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Episodic television seems to go to the well for one of two sure things: A Hawaiian vacation/adventure or a homespun Christmas-themed episode.
Focusing on the latter, it seems as if everyone from Kojak to The Sopranos celebrates the tradition.
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However, in terms of capturing the spirit of the celebration, some have done it better than others and that’s what this list is about.
Here’s a rundown of the best
Christmas-themed television series episodes in no
particular order. Well, OK, they are in chronological
order.
He’s cheap. If you’re under 40 you might not know that. He’s also got a highly-paid valet named Rochester. If you’re under 30 you might not like that. But he’s funny as hell and in this episode he goes Christmas shopping and drives a nervous clerk (Mel Blank) to an untimely demise.
Eight is Enough: Yes Nicholas,
There Is a Santa Claus (1977)
Popular TV actor Dick Van Patten headed the Bradford home back in the 70s who, true to life, lost their mother Joan (actress Diana Hyland), suddenly and tragically. Son Tommy (then heartthrob Willie Aames) found nothing to celebrate until an unearthed letter to him from his deceased mother surfaces. A three-hanky episode.
Alf: Oh, Tannerbaum (1986)
Willie cheaps-out on a real tree and Alf has never seen snow, sooooo… Road trip to the Angeles Forest where laughter and sentiment ensue. [Best line: “Have you been to this place in person or just in your head?”]
Frazier: Miracle on Third or
Fourth Street (1993)
King of the Hill: Livin’ on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane (2003)
One of the better episodes, I’ll tell you whut. Promising to return by Christmas, Hank rents a big rig to move some furniture in Arizona and his prowess on the dicey roads earns him a place in the Trucker’s Only area of a rest stop.
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