I have a feeling that most of us are finishing up for the Christmas holidays now, or have already done so. So I thought that I would put together a list of my favourite Christmas episodes of TV shows to get us all in the festive mood.
I just have to start by saying, if you're not watching The Mindy Project on the regular, I can't recommend it highly enough. Basically Mindy Lahiri is my spirit animal. And this episode is packed with Christmas cheer. Mindy throws the office Christmas party at her apartment (which I must say is my dream New York apartment, right up there with Carrie Bradshaw's in Sex and the City) which she's co-hosting with her boyfriend Josh. It's safe to say things don't go as smoothly as Mindy would have hoped. Prepare for classic Christmas songs aplenty (who doesn't love Wham's 'Last Christmas'?) Oh and Danny takes gingerbread house building very, very seriously.
The O.C. - The Best Chrismukkah Ever
Parks & Recreation - Citizen Knope
Anyone who knows me knows just how much I love Parks & Rec. And this Christmas episode, like every single episode of the show, never fails to make me laugh. I like to think of myself as the Leslie Knope of gift giving when it comes to my friends and family. And she hits it out of the park with her Christmas gift giving. But what more would you expect from Leslie? And they get her the best gift of all. I won't ruin it by spoiling all of the gift giving. All I can say is watch it and thank me later.
Ugly Betty - Fake Plastic Snow
I just started rewatching Ugly Betty again from the very beginning for what must be the twentieth time. And last night the Christmas episode, Fake Plastic Snow, popped up on my screen. I forgot just how much I loved this show and the brilliant band of characters (who could forget Marc and Amanda?) So it's been great revisiting it again. I also don't remember being as attracted to Henry, back in the day when it first aired. But now it's a whole different story.
Community - Comparative Religion
Friends - The One With The Holiday Armadillo
How could I have a list of my favourite Christmas episodes of TV shows without including Friends? I actually have a DVD made up solely of Friends Christmas episodes which gets watched every year in the run up to Christmas. And this has to be my favourite. Is there anyone out there who hasn't seen this episode?
Gavin & Stacey - Christmas Special
Orange Is The New Black - Can't Fix Crazy
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire
New Girl - The 23rd
Whilst I've given up on watching New Girl now (who else thinks that it started going downhill after season two?) I thought that the first season in particular, was brilliant, funny and that this season one Christmas episode was great. The whole gang are on top form in this episode and seeing a whole street switch on their Christmas lights at 3am is a great ending to what is a really good Christmas episode.
What are your favourite Christmas episodes of tv shows? Have any of them been included in today's post? Which of these have you seen? And are you a fan of lounging in front of the TV over the festive period?
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