TV has reached that point in the year where basically every show has a Christmas episode. Ordinarily, I have no problems with this because I understand that the majority of America is Christian, but I don't like it when you have a show that makes a point of having a diverse cast of characters and they do a Christmas episode without paying homage to the other cultures being represented as it completely alienated me.
So far this season I have seen three Christmas episodes and only one of them managed to make me angry. The first one I saw was Glee's. Glee has two characters that are Jewish and they usually say that they are proud of their heritage, but in this episode both of them were basically Christian. Neither of them protested singing Christmas songs or even suggested maybe singing a Hanukkah song (which was still going on when this episode aired). It also didn't help that the plot for the episode was a rehash of a Dr. Seuss book (if you're wondering it's the one that has Christmas in the title). So for me, that episode just made me angry.
The other show whose Christmas episode I am going to mention is Community. The entire episode was done in stop motion animation and was centered on Christmas, but they made several pluralism jokes and acknowledged the fact that all of the characters have different beliefs. Aside from the nearly constant talk about the holidays, Community also managed to throw in a rather adult story about growing up and how things change as time progresses. So, the episode ended up being a lot more relatable and enjoyable.
And that concludes my thoughts on Christmas episodes.
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