12 Best Holiday TV Specials to Revisit This Christmas
Here’s a breakdown of the holiday-themed episodes described in the text, focusing on the core conflict or humorous situation in each:
- “Black-ish” – “Santa’s Coming for Us”: The central conflict revolves around differing opinions on Santa Claus. Dre wants to represent Santa as a figure children of color can identify with,while his mother believes Santa is a ”white” tradition. His children just want presents from “the real Santa.”
- “SNL” – “Home for the Holidays”: The humor comes from the discrepancy between the family’s outwardly polite behaviour during Christmas dinner and their secretly hostile feelings towards each other, expressed through blunt and cutting remarks.
- “The Jamie foxx Show” – “Christmas Day-Ja Vu”: Jamie foxx’s character is cursed by a mall Santa and forced to relive christmas eve repeatedly, ultimately leading to a realization about the true meaning of Christmas.
- “Good Times” – “The Traveling christmas”: The conflict is a logistical one – Keith can’t get off work for Christmas Eve. The Evans family creatively solves this by bringing the Christmas party to his workplace.
- “Family Matters” - “Have Yourself a Merry Winslow Christmas”: The humor stems from Steve Urkel being left alone for Christmas and then being taken in by the Winslows, leading to awkward and funny gift exchanges (a canvas wallet and a Steve Urkel doll).
- “The fresh Prince of Bel-Air” – “Deck the Halls”: Will goes overboard decorating the mansion for Christmas, ignoring Uncle Phil’s warnings and leading to a confrontation with a disgruntled neighbor. The conflict is between Will’s exuberant Christmas spirit and the neighbor’s annoyance.