Decider’s Sitcom Advent Calendar Day 21: The Belchers Rob A Sex Shop In A Wild ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Christmas 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 21

Bob’s Burgers, “Bob Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins”

Season 3, Episode 9
Original Airdate: December 16, 2012
Written By: Kit Boss
Directed By: Anthony Chun

Bob’s Burgers has a rep for walking the line between heartwarming family fun and bizarre, borderline off-putting hijinks. The show’s wildly original Season 3 Christmas episode finds the Belchers inheriting a storage unit and the man (and former mannequin?) squatting inside of it. This unexpected guest turns out to be a bonus when his window decorating skills bring some pizazz (and plenty of dollars) to the family restaurant!

Christmas Trope Count: 6 (All About Christmas, Decorating Indoors, Mistletoe Joke, Broke On Christmas, Christmas Ain’t About Presents, Carols)

There isn’t an Unexpected Sexy Content trope in the Christmas TV canon, but leave it to Bob’s Burgers to go there! Yes, this is a sitcom episode that includes someone shouting “squirt the lube!”

Christmas Carol Count: 4 (“Silent Night,” “Carol of the Bells,” “I Saw Three Ships,” “Father Christmas”)

A Second Helping: “Christmas in the Car” (Season 4, Episode 8)

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”
Day 20: Frasier, “Frasier Grinch”

Watch Bob's Burgers' "Bob Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" on Hulu