Day 21: The Office Christmas episodes

"I'm Jesus, David, and you know why? Because Phyllis, a woman, has uslurped my role as Santa."

 

Every year when my friend Rachel comes home for Christmas, we get together to eat all of our favorite things, take selfies with her mom, and watch Christmas episodes of The Office. Netflix has made it super easy to re-watch your favorite TV shows, and many of those shows have Christmas episodes. In fact, Huffington Post recently published "Your Handy Guide To The Best Christmas Episodes On Netflix." So whether or not The Office is your TV Show of choice, try mixing up your holiday movie viewing with a Netflix night!

If The Office is your TV Show of choice, here's a list of all of the Christmas-themed episodes. Speaking from experience, season two's "Christmas party" is a great one, giving us Yankee Swap and some first class Jim & Pam subplot. Season three's "Benihana Christmas" is one of the first episodes I remember seeing of The Office, and it's hard to beat the hilarity and horror of Michael marking his new "girlfriend" — the Asian waitress he just met — with a Sharpee so he can tell her apart from the other Asian waitress. Season six has "Secret Santa," where Phyllis dresses up as Santa and Michael pouts until he decides to trump Phyllis by dressing up as Jesus. 

As for which episodes to miss, take it from me: Don't bother with the "Moroccan Christmas" from season five. Granted, the Dwight subplot is great ("My horn can piece the sky!"), but the main plot involves getting Meredith to rehab, and it's just not as Christmasy as some of the other aforementioned gems. 

In conclusion, this is where I'll leave you: "Earlier today this office needed a Santa. And then it needed a second Santa. And then it needed a Jesus. And now, it needs a Michael. And that's one suit Phyllis cannot fit into." _ Michael Scott