Christmas TV: The Best Holiday Themed Comedy Episodes

"Ross" has dressed up as many things such as "Spud-Nik" the potato satellite but our favorite is easily the "Holiday Armadillo!"

"Ross" desperately wants to include his heritage in his son "Ben's" life and "Pheobe" tries to gift "Joey" presents that will hopefully chase "Rachel" away in hopes of her wanting to move back in with "Pheobe instead of "Joey." As you would expect, it does not go as planned!

In this cacophony of hilarity, "Jack" is ecstatic to join "Liz's" kind and loving family festivities. Her oddball family is so embracing of him that he tries to blow off spending time with his hateful mother. Unfortunately for him, she joins in their holiday meal and tears "Liz's" family apart, even her 40-year-old brother who had a skiing accident and believes he is still 17-years-old!

The "Lemon's" and the "Donaghy's" are a very stark contrast and are endlessly hilarious to watch while "Kenneth" tries to restore Christmas cheer to the staff by bringing a priest to the wild Christmas party!

The girls all plan on leaving to join their respective families for Christmas but first stop by "Rose's" work at the Grief Counseling Center where a disturbed man in a Santa costume takes everyone hostage. 

It isn't until brave and bold "Sophia" comes storming in that they realize the man wielding the gun was not a danger at all when she boldly takes the gun from his hands to reveal it's a toy!

The episode is laced with fun as "Blanche" has a steamy desire for men in Santa Claus costumes and gifting the ladies a "Blanche's Boudoir Calendar" filled with images of the men she had the most fun with in the year.

In a fan-favorite episode of The Big Bang Theory, "Sheldon" obsessively tries to prepare an equivalent Christmas gift for "Penny" with a comically logical solution... Little does he know just what "Penny" has in store for him!

Alongside the intensely dramatic gift for "Penny" conundrum, "Leonard" is feeling quite jealous when "Penny" falls quickly for a scientist more successful and suave than he is. Not only does she pretend to be a "geek" for this guy but their romance distracts him from his work with "Leonard"!

"Hyde's" irresponsible and careless father lets him throw a Christmas party much to the chagrin of loving "Kitty." Not only does the gang get "Eric" so drunk he vomits on his terrifying father's shoes but "Hyde's" dad but "Donna and Jackie" go on a double date with handsome firemen, one of whom dated "Jackie's" mom!

After escaping the tyrannical thumb of "Angela" as the head of the party planning committee using blackmail ("Angela & Dwight's sexual tryst in the office), "Phyllis" throws a Moroccan-themed Christmas party.

The entire office is enjoying it (except "Angela") and "Meredith" get's a bit too inebriated and accidentally catches on fire! The rest of the episode turns into a self-serving intervention of sorts with "Michael" trying to force her into rehab.

"Dwight" brilliantly bought countless of the most popular toy on the market in hopes of re-selling them at outrageous prices to desperate parents... including "Toby!"

"George's" father had previously created a fake holiday "Festivus" that both "Kramer" and "Jerry" become entranced by. The determination of each character in this episode is so fun and silly as "Elaine" hunts down a man to who she gave a fake phone number on her free sandwich card. While she desperately tries to get her free sandwich, "Kramer" goes on strike to celebrate "Festivus" and "Jerry" realizes the girl he is dating only looks good in certain lighting...

Community is great at recreating old movie tropes or musicals. In this episode, the Glee coach manipulates the study group by seducing them one by one into performing the Christmas pageant. 

Not only do they trap Jewish "Annie" and Jehovas Witness "Troy" but the episode is filled with hilarious covers of holiday songs!

We love a great holiday musical, and Glee made sure their holiday episodes were second to none. 

In "A Very Glee Christmas" Jane Lynch's character "Sue" was the Grinch-like monster trying to destroy the New Directions Christmas plans and the group tries to adapt and help "Brittany" with her Santa Claus fixation. 

It is super fun to watch "Brittany" steadfastly believe in Santa Claus and Sue openly trying to take Christmas presents away from homeless children.

"A Very Sunny Christmas" is a fan-favorite and even is double the length of a regular episode as a gift to fans. "Dennis and Dee" hate Christmas because their father "Frank" would purchase whatever they each wanted most in the world but gift them to himself instead of his kids. "Dennis and Dee" conspire to create an A Christmas Carol type situation for their cruel father, even enlisting his old pal to pretend to be a ghost that "Frank" attempts to kill. 

The two also sew him into a sofa so he can eavesdrop on his former co-workers speaking poorly about him! The sofa overheats him so he climbs out completely naked much to the shock of the workers...

While all this is going on "Charlie" and "Mac" come to some startling revelations about their childhood including "Mac's" family breaking into homes to steal presents and "Charlie's" mom prostituting herself for gifts from men dressed as Santa Claus...