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The Six Best Christmas Specials Ever!

                                             
I love Christmas specials, they are little short Christmas Movies which means we can cram in much more of them at a time. They are perfect for binge watching all day long, so what should you be watching on this Christmas Eve? Well have a look at the following.

6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

My favourite Christmas Episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has got to be the season one special titled Christmas. What does this episode not have? Jake (Andy Samberg) and Boyle (Jo Lo Trunnion) get beat up by two Santa's, Jake is in charge of Captain Holt (Andre Braugher) after the Captain received some death threats, Terry (Terry Crews) has a psych evaluation and Amy (Melissa Funeral) enlists the help of Gina (Chelsea Peretti) to make Holt a Christmas card.

Definitely worth a watch and I laughed all the way through it. I have heard good things about the latest Christmas Episode but as I am in the UK I haven't seen it yet. Would recommend a double feature.

5. The Vicar of Dibley

 I think this little show is very underrated and my favourite Christmas episode titled Christmas Lunch. The premises of the episode is the Vicar, Geraldine Granger (Dawn French) is invited round to Christmas dinner by basically half the village and is too polite to say no to anyone.

It has some great spirit, great laughs and even a cameo by our latest Doctor. Definitely one to watch after a days worth of stuffing, snacks and ice cream.

4. Blackadder

 Blackadders Christmas Carol is a great twist on the classic Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. To begin with we see a very nice Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) who treats his man servant Baldrick (Tony Robinson) very well until the ghost of Christmas Past mistakenly haunts Blackadder with visions of his ancestors and a glimpse into the future.

This special holds a special place in my heart, I have seen it every Christmas season since I was a teenager, and has me laughing even now.

3. The Big Bang Theory 

My favourite Christmas episode of the Big Bang Theory has got to be the season one special called The Bath Gift Item Hypothesis. Leonard (Johnny Galecki) is annoyed about Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and her relationship with an attractive physicist at the university. Sheldon (Jim Parsons) is annoyed about having to buy Penny a Christmas present and enlists the help of Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Howard (Simon Helberg).

It is very funny, and heartfelt which is great for this time of the year. But it wins out on the other two Christmas Specials for Sheldon's reaction to Penny's present.

2. Friends

My favourite Christmas Episode of Friends has got to be, The One Where Rachel Quits. Ross (David Schwimmer) accidentally breaks a little girls leg, he tries to help her sell cookies and enlists Joey (Matt Le Blanc) and Chandler (Matthew Perry). Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) goes to pick up the Christmas tree for Monicas (Courteney Cox) apartment and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) Quits her job at Central Perk.

This one has the heartwarming factor which is why I love it more than the others. It's funny, it's fastpaced and it's just perfect for binge watching.

1. The West Wing

 This was a hard decision, the West Wing has great Christmas Episodes, so I had to rewatch them all and it was close, but Noel wins this battle. It is slightly better than the first Christmas Episode and it's all because it follows the same formula but Josh's (Bradley Whitford) journey had you on the edge of your seat. CJ (Allison Janney) and Bernards (Paxton Whitehead) have a great dynamic with each other, Toby (Richard Shiff) is trying to appear more festive to people by organising live music to play for thirteen days in the white house and Donna (Janel Moloney) is obsessed with seeing Yo-yo Ma at the congressional Christmas party.

This episode is hard to get through, Josh seems very angry and annoyed at the beginning but by the end you'll be crying buckets. It's heartwarming and centred around moving on and healing. Leo (John Spencer) has the best speech at the end of the episode and it wants to make you move forward into Christmas.

We'd like to take a moment to wish you all Happy Holidays. I hope you have a great day tomorrow no matter what your doing. So from me and the cat (who's more interested in his presents) have fun! 

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