Family Guy is a evidence that pokes fun at everything, and then it simply makes sense that they get a couple of jabs in at Christmas. There are plenty of Family Guy Christmas episodes throughout its 20 seasons, and some are meliorate than others. Watching the Griffins trying to celebrate a normal Christmas is hilarious as something ever goes awry.

Whether it's Brian & Stewie trying to save Santa or Lois finally losing her listen after zero goes correct during Christmas, these episodes tin can get you in the Christmas spirit while besides making you express joy. They have clever social commentary and even provide humor that many can relate to when it comes to the holidays. Also, no holiday pic or Christmas special is prophylactic every bit there are parodies galore. Here are the seven best Family unit Guy Christmas specials, ranked.

7. The First No Fifty (Season 19, Episode nine)

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Mothers tin often experience underappreciated during the vacation flavour and this episode shows what happens when they've had enough. When Lois becomes fed up with her family's lack of help, she leaves and the Griffins are left past themselves to decorate the house and buy Christmas presents. However, the Griffins cease up doing fine without her, leading to Lois destroying all of their hard work in a fit of jealousy.

"The First No Fifty" is littered with homages to How The Grinch Stole Christmas every bit Lois breaks into the firm and recreates several scenes from the animated special. Stewie is fifty-fifty dressed up as Cindy Lou Who. Yet, her need to keep the house tidy gets in the way as she checks on the laundry and cleans upward after herself. This episode is a reminder to capeesh the difficult work that people do during the vacation flavour, specially the mothers in our family.

6. Christmas Guy (Season 12, Episode viii)

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"Christmas Guy" takes place shortly after Family unit Guy made the bold determination to kill off Brian. However, fans could cool down knowing he would come back in this episode as Stewie travels through time to save him. Brian's departure was curt, just his return gives Stewie the Christmas he truly wants. This is besides the last we come across of Vinnie the dog (Tony Sirico), the Italian mafioso canis familiaris whose presence is cursory simply is not a bad add-on.

As well in this episode is Peter trying to become Carter Pewterschmidt dorsum into the Christmas spirit in order to relieve the Christmas festivities. This includes a hilarious and crude scene where Peter forces Carter to beverage what looks like spoiled egg nog. "Christmas Guy" features a little bit of everything; It's sugariness, funny, and full of the holiday spirit.

v. How the Griffin Stole Christmas (Season xv, Episode 9)

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Peter often figures out a way to manipulate others and here he does it by using their love of Christmas against them. Peter fills in for a mall Santa and becomes drunk with power as he discovers the many benefits of pretending to be Santa Claus himself. However, when the existent Santa threatens him, the two go after each other and, of class, the existent Santa ends up victorious. Many of the means Peter uses his newfound power are odd, just then again so is Peter.

Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie begin crashing office Christmas parties to consume food and meet women. Stewie becomes a bit too engrossed in one company and ends upward getting people fired. Information technology does accept a happy ending every bit Stewie atones for this and anybody hopefully has a good holiday. "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" can be mean-spirited at times but information technology still ends happily and features plenty of laughs, like the scene where the whole family goes sledding and gets horribly injured.

4. A Very Special Family unit Guy Freakin' Christmas (Flavor 3, Episode 16)

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This starting time Christmas special from Family unit Guy comes from Season 3. The animation isn't as refined all the same but the jokes are nevertheless there. "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" simply follows the Griffin family as they try to take the best Christmas possible. Lois is trying to get everything prepare, Peter is out getting drunk, and Stewie becomes frightened by the thought that Santa is e'er watching.

This episode has many clever ideas, especially with Stewie, as it'southward interesting to run into a child'due south perspective where they call back Santa is actually evil instead of jolly and kind. There is even a fake special within this special where the band Buss saves Santa from dinosaurs. However, the highlight of the episode is when Lois goes on a binge after everything goes horribly wrong. This includes her pushing George Bailey from It'southward A Wonderful Life off a bridge and lighting Frosty the Snowman on burn. Lois tends to have a tough time during the holidays only this episode features her at her absolute breaking point.

3. Don't Be A Dickens at Christmas (Season 16, Episode 9)

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And so many TV shows have a parody of A Christmas Ballad and this is Family Guy'due south version. Here, Peter loses the Christmas spirit leading to his family going over to Lois' parents' house without him. While watching a Patrick Swayze moving-picture show, he falls asleep and is visited by the ghost of Swayze who takes him on a journey through Peter'southward Christmases of the past, present, and future.

Along the style, we also see how other citizens of Quahog spend their holidays. When Peter sees that he dies in the virtually future, he decides to become back into the spirit and realizes the importance of family. The thought of using the ghost of Swayze is a choice that is bizarre but does make sense in terms of this show. Swayze's Roadhouse picture show has become a popular running joke on the show. This episode manages to practice A Christmas Carol in a unique manner that puts its own Family Guy spin on it. It's definitely not the near accurate but it might simply be the funniest.

two. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (Season 11, Episode 8)

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In this episode, Family Guy travels back in time to tell the story of Christmas. Peter tells the story of the nativity of Jesus to his family unit. Of course, each grapheme in the story is played past a different grapheme including Peter as Joseph and Lois equally Mary. In this story, Family Guy not only pokes fun at the story itself but also the fourth dimension period in which it takes place. Many of the jokes are nigh how short people's lifespans were, how women were treated unfairly, and how at that place wasn't much to do during this fourth dimension period. There are also jokes made at the expense of Christianity and this story itself. There may be people who take event with this episode but Family Guy notoriously pokes fun at everything and their retelling of this story is hilarious. It's not necessarily educational but information technology'south an entertaining mode of retelling this story.

1. Road to the North Pole (Season 9, Episode vii)

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In another "Route to" episode, Stewie and Brian travel to the Northward Pole to find Santa Claus. However, when they get there, they find out that Santa is living a horrible life. He can't keep upward with anybody's gift lists and the elves and reindeers are beginning to mutate due to horrible conditions. This is easily the nigh aggressive Christmas episode Family Guy has done as information technology's about 45 minutes long. In that location are even 2 musical numbers, "All I Really Want For Christmas" and "Christmas Time is Killing U.s.." This is a rather nighttime episode as it shows Santa about dying along with murderous reindeer who consume the elves. Nonetheless, it'southward still very funny, peculiarly when Stewie and Brian have to take over as Santa Claus and it's a complete disaster.

This episode serves as a reflection of what Christmas has become, with attacks on capitalism and greed. What happens to Santa could exist what would happen if he were real as he tries to keep up with the demands of over 7 billion people. "Road to the North Pole" still ends happily as the whole earth realizes they are request for too much for Christmas and greed is beginning to take over. They determine to only ask for one thing and Santa is saved. Family Guy shares the message that Christmas isn't about just getting presents but also the spirit of giving.

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