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A break over the holidays is the perfect time for a lot of things: seeing your family, catching up with friends, eating a ton, reflecting. But most important of all, it’s a great time to watch a lot of TV, including the episodes made specifically for this time of year.
Christmas episodes are a timeless tradition; they enable us to spend holidays with the characters we’ve come to love and give us a chance to use the darker underpinnings of a season scored by family fights, fresh heartbreak, and rising…