# Favorite holiday episode?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 28, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354 "2002-11-28T15:43:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354/1 "2002-11-28T15:43:39Z")

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My two have to be the Simpsons Christmas special from 89’,and that episode of Married with children that spoofs Its a wonderful life by having an angel show AL how much better everyones lives would have been had he never existed.

Anyone want to chime in with the episodes that put you in that holiday mood?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354/2 "2002-11-28T16:09:48Z")

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Egad! Mine is the MwC with Sam Kinison, too. I normally hate _Christmas Carol_ parodies but Sam made it all his own.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354/3 "2002-11-28T17:58:54Z")

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Pangs, the Buffy Thanksgiving episode.

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**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354/4 "2002-11-29T02:10:26Z")

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We have two favorites. One we finally found on tape is the funniest thing about the holidays - The Black Adder Christmas Carol. The Christmas of the future always cracks me up.

The second one is the SCTV Lola Falana Christmas Special with John Candy as Devine and Catherine O’Hara as Lola Falana. We have not found this on tape yet, but we keep looking…

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**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-episode/139354/5 "2002-11-29T02:15:39Z")

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oops! Lola Heatherton!!! ahhhhhhh!!!