Christmas is Upon Us!!!

Here's a list of awesome Christmas shows/specials. These are my personal favourites, and they aren't on more typical lists of time-honoured Christmas stories...

1. How I Met Your Mother, Season 2, "How Lily Stole Christmas"
It's one of the best episodes EVER, regardless of the Christmas content. I don't even need to tell you what the episode is about, I'll just throw descriptive words your way: winter wonderland, sinfully cinnamon cookies, easy bake oven, Rudolph, beer, jesus freaks... I could go on. NOw go download it on itunes or just buy Season 2. This episode and the "Slap Bet" episode are worth the price of the dvds.

2. South Park Christmas Episodes
Take your pick of eight Christmas themed episodes from various seasons. Whether you're a Mr. Hankey fan or you delight in satanic woodland creatures, all of these episodes are gold.

3. My So-Called Life, "So-Called Angels"
It's one of the sappier episodes of this incredible show from 1994. Check it out if you want to see Claire Danes and Jared Leto before they were famous. My So-Called Life was ground breaking, it was the first show to depict teenage life realistically. It also featured the first re-occuring gay character in television history; Wilson Cruz plays Ricky, the angel-faced embodiment of kindness and love. Check it out!

4. The Simpsons Christmas Episodes
There have been ten Christmas episodes over this show's many seasons. In fact, the very first episode was a Christmas special in 1989. Check out the other ones, including "Skinner's Sense of Snow" and this year's "The Fight Before Christmas."

5. The O.C., "Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah"
This episode is awesome and I don't care what anybody says! The O.C. had it's moments. I particularly liked Sprinkles the rabbit. This episode, featuring Seth's holiday combo of Christmas and Hanukkah, has everything I loved about this series and nothing that I don't. 


So there ya go. Instead of watching a claymation Rudolph for the 473rd time, look up these episodes and have a more off-beat Christmas this year.