6 Weird Christmas Episodes You Forgot About
#rememberwhen Christmas TV went completely off the rails — with hostage Santas, homeless teens at the mall, teen alcoholism, weaponized tacky lawn displays, a forgotten optimist at a bar, and one very confused Holiday Armadillo trying to explain Hanukkah.
In this deep dive, we’ll dig into 6 weird Christmas episodes you forgot about — from The Golden Girls’ “‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas” and Saved by the Bell’s “Home for Christmas,” to Good Times’ “Sometimes There’s No Bottom in the Bottle,” Roseanne’s “White Trash Christmas,” Living Single’s “Living Kringle,” and Friends’ “The One with the Holiday Armadillo.” We’ll revisit hostage situations, very special episodes, class warfare in Christmas lights, found-family heartbreak, and the moment Ross Geller turned into a bargain-bin superhero just to teach his kid about the Maccabees.
6 Weird Christmas Episodes You Forgot About
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
01:02 – #6: The Golden Girls – “‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas”
03:37 – #5: Saved by the Bell – “Home for Christmas”
07:03 – #4: Good Times – “Sometimes There’s No Bottom in the Bottle”
10:09 – #3: Roseanne – “White Trash Christmas”
14:18 – #2: Living Single – “Living Kringle”
18:47 – #1: Friends – “The One With the Holiday Armadillo”
Watch more Christmas TV and movie nostalgia here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZTUGHHqdh58fK-YDfl6NwOrCeokqvb2
#GoldenGirls #SavedByTheBell #GoodTimes #Roseanne #LivingSingle #Friends #HolidayEpisodes #ChristmasTV #RetroTV #TVNostalgia #RememberWhen
@marilyncunningham3216
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Good Times was an amazing show!
@xavierallsaints
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I've never watched an episode of friends, used to be the same for game of thrones, but I started season one a year ago
@xavierallsaints
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Also Roseanne was a very popular show, watched that a lot when my parents turned it on
@xavierallsaints
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Zack Morris is trash reference??????? subscribed
@noelslist
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Boy meets world chritmas where Eric plays Santa is sad
@mojododo6363
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Ah you cut the bit how Sophia simply takes the gun out of Santa's hand so casually 🤣
@LRB9498
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
"My favorite part was when Superman flew all the Jews out of Israel." No one could deliver a sarcastic line like Matthew Perry. RIP
@OrangeCat1992
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Living Single was such an underrated sitcom.
@vinawhite8384
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
The Saved by the Bell Christmas episode (Well, actually, it was a two-part special), is one of my favorite Christmas episodes of all time!
I wish you could've talked about some more TV show Christmas episodes that aren't on this list! TV shows like, Alf, Family Matters, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, or even Step By Step! They also have some memorable Christmas episodes that I love and enjoyed every Christmas!
And a Merry Christmas everybody!
🎄🎁🎅❄️⛄😊!
@JazzyUte
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
There were a few out of pocket Christmas episodes from Roseanne. There's one in one of the later seasons where DJ keeps getting an erection in school and the final season, it comes out on Christmas that Dan is cheating on Roseanne, which drives their split for a bit until they reconcile at the end (and it all turns out to be Roseanne's book and Dan really died from his heart attack lol).
@MissSunriseDawn
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I loved the Family Ties Christmas where Alex ends up making a run to the local convenience store for Christmas gifts. Lol
@electroduval831
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
SBTB had me terrified of No-Doz
@rhondaharding820
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I probably would've added "Festivus for the rest of us!" to this list.
@AFMountaineer2000
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
The only one I saw was Saved by the Bell. I wasnt even born yet to see the Good Times one. Never watched Living Single. I only watched Rosanne, Golden Girls, & Friends sporadically
@billkeithchannel
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I can happily say that I have never seen an episode of Friends and am fine with that.
@billkeithchannel
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
One of those free Digital TV stations just showed that Roseanne episode a couple weeks ago. They do a 2-hour marathon of episodes every afternoon.
@billkeithchannel
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Elizabeth Berkley was stunning in Show Girls. I loved that movie and don't understand why it gets so much hate. This show was past my era but as a young adult I started watching it as re-runs. I had a crush on Lark Voorhies.
@davidariamirroarkyoung
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I didn't think they had inflatable decorations in the 1980s. I don't remember seeing any inflatable decorations until I was an adult.
@davidariamirroarkyoung
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I felt nostalgic about shows from the 80s until I started watching them, and realized how there was so many things within the golden Girls for example that are deeply disturbing, and I don't know how I forgot some of the episodes. When Dorothy for example pushes her student whose parents are illegal immigrants that brought him as a infant to the US, that he should turn himself and his parents into i.c.e. That is one of the easiest examples, that haunt me now, and make it where I can't look at those shows the same. Many episodes are extremely disturbing from so many shows.
@DJ-os5ih
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
You forgot the show empty nest, which was a spinoff of golden girls.
@pollykeown317
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
My favorite "weird" Christmas episode is the episode of Bewitched that dealt with racism. It has wonderful intentions and a great message….but it didn't age that well lol It's here on YouTube if you want to watch it.
@juliemcarthur3004
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I love the save by the bell episode
@lindsaymeniz1935
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Oh yeah there were two holiday ones for Fsmily Matters.
@lindsaymeniz1935
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Looks like the set of "Family Matters" was used for "Living Single"
@lindsaymeniz1935
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Thankfully I would see "Saved By the Bell" reruns on TBS in the mid-90s. That episode was touching because not everyone who's struggling is a thief and not everyone who's struggling on drugs/liars/drunks. Of course you have to be careful in belong people but it shouldn't stop you from being kind. It was different then. Now we have to be a bit stronger in our response to anyone because not everyone has good intentions and we have a lot of people brought in.
Regarding "The Golden Girls", I've seen reruns too on Hallmark. Not sure when I started watching.
@DaddyB3
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
That Friends episode has so many great lines, especially from Matthew Perry.
@paulbowser1989
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I didn't realize me and the creator of Living Single share a last name
@andreawales1938
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I wish you had given a short explanation about what happened in the books of the Maccabees.
Although originally in all Bibles, Protestants and Jews eventually had them removed among other books. Judah Maccabee, or Judah the Hammer, led the Maccabees, who didn’t just stand up for their Jewish religion by being willing to die rather than renounce it like Hannah and her seven sons, the Maccabees actually rose up against the pagan ruler and fought for their religion. The Maccabean Revolt occurred in the Second Temple period after the return from the Babylonian Captivity but before Jesus was born.
A traditional symbol of Judaism is the seven-branched menorah. Seven — three for Heaven (Trinity) and four from the four points of the compass north, south, east and west for the earth — symbolizes everything, that is, God’s power over Heaven and earth.
The nine-branched menorah has only been used since the Maccabean Revolt in the celebration of Hanukkah, which can be spelled with an “H” and two “K’s” or with a “C-H” and one “K.” — Hanukkah H-A-N-U-K-K-A-H or Chanukah C-H-A-N-U-K-A-H.
This Jewish Festival of Lights commemorates the purification of the Temple after it was defiled. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, which stands for “Antiochus IV, manifestation of Zeus,” fighting for the Seulucids, or Syrians, had built an altar to the pagan god Zeus right in the Temple! How rude!
After purifying the Temple from that desecration, the Maccabees, also called the Hasmonean Dynasty, only had enough oil to light the Temple menorah for one night, yet the oil lasted for eight nights — until more provisions arrived. The ninth — and center — branch of the Hanukkah menorah holds a candle used to light the other eight candles, which signify the eight-night miracle celebrated at Hanukkah. The story of the Maccabean Revolt is in the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees, which is in the Catholic Bible, whose Old Testament was originally based on the Septuagint, or first translation (into Greek) of the Hebrew Bible.
Jews play dreidel at Hanukkah. The four-sided spinning top has a Hebrew initial on each side, which together stand for “A great miracle happened there.” Players play the game performing actions according to which initial lands face up.
The story of the Maccabees and the miracle of Hanukkah aren’t in the Jewish canon of Scripture because they were removed in an effort to eliminate passages that supported early Christianity. You see, 2 Maccabees 12:38-46 supports praying for the dead. In addition, the books of the Maccabees were originally written in Greek.
@wesleygleason5868
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
That Golden Girls episode where they were taken hostage by "Bernie", looks like it's the actor from Weekend at Bernie's. What a deep cut! 😲👍🏻
@EeyoreHyde94
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I didn’t know Candice Owens was on Good Times 😂😂😂
@triwulf1
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
A wholesome one from "Major Dad" S2E12 "Gift of the Major" The reason it sticks out is because of obvious nod to the TMNT craze of the 90s being subbed in by the "Ecco Geckos." Which while I was watching it I (an avid TMNT fan) noticed they were just repainted Leatherhead figures which are from the TMNT line of Playmates Toys.
@SpookyHelder
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
I'm pretty sure most of Screech's experiments were successful – INCLUDING A SENTIENT ROBOT
@LacesGotmeShook
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 am
Roseanne was the Queen of Halloween, but Tim Taylor is the King
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