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Like biting into a fresh sugar cookie loaded with holiday frosting, the best Christmas comedy episodes are comfort food for your holiday-worn soul. So sit back, tune out the family mayhem, and let yourself float into the ether with these hilarious holiday classics.<\/p>\n

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30 Rock:\u00a0Christmas Special<\/em> (Season 3, Ep. 6)<\/a>
Bob’s Burgers:\u00a0Christmas in the Car <\/em>(Season 4, Ep. 8)<\/a>
Cheers:\u00a0Christmas Cheers<\/em> (Season 6, Ep. 12)<\/a>
Community:\u00a0Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas<\/em> (Season 2, Ep. 11)<\/a>
Frasier:\u00a0Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz<\/em> (Season 6, Ep. 10)<\/a>
Friends:\u00a0The One With the Holiday Armadillo<\/em> (Season 7, Ep. 10)<\/a>
Futurama:\u00a0Xmas Story<\/em> (Season 2, Ep. 8)<\/a>
It’s Always Sunny:\u00a0A Very Sunny Christmas<\/em> (Season 6, Ep. 13)<\/a>
The Office:\u00a0Christmas Party <\/em>(Season 2, Ep. 10)<\/a>
South Park:\u00a0Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo<\/em> (Season 1, Ep. 9)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

30 Rock:\u00a0Christmas Special<\/em> (Season 3, Ep. 6)<\/h2>\n
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This aptly named episode sees Jack trying to avoid his own Christmas traditions \u2014 namely being ridiculed by his mother \u2014 by forcing the TGS staff to put on a live Christmas special on NBC at the very last minute. Meanwhile, Tina Fey\u2019s Liz Lemon is forced to create her own tradition because her mother \u201cdoesn\u2019t feel up\u201d to hosting Christmas this year, believing her 30-something daughter should \u201chave her own family by now.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty of hilarity to go around, but the undisputed star of the show is the late, great Broadway legend Elaine Stritche, who plays the smothering mother to Alec Baldwin\u2019s Jack Donaghy. The two find their way, and end the show with one of the best TV renditions of \u201cThe Christmas Song\u201d since Nat King Cole.<\/p>\n

Bob\u2019s Burgers:\u00a0Christmas in the Car <\/em>(Season 4, Ep. 8)<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s a mad dash for late holiday decor in this absolute beauty of a Christmas ep from Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>\u2018 fourth season. Thanks to Linda\u2019s over-eager tree trimming (starting just after Halloween) the Belchers find themselves on a quixotic quest for a third Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. What they find instead is danger on the highway after getting on the wrong side of a long-haul trucker in a menacing, candy-cane semi.<\/p>\n

Will the family get their tree home safely? Will Gene get to hear the offbeat holiday tune, Jingle in the Jungle? Is that Bobcat Goldthwait\u2019s voice? The answers lie within this laugh-out-loud episode starring everyone\u2019s favorite working-class family.<\/p>\n

Cheers:\u00a0Christmas Cheers<\/em> (Season 6, Ep. 12)<\/h2>\n
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Frasier makes another appearance on our list, this time in his Boston incarnation as he haunts the halls of everyone\u2019s favorite pub with Christmas misery. He\u2019s not alone in his humbugging, as Sam realizes he\u2019s the only one on the staff not to give the boss, Rebecca, a Christmas gift. Meanwhile, Norm\u2019s found himself some seasonal work and his club of fellow Santas fill the bar with red suits to tie one on at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Sam finds his very own Christmas angel in the form of a beautiful flight attendant, who\u2019s happy to help him in his search for a last-minute gift. But as you might have guessed, hilarious chaos ensues when Sam accidentally gives Rebecca a gift that\u2019s well outside his budget. It\u2019s a lovely taste of yesteryear from the sitcom that created NBC\u2019s \u201cMust See TV\u201d powerhouse.<\/p>\n

Community:\u00a0Abed\u2019s Uncontrollable Christmas<\/em> (Season 2, Ep. 11)<\/h2>\n
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Things somehow get even weirder (and more heartwarming) as Community<\/em> throws out its usual live-action format for stop-motion animation. Abed, the show\u2019s resident weirdo, is alarmed when he realizes he\u2019s the only one of his motley crew of study buddies who is suddenly seeing the world in Christmas-style stop-motion. While Abed\u2019s imagination runs wild, the rest of his friends try to help him, while the school\u2019s psych professor Ian Duncan (played by John Oliver) tries to exploit his psychotic break for glory.<\/p>\n

This episode is as bizarre and brilliant as it is hilarious, while Abed learns the true meaning of friendship on his animated Christmas Quest. Lovers of Christmas classics like Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer will feel right at home in this musical menagerie that gets to the heart of what family truly means during the holidays.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> 10 Christmas Horror Movies to Watch for a Spooky Holiday<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Frasier:\u00a0Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz<\/em> (Season 6, Ep. 10)<\/h2>\n
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The vast majority of hijinks involving everyone\u2019s favorite pretentious radio psychiatrist stem from misunderstandings, and this episode is no different. It all begins when Frasier runs into a charming older woman while doing some last-minute Christmas shopping, in which she is inadvertently convinced Frasier is Jewish. After some pleasantries, the woman sets him up with her daughter, which creates an escalating series of problems.<\/p>\n

The episode offers plenty of comedic twists and turns in that oh-so-classy Frasier way, including an old-fashioned family shout-fest. It\u2019s the perfect substitute if you\u2019re alone this year and missing your usual family arguments over politics or which in-law brought the boxed wine.<\/p>\n

Friends:\u00a0The One With the Holiday Armadillo<\/em> (Season 7, Ep. 10)<\/h2>\n
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Keeping on theme, Christmas and Hanukkah comedically clash as Ross is determined to teach his Christmas-obsessed son, Ben, the meaning of the Festival of Lights. From a distance, there are few good reasons for Ross to don an armadillo costume in this ep, but a lack of planning and a will to force his son to learn about the Geller\u2019s background lead to a cascading display of costumes from the friends, famously described by Rachel as \u201cthe Easter Bunny\u2019s funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a heartwarming take on multi-cultural holiday celebrations and, true to form, Ben does eventually listen to the Holiday Armadillo\u2019s words of historical wisdom. Meanwhile, the costumes and hilarious antics add up to some great laughs.<\/p>\n

Futurama:\u00a0Xmas Story<\/em> (Season 2, Ep. 8)<\/h2>\n
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Fry\u2019s cultural confusion is generally less apparent than you\u2019d expect from someone who spent a millennium in an ice box. But when the time-skipping delivery boy learns about Xmas (no, not Christmas) he begins to learn just how lost in time he really is. The episode centers around a maniacal Santa robot who terrorizes the city each year at Christmas time by murdering anyone who has been \u201cnaughty\u201d which is, essentially, everyone.<\/p>\n

Fry and Leela bond over their feelings of loss \u2014 Fry for his family and Leela for the family she never had. It\u2019s a heartwarming episode, even as the ridiculousness of Santa-bot\u2019s mayhem takes center stage, leading to the usual alchemy of sci-fi comedy Futurama does so well.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Always Sunny:\u00a0A Very Sunny Christmas<\/em> (Season 6, Ep. 13)<\/h2>\n
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If you\u2019ve had enough heartwarming laughs for one evening, leave it to the It\u2019s\u00a0Always Sunny\u00a0in Philidelphia<\/em> crew to serve up some pure, unadulterated irreverence. Fair warning: this episode is not for the faint of heart, but it is perhaps the funniest episode on this entire list. It all starts when Dee and Dennis decide it\u2019s time to teach Frank a lesson about his nasty Christmas tradition of buying the presents they want most for himself \u2014 and rubbing it in their faces.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mac and Charlie take a walk down memory lane and begin to find out their own, time-honored Christmas traditions are not at all what they thought. It all culminates in a shockingly bloody trip to the mall, and a full-on Christmas beat-down. In between, the laughs will make you cry so keep the tissues ready.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> The 10 Best Christmas Movies to Stream for Free in 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Office:\u00a0Christmas Party <\/em>(Season 2, Ep. 10)<\/h2>\n
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If you can only watch one Christmas episode from everyone\u2019s favorite paper company, it has to be Christmas Party<\/em>. This hilarious cringe-fest starts with a tree that\u2019s way too big and ends with the most coveted teapot in the state of Pennsylvania and a drunken mess. There\u2019s plenty of silliness throughout, but this episode\u2019s best antics begin when Michael turns the office\u2019s Secret Santa gift exchange into White Elephant on a whim. (Thanks for going homemade, Phyllis.)<\/p>\n

What ensues is what Dwight calls \u201cMachiavelli meets\u2026Christmas\u201d as everyone vies for the top prize, Michael\u2019s $400 video iPod. (Ah, simpler times.) We won\u2019t spoil the outcome, but suffice it to say that the gift trading is fast and furious, and emotions, as usual, run high.<\/p>\n

South Park:\u00a0Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo<\/em> (Season 1, Ep. 9)<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s back to basics for our South Park<\/em> pick, as you really can\u2019t watch any of Trey and Matt\u2019s gloriously outrageous holiday specials without watching the episode that started it all. The series was just picking up steam (and enemies at the FCC) when our heroes meet up with one of the most ridiculous Christmas mascots of all time, Mr. Hankey. When Kyle feels like an outcast, he meets an enchanted new Christmas ambassador from, well, down under.<\/p>\n

If you think a magical piece of human feces can\u2019t bring wholesome merriment to an entire community, well, prepare to be bemusedly proven wrong. This episode started South Park\u2019s grand tradition of holiday classics, and while you can argue which is best on plenty of levels, you simply can\u2019t go wrong with the OG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n