Friends
Summary
TheFriendsChristmas episodes provide festive vacation laughs and touching moments that can be give to each year to observe with the sitcom ’s beloved character . Many sitcom are screw for their annual Christmas episodes andFriendsis one show that truly embraced the holiday season feeling . Part of the show ’s appeal is that the six central part — Rachel , Ross , Monica , Chandler , Joey , and Phoebe — are so entertaining and magical that viewers experience like they are spend clock time with sure-enough friends . This also means that theFriendsChristmas episodes are some of the most rewatchable holiday sitcom special ever .
While not every season of the show featured a Christmas episode , Friendsoffers more than most sitcoms . The gang spends the vacation season together year after yr , which also gives looker a chance to see them rise as characters throughout the series . Relationships come and go , there are many change in their dynamic , but throughout it all theFriendsgang always finds ways to have hilarious Christmas mischance together .
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The One With Phoebe’s Dad
Season 2, Episode 9
Friendshas always succeeded in combining humor and heart . The Christmas installment are a great exercise of that , specially in the serial ' first attempt at some holiday storytelling . The main emotional plot line in the time of year 1FriendsChristmas instalment involvesPhoebe find out that her fatheris alive and resolve to go out to meet him , joined by Joey and Chandler for emotional accompaniment . Meanwhile , Rachel and Monica ’s Christmas party turns tropicalwhen their furnace breaks and makes the flat unseasonably warm .
The mix of zany vacation high jinks and Phoebe ’s touching endeavor to unwrap more about her family make for a gracious balance . There are also some tolerate - out screaming minute in the episode , especially in the final season in which Chandler and Joey give the gang with the Christmas presents they had to get at a gas place .
The most memorable Friends Christmas quotes show why the sitcom is consider by so many to be all-important vacation time of year look at .
The One Where Rachel Quits
Season 3, Episode 10
ThisFriendsChristmas episode from season 3 might focus more on the swelled instant for Rachel as she finally quits her job at Central Perk , but the existent play is in the gay subplot . WhenJoey pay back a job selling Christmas trees , Phoebe is offend that he has had a hand in chopping down innocent trees in their prime . Things only get worse when she chit-chat him at work and detect what happens to the Tree that do n’t get betray .
Overall , it is a witching and funny episode with the Christmas Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree storyline making with child use of Phoebe ’s charming eccentricities . It also wraps up in a heartwarming path as Joey and Monica espouse all the unwanted trees and decorate the flat with them .
The One With The Girl From Poughkeepsie
Season 4, Episode 10
ThisFriendsChristmas episode sport some classical situation comedy stuff as the part deal with mini - crises in term of their work and their dearest animation . Ross bump himself dating a girl from out of town and struggling with the commute to see her . Meanwhile , Chandler sets Monica up with a guy from work but makes a muckle of things by saying the wrong thing . in conclusion , Monica hires Joey as a server at her work for the lone function of firing him to gain obedience from her staff .
The episode has some heavy moments , like Joey refusing to go along with Monica ’s plan after seeing the tips he experience andRoss ending up in Canada . There is n’t much in the way of holiday storytelling , butPhoebe does bring home the bacon a bit of cheerwith her memorable vacation call .
The One With The Inappropriate Sister
Season 5, Episode 10
This is anotherFriendsChristmas sequence that is a little light on the holiday feeling . However , that might be a estimable thing , as all the plot line are dominate by one of the foreign concept in the show . Rachel observe her relationship with Dannybecoming awkward when she observe that he is remarkably tightlipped with his sister . There is also a laughable subplot with Ross helping Joey write a script , but his demanding agenda take the fun out of it .
Once again , it is up to Phoebe to furnish the only real Christmas contentin the installment . Her storyline sees her volunteering for a holiday charity but begins to take an fast-growing approaching when people mistreat her compendium bin .
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The One With The Holiday Armadillo
Season 7, Episode 10
Regarded bymany fans asthe bestFriendsholiday instalment , the story is actually more focused on Hanukkah than Christmas — although it ’s most remembered for introducing Ross ’s new seasonal case , the Holiday Armadillo . Ross attempts to get his son Ben excited about the Jewish vacation and make up one’s mind to get dressed up as Santa to explain the fun of Hanukkah . regrettably , all he is able-bodied to witness is an armadillo costume , which leads to a lot of hilarious explanations .
There is also a funny subplot of Phoebe attempting to get Rachel to move back in with her by getting Joey progressively pestering Christmas nowadays . Both storyline are terrific , but see Ross fight to make the " holiday armadillo " work , while also being joined by some unexpected acquaintance , makes for one of the funny scenes in the serial .
The One With Ross’s Step Forward
Season 8, Episode 11
The season 8FriendsChristmas episode is the beginning of the much controversial storylineof Joey developing intuitive feeling for Rachel , but it also has a fate of fun constituent outside of that , includingRoss making a jam of a Christmas tradition . When his lady friend Mona suggests that they should ship out a Christmas card together , it freak out him out , transmit him spiraling out of control as he tries to find the ripe stratum of committedness he is ready for .
Also , when Monica defy to spend an eve with Chandler ’s obnoxious boss , Chandler is forced to lie about give way up with her , lead to a bachelor ’s night on the townspeople . Though it might not play the Christmas disembodied spirit as well as other instalment , there are big laughs and wacky moments that make it a solidFriendsepisode on its own .
The One With Christmas In Tulsa
Season 9, Episode 10
The finalFriendsChristmas installment is , alas , aclip show instead of being a brand - new holiday story . The framing gimmick for the flashbacks is that Chandler is force to drop Christmas aside from Monica and his friends as he is work in Tulsa in his new status . This fix him reminiscing about preceding vacation fun with his loved ones as well as his relationship with Monica . While determine these oldFriendsmoments is fun , clip show episodes often feel skippablewhen binge - watching an older show . Still , the sequence does sport a self-aggrandising moment for Chandler in the end , as he quits his caper and starts his novel career path .
