It is an unwritten rule of television that you can’t have a long-running sitcom and not do at least a few holiday-themed episodes. Thanksgiving episode? The opportunity to bring in notable guest stars to play parents and relatives of the main characters? A must. Halloween episode? Throw the whole cast into silly and/or sexy costumes? Ratings gold.
And then there’s the Christmas episode. This is the opportunity for even the snarkiest series on television to open their Grinchy hearts to the unifying spirit of the season. (No show did it better than