Release: December 23, 2008
Countdown: Top 12 Greatest Christmas Specials
- A Christmas Story (1983)
- Every adaptation of A Christmas Carol
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- The Small One (1978)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Disney's version of The Little Match Girl (2006)
- South Park — "Woodland Critter Christmas" (December 15, 2004)
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean (December 30, 1992)
This countdown contains examples of:
- Call-Back: When Critic notes that The Little Match Girl is on the Platimum DVD of The Little Mermaid (1989), he says it won't please The Nostalgia Chick.
- Easily Forgiven: Double Subverted. Critic notes that in Home Alone, Kevin doesn't quite forgive his mother when she returns, then forgives her after a simple "I'm sorry".
- Hype Backlash: Invoked. The Critic expected It's A Wonderful Life to cause this for him ("Come on, Christmas classic — nourish the spirit within me! See what ya' got!"), only to find, while it's not the best, it really is a wonderful movie.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "I! LOVE! CHRISTMAS!"
- Running Gag: Critic getting interrupted by a singing animatronic Christmas tree.
- Running Gagged: Critic eventually shoots it.
- Subverted Catchphrase: "Why top 12? Because it's CHRISTMAS!!!"
