Nothing says celebrating th🔴e birth of a deity like nestling into the couch and binge-watching Christmas-themed content until your eyes bleed. Not all Christmas episodes are created equal though, so we asked the expert♓s, our square-eyed staff, what their favorite TV Christmas episodes ever are. From science fiction snowmen to classic sweary British comedy, there's something for everyone here. 

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Doctor Who - The Christmas Invasion

The first Doctor Who Christmas special is also the first episode of David Tennant's beloved tenure as the eponymous Doctor - need I say more? Sure, Tennant spends the majority of the episode unconscious (he looks so peaceful when he sleeps), but Rose brooding over this stranger who is supposed to be her beloved Doctor is a fantastic core premise for the episode. How could this man be the Doctor Rose fought alongside? The dual struggle of Rose learning to trust him as he learns who he has become is handled beautifully, and when Tennant does get a chance to prance about as the new Doctor, he does so with his now-famous energy and gusto. Few television shows nail the Christmas vibe while actually delivering a quality episode, but Doctor Who has it down to a wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey science. Alyssa Mercante

Vicar of Dibley - The Vicar in White

There's nothing quite as wholesome as the Vicar of Dibley, and the Christmas specials always left me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. As amazing as the early Christmas special is - where the good vicar ends up having multiple roast dinners - I always loved the special two-parter where Geraldine Granger ties the knot and finds her own happy ending. In classic Dibley fashion, the whole lead up the marriage and the actual wedding itself doesn't exactly go smoothly, but it gave Dawn French's loveable character the send-off she deserved. Heather Wald

Peep Show- Seasonal Beatings

There's nothing like a British sitcom at Christmas. None of the Hallmark sheen, all of the awkward family interactions, disappointing presents and strange traditions. Not cauliflower though. Because cauliflower isn't traditional. The moment in Peep Show's Christmas Special where Jeremy pulls a 'Christmas Joke' on Mark, by pretending he forgot to get the turkey, is iconic. I can't quote any of it, however, because it is almost entirely made up of swears. It is Peep Show at its absolute best, which means it's uncomfortable, but hilarious. A real Jezzing. Ellen Causey

Community - Regional Holiday Music

A recent tradition of mine has been to binge classic sitcom episodes on Christmas Eve, and they always start with this episode. Community made clowning on Glee (remember Glee?) into something of an art form, and this episode was the pinnacle of it. With a set of brilliant songs that were both catchy and hilarious (Baby Boomer Santa! Abed and Troy's rap! Britta's solo!) melded to an Invasion of the Body Snatchers style sub-plot that gave a necessary bite to the jokes.

What makes it stand out for me that it was more than happy to explore a sadder side of the holidays, revisiting how Abed found Christmas an isolating time, as well as taking stock of how things were getting increasingly dark on the show. This introspection is something Community did often (and well), and helps avoid the suffocating sweetness that some Christmas specials serve up. More importantly, it includes Britta's Christmas song, which always, always makes me laugh. Ben Tyrer

The Office Christmas Special (Part 2)

The pinnacle of Ricky Gervais’ career isn’t just the best festive spin-off of a popular TV show. It is arguably the most glorious 52 minutes (and one second) of comedy ever broadcast on UK television. This is David Brent’s pitch-perfect redemption tale, where we realize that underneath the chatter and the cringe he’s a stand-up bloke, whose try-hard ways mask insecurities relatable to us all. It’s the fond farewell to masterfully crafted characters - caricatures! - you love to hate, such as office wally Gareth and jobsworth area manager Neil. Most memorably, to the strains of Yazoo’s Only You, to the twinkling of a disco ball, to the shocked silence of their colleagues, it’s the impeccably timed union of the British Ross and Rachel. After two seasons of awkward flirting and audience shipping, Tim and Dawn finally share a kiss and disappear, hand-in-hand, tear-to-cheek, into the Slough sunset. “All I need was the love you gave, all I needed for another day…” No, *you’ve* been chopping onions. Did I say comedy earlier? Scrap that. It’s the most glorious 52 minutes (and one second) of any genre, period. Ben Wilson

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

December 17 will mark 30 💦years since Springfield’s favorite dysfunctional family arrived on our screens with this episode – and very little since has topped its debut, a touching, heartfelt Christmas gift topped with a sparkling bow of really sweet humor.

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