Decider’s Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 18: Jack Learns The Truth About Mrs. Claus In ‘30 Rock’s’ Christmas Special

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 18

30 Rock, “Christmas Special”

Season 3, Episode 6
Original Airdate: December 11, 2008
Written By: Kay Cannon and Tina Fey
Directed By: Don Scardino

Holiday cheer becomes mandatory when Jack demands the TGS staff create a TV special that “makes It’s a Wonderful Life look like Pulp Fiction.” Wow, now that’s Christmas-y! But Jack isn’t working everyone so hard just to stay away from his overbearing mother, is he?

Christmas Trope Count: 9 (All About Christmas, Santa Believer, Visiting Family, Play/Pageant, Poverty Tourism, Regular Shopping, Holy Crap This Cast Member Can Sing, Working On Christmas, Carols)

While Liz pats herself on the back for buying toys for underprivileged kids, spotlight-seeker Jenna cuts loose with some Christmas carols in one of 30 Rock’s many Holy Crap This Cast Member Can Sing moments.

Christmas Carol Count: 3 (“Jingle Bells,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “The Christmas Song”)

A Second Helping: “Ludachristmas” (Season 2, Episode 9)

Day 1: Full House, “A Very Tanner Christmas”
Day 2: How I Met Your Mother, “How Lily Stole Christmas”
Day 3: The Golden Girls, “‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas”
Day 4: Black-ish, “Black Santa/White Christmas”
Day 5: Step By Step, “Christmas Story”
Day 6: Home Improvement, “Yule Better Watch Out”
Day 7: Fresh Off the Boat, “The Real Santa”
Day 8: Cheers, “Christmas Cheers”
Day 9: Family Matters, “Have Yourself A Merry Winslow Christmas”
Day 10: The Odd Couple, “Scrooge Gets An Oscar”
Day 11: The Office, “Christmas Party”
Day 12: Friends, “The One with the Holiday Armadillo”
Day 13: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, “Captain Latvia”
Day 14: 3rd Rock from the Sun, “Jolly Old St. Dick”
Day 15: Will & Grace, “All About Christmas Eve”
Day 16: The Bob Newhart Show, “I’m Dreaming of a Slight Christmas”
Day 17: That Girl, “Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid”

Watch 30 Rock's "Christmas Special" on Hulu