
All the Full House ones
Both Adam-12 episodes

I think "Alf" must have had the best Christmas special ever. And I also have to mention the Christmas episode on "Kenan & Kel", where Kenan spends all his money, so he could buy a mountain bike, to give Christmas presents to a poor family. But my other favorite shows, like "Family Matters" and "Step by step", usually had good Christmas episodes too. But for some unexplained reason, "The Cosby show" never had a Christmas episode.

Saved By The Bell
All the Full House ones
Both Adam-12 episodes

Just for the record, three "Adam-12" christmas episodes were produced.

In order: the series name, the episode title, and the season:

Happy Days"Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" (1) and "Christmas Time" (6)
M*A*S*H"Dear Dad" (1) and "Death Takes a Holiday" (9)
Just Shoot Me"How the Finch Stole Christmas" (3)
The Golden Girls"Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" (2)
The Brady Bunch"The Voice of Christmas" (1)

Married...with Children"You Better Watch Out" (2)-"It's a Bundyful Life" (4)-"Christmas" (7) and "The Worst Noel" (8)

all of The Full House Christmass Show's.

Wings"A Terminal Christmas" (2) and "Insanity Claus" (6)
Full House"Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (8)
Home Improvement"Home for the Holidays" (8)

The "Christmas" episode of "Hotel," December 21, 1983

The Golden Girls-'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas & Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas.

That '70's Show-Winter & An Eric Forman Christmas

30 Rock-Christmas Special

Green Acres-An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Welcome Back Kotter Christmas Show

The Big Bang Theory - "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis"

Sheldon was HILARIOUS in that episode!

All in the Family/"The Draft Dodger" (7) and "Edith's Crisis of Faith" (8)

I liked the Home Improvement where Tim talked Brad out of going on his ski trip. The scene in the church at the end is cool and really well done. Home Improvement had 6 or 7 Christmas episodes.

Boy Meets World-

"A Very Topanga Christmas"

"Easy Street"

"Santa's Little Helper"

"Santa's Little Helpers"

The Nanny-

"Christmas Episode"

"Oy to the World"

The Big Bang Theory-

"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis"

My other favorite Christmas episodes are the Family Matters episodes the one were Steve and Carl get stuck on a subway during Christmas Eve and the one were Steve spends Christmas Eve looking for Laura's doll.

my favorites were this one Odd Couple where Oscar becomes Scrooge and Felix is Marley ...and it is a spoof of A Christmas Carol...the Partridge Family with the old prospector... the episode of MASH dear Dad...and when the gang tries to keep a father alive so he can not have his family have the memory his death on christmas.. of course TOW the Holiday Armadillo and Jingle Balls and when Will's nephew perform b way......and also Fanilow on W and G.

I really liked the Andy Griffith Show Christmas Episode.


Is the Xmas episode after Barney / Don Knotts left? in color? or blackand white wiht Barney??

I only like the A.G with Don Knotts..:crazy:

I love Charlie Brown / Peanuts and Garfield's holiday episodes..

Some of mine...

"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (The Simpsons)- What was supposed to be a half-hour special for a sketch from the Tracey Ullman show turned into the longest-running sitcom on TV. I like all the Simpsons Christmas episodes, but this one is my favorite.

"Xmas Story" (Futurama)- Santa is now a robot who murders everyone he considers naughty. Unfortunately, that's everybody.

"Dear Dad" (MASH)- The 4077th celebrates Christmas with lots of laughs and tears while Hawkeye writes a letter home.

"Xmas Story" (NewsRadio)- Bill thinks Santa wants to kill him. What horrible thing did Bill do that year to deserve that?

"Insanity Claus" (Wings)- What's more dangerous to eat: Fay's lemon bars or Bob's jelly donut?

"A Full House for Christmas" (Taxi)- Big poker game in the garage.

"My Own Personal Jesus" (Scrubs)- JD and Co. have to work Christmas Eve.

"Hindsight" (ER)- I loved the whole backwards episode idea.

I have so many of them on DVD that I set aside a few hours a day to watch them and have my own Merrython.

I like all of the Christmas episodes from Mash, Full House, and Bewitched.

I also like the Christmas episodes from Happy Days, but I still haven't seen the ones from seasons 8 and 10 as of yet.

Also, I like the Christmas episodes from Three's Company, Golden Girls, Brady Bunch, Dukes of Hazzard, Monkees. (Have all these on DVD).

My favorites:

All in the Family - "The Draft Dodger" (the ending especially was fantastic.)
Brady Bunch - "The Voice Of Christmas"
Three's Company - The one Christmas episode they did. Loved the ironic twist at the end with both the roommates and the Ropers unknowingly getting invited to the same party. :lol:
Dukes of Hazzard - The one in season 3 with Bo and Luke being set up by Boss involving stolen money. All this, yet they all enjoy Christmas Eve together at the end.
Happy Days - Fonzie spends Christmas with the Cunninghams, not being able to keep the secret that he is alone for the holidays. As an aside, I saw a version of this recently where at the beginning, Fonzie reminiscing with Al about this event, even alluding to the fact that Chuck was home. This clip had to be in at least season 4 or 5 after Chuck was long gone and forgotten. Wonder where this came from?

I love the Monk christmas episodes. I haven't seen them in a while, so it's hard to pick a favorite. Probably the last one they did where he meets his dad. I really wish they would have done one this year.

Happy Days - Fonzie spends Christmas with the Cunninghams, not being able to keep the secret that he is alone for the holidays. As an aside, I saw a version of this recently where at the beginning, Fonzie reminiscing with Al about this event, even alluding to the fact that Chuck was home. This clip had to be in at least season 4 or 5 after Chuck was long gone and forgotten. Wonder where this came from?


This was called a "recut" episode. Instead of making a new Christmas episode for the next season, they just added a new opening scene onto the previous season's show. They did this in '75, where Fonzie says "last year..."; and in '76, where he says "two years ago...". In '77 they repeated the episode yet again but kept the "two years ago" opening.