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[[caption-width-right:350:It won't be long before he's ''against'' the holidays.]]


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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS7E7 Ghosts of Christmas Past]]" though the family come together for Christmas it's very apparent that most of them essentially just grin and bear it in part due to the memories of Ferdy's suicide and in part because Jennifer is insufferable, one even confiding in the newcomer that the red wine is how she gets through it. And this is before ''people'' start dying.
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* Thanksgiving is a frequent target of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episodes, including one in which they all shared their worst Thanksgiving memories. Some of these include losing body parts. Chandler in particular hates Thanksgiving because they remind him of how his parents told him they were divorcing over Thanksgiving dinner and how they screwed up his childhood. It gets so bad that the other friends have to prepare non-Thanksgiving food for him.

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* Thanksgiving is a frequent target of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episodes, including one in which they all shared their worst Thanksgiving memories. Some of these include losing body parts. Chandler in particular hates Thanksgiving because they remind him of how his parents told him they were divorcing over Thanksgiving dinner and how they screwed up his childhood. It gets so bad that the other friends have to prepare non-Thanksgiving food for him. Over time, and as his relationship with Monica becomes more serious, Chandler starts to embrace Thanksgiving and in the final season he volunteers to help prepare dinner.

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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George's father made up a holiday of his own, Festivus, specifically to be this.

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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George's father made up a holiday of his own, Festivus, specifically to be this. To be more specific, it's the kind of holiday only a cantankerous asshole like Frank would enjoy with such rituals as the "Airing of Grievances" (Frank berates everyone for hours on end) and "Feats of Strength" (Frank wrestles George to the ground while humiliating him in front of others).
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** "You Better Watch Out" (season 2): a paraschuting MallSanta falls to his death in the Bundys' backyard.
** "It's A Bundyful Life" (season 4): Al has extra money for gifts, but doesn't get to the bank in time, the family hates him and after accidentally shocking himself, his guardian angel (played by Creator/SamKinison) shows him how much ''[[BetterIfNotBornPlot better]]'' [[BetterIfNotBornPlot Peg and the kids' lives would be without him.]]

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** "You Better Watch Out" (season 2): a paraschuting parachuting MallSanta falls to his death in the Bundys' backyard.
backyard, forcing Al to put on his costume and pretend to be Santa when all the neighborhood kids show up at the front door so they won't think Santa is dead. While Al couldn't care less, the police officer in charge of the crime scene makes him do it.
** "It's A Bundyful Life" (season 4): Al has extra money for gifts, but doesn't get to the bank in time, the family hates him and after accidentally shocking himself, his guardian angel (played by Creator/SamKinison) shows him how much ''[[BetterIfNotBornPlot better]]'' [[BetterIfNotBornPlot Peg and the kids' lives would be without him.]]him;]] Peggy is a devoted homemaker HappilyMarried to another man (played by Creator/TedMcGinley, who'd go on to play Darcy's second husband Jefferson years later), Kelly is a chaste and respectful girl, and Bud is TheCasanova. Ironically, Al would rather have been born rather than have his awful family be happier without him, after they'd been an anchor around his neck for decades.

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