Decider’s Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 3: Blanche Is Hot For Santa In A Poignant ‘Golden Girls’

The Christmas season is here and that means one major thing for TV devotees: re-watching all of your favorite festive sitcom episodes! In celebration of the season and the tradition of TV comedies getting all holly jolly for one episode a year, Decider presents our very first Sitcom Advent Calendar. Every day leading up to Christmas, Decider’s resident sitcom elf Brett White will share one holiday-themed sitcom episode for you to stream to make your days merry and bright.

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Decider’s Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 3

The Golden Girls, “‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas”

Season 2, Episode 11
Original Airdate: December 20, 1986
Written By: Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan
Directed By: Terry Hughes

All the girls want to do for Christmas is go home to their loved ones, but canceled flights and a gun-toting Santa threaten to ruin the most special day of the year. Plus: everyone gets a sneak peek at the men of Blanche’s boudoir!

Christmas Trope Count: 9 (All About Christmas, Terrible Gift, Cops & Crime, Christmas Ain’t About Presents, Mall Santa, Someone’s A Grinch, Stranded Christmas, Surprise Real Snow, Carols)

For some reason, sitcom characters get into loads of trouble in holiday episodes. I guess nothing interrupts the Christmas spirit like being held at gunpoint (even if that gun only shoots water). Still, the holidays are a time of magic, magic that includes sudden snowfall in Miami.

Christmas Carol Count: 2 (“Silent Night,” The First Noel”)

A Second Helping: “Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas” (Season 5, Episode 12) 

Day 1: Full House, “A Very Tanner Christmas”
Day 2: How I Met Your Mother, “How Lily Stole Christmas”

Watch The Golden Girls' "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas"