Decider’s Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 20: Frasier Gives Into His Inner Grinch In A Frantic And Festive Episode

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 20

Frasier, “Frasier Grinch”

Season 3, Episode 9
Original Airdate: December 19, 1995
Written By: David Lloyd
Directed By: Philip Charles MacKenzie

The Crane men learn that gift-giving ain’t easy, especially if you’re buying gift based on who you want your loved ones to be and not who they actually are. Oh–and also Eddie dresses up in an adorable li’l doggy Santa suit!

Christmas Trope Count: 9 (All About Christmas, Decorating Indoors, Perfect Gift, Terrible Gift, Christmas Party, Mistletoe Joke, Visiting Family, Last Minute Shopping, Someone’s A Grinch)

Last Minute Shopping is a major Christmas trope, as there’s nothing stressful than having to enter a mall on Christmas Eve. Frasier and Niles brave the horde in order to hunt down an Outlaw Laser Robo Geek, a toy with a name so ridiculous it makes “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” make sense.

Christmas Carol Count: 0

A Second Helping: “Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz” (Season 6, Episode 10)

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”
Day 18: 30 Rock, “Christmas Special”
Day 19: Roseanne, “No Place Like Home For The Holidays”

Watch Frasier's "Frasier Grinch" on Hulu