This episode does a good job of exploring all of the characters, while also rolling out a plot that almost feels like an O'Henry story. Jim and Pam have tapered off into the background, but at first their relationship was on par with the original show. Though I've been enjoying the recent episodes of the American version of The Office, most of the strongest emotional moments were from the first few seasons as it explored the romance between Jim and Pam: a direct take on the romantic tension between Tim and Dawn in the original British version, which chose to end their run with these two characters finally getting together. It's a little twisted, but the ending of the couple being happy to be together and Mulder and Scully exchanging gifts is pretty nice. It's one of the few specials that's able to effectively combine something of a horror theme with Christmas, as the two agents try to avoid the clutches of a couple who died in a lover's pact several decades before. And though that was nicely acted by Gillian Anderson, this episode gives both actors a chance to shine (and includes Ed Asner and Lily Tomlin to boot). The past X-Files Christmas episode was a two-parter about an orphaned child who turned out to be part Scully DNA and part alien. And so we get a Christmas special as only The X-Files can deliver it. Scully thinks there are better ways to spend Christmas Eve. Mulder wants to investigate a supposedly haunted house. The X-Files, "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas"
Oh, and there's also the special within the special about KISS saving Santa.Ĩ. As was explained soon after, sometimes you've just got to have a sense of humor. Even if it does so with Peter explaining that Christmas is a time when we sing carols to lure Zombie Jesus back to sleep. However, it still has Christmas message as the town tries to convince Lois that the Christmas spirit is a good thing. It's more than a bit of a subversion on holiday specials, of course, what with one of the big surprises in the end involving Stewie getting plutonium on Christmas Day. There's also a lengthy sequence where Lois takes out her rage on several beloved holiday classics, torching Frosty the Snowman with a makeshift flamethrower and shoving George Bailey off the bridge he's contemplating suicide on. The show follows a somewhat traditional Christmas special model, as the family has to deal with a few challenges such as Peter accidentally giving away the family's gifts to charity.
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This episode aired back in the first run of Family Guy, when it was one of the more controversial shows on TV thanks to some risque jokes and baby Stewie's persistent desire to kill his mother. Family Guy, "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" Though "The Futurama Holiday Special" does have a few gems, namely the guard at the Norwegian seed vault and Kwanzaabot losing interest in his own holiday midway through the explanation of what it's about.ĩ. I'm definitely taking a corrupt Oscar judge stance, then, since "A Tale of Two Santas" is clearly funnier. Granted, it's not the most warm and cuddly holiday special the Planet Express crew dies in every segment, and humanity as a whole is obliterated in two. The main reason to include this one: as far as I know, it's the only Christmas special to incorporate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa themes in one fell swoop.
It was a late offering from the newly resurrected season on Comedy Central, which as a whole has been rather weaker than the golden years but still scores higher than the slump that The Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park have all fallen into (one episode in particular, "The Late Philip J. That would seem the logical choice for this list, but this seemed to be a better choice.
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Last year's list included the original Xmas episode of Futurama, plus an honorable mention for an episode where Bender tries to replace Santa as a good toy-delivering robot. Futurama, "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" It's happened again: I've scrounged together enough Christmas specials for another year.
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