It’s the most wonderful time of the year – the time for consuming our body weight in roast dinners/chocolates/mince pies/mulled wine and attempting to recover in front of our favourite Christmas TV episodes.
Among some of the finest shows to offer Christmas specials over the years has been comedy classic Friends, which remains essential viewing to this day.
So to celebrate the holiday season, we’ve put together an ordered list of the best Friends Christmas episodes. Don’t @ us.
9. Season 5 Episode 10, The One with the Inappropriate Sister
Sorry gang, this one barely touches on Christmas cheer and must therefore come in at the bottom of the list.
It sees Ross get on Joey and Chandler’s nerves while he’s on sabbatical, and Rachel starts dating a man who seems a little too close with his sister.
8. Season 4 Episode 10, The One With The Girl From Poughkeepsie
This one also doesn’t have much to do with Christmas, but it does feature Phoebe’s iconic Christmas song.
The episode also sees Ross’ ill-fated attempt to date someone all the way in Poughkeepsie, and Joey tries to help Monica become more popular at her restaurant, but things to atray when he begins to like the job too much to let her fire him.
7. Season 1 Episode 10, The One With The Monkey
It sees Rachel show up to the gang’s New Year’s Eve party all black and blue after a fight at the airport, Chandler bring Janice as a date to said party, and Phoebe’s budding relationship with David the scientist end at (you guessed it) that same party.
6. Season 8 Episode 11, The One With Ross’s Step Forward
In this episode, we see Ross face the dilemma of his girlfriend wanting to send out a joint Christmas card to all their friends before he’s ready to take that step.
Naturally, he panics and ends up giving her a key to his apartment.
5. Season 9 Episode 10, The One with Christmas In Tulsa
The One with Christmas In Tulsa is another popular Christmas offering with Friends fans.
It sees Chandler quit his job after he ends up being made to work in Tulsa over Christmas, telling Monica that she’s more important.
4. Season 6 Episode 10, The One With The Routine
This one’s very New Year’s Eve focused, with Monica and Ross consumed with glee at being in Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve.
Elsewhere in the episode, Phoebe, Rachel, and Chandler try to find Monica’s Christmas gift stash to try and figure out what kind of presents they should to get her that year.
3. Season 2 Episode 9, The One With Phoebe’s Dad
In this Christmassy offering, we see Phoebe – joined by Chandler and Joey – drive to meet her dad after she finds out where he lives.
Meanwhile Monica and Rachel throw a Christmas party which starts to have more of a tropical vibe after their radiator breaks.
2. Season 3 Episode 10, The One Where Rachel Quits
This one is full of festive cheer, with the main Christmassy storyline being Phoebe being distressed at Joey’s job selling Christmas trees.
Ross also helps a little girl sell Christmas cookies after he accidentally breaks her leg, so it’s warm fuzzies all around.
1. Season 7 Episode 10, The Holiday Armadillo
This absolute corker of an episode sees Ross don an armadillo costume in an effort to help his son Ben learn about Hanukkah after the costume shop runs out of Santa outfits.
If you now don’t have ‘I’m the HOLLIDAY ARMADILLO’ stuck in your head, then you’re clearly not a big enough fan.
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