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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.

Decider’s Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 8

Cheers, “Christmas Cheers”

Season 6, Episode 12
Original Airdate: December 17, 1987
Written By: Cheri Eichen and Bill Steinkellner
Directed By: James Burrows and Thomas Lofaro

Things go south for the Cheers gang when they have to work on Christmas Eve, and things get even worse when Sam realizes Carla and Woody got Rebecca a gift and he didn’t. Meanwhile, Norm finally becomes the Santa he was destined to be–a grumpy one!

Christmas Trope Count: 10 (All About Christmas, Perfect Gift, Santa’s In The Cast, Last Minute Shopping, Play/Pageant, Mistletoe Joke, Mall Santa, Someone’s A Grinch, Working On Christmas, Carols)

Sitcom characters love Christmas but they are really bad at presents! This episode features the classic Last Minute Shopping trope as Sam rushes from closed store to closed store. Help comes in the form of an angel (okay, a flight attendant), although Sam fails at getting her under the metaphorical mistletoe.