Friends featured several Christmas and holiday-themed episodes throughout its 10-season run. The most famous is "The One with the Holiday Armadillo" where Ross dresses as an armadillo to teach his son Ben about Hanukkah. Other notable holiday episodes include "The One with the Routine" featuring Monica and Ross's famous dance, and "The One with Christmas in Tulsa."
Christmas Episode Trivia
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His monkey, Marcel
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Monica hires Joey so she can fire him to assert authority, and Ross dates a girl who lives far away
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The Routine — their childhood dance routine
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Collect Christmas donations for the less fortunate while dressed as Santa
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He's working and can't come home, so the Friends decide to visit him
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He dresses up as the Holiday Armadillo to teach Ben about Hanukkah
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Rachel buys a table from Pottery Barn and lies to Phoebe about its origin
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Monica and Chandler meet the birth mother of their potential adopted child
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He tries to get into a prestigious charity event
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That the man she thought was her father isn't, and her real father is still out there
Friends Christmas & Holiday Episodes Guide
- Season 1: "The One with the Monkey" — New Year's Eve with Marcel
- Season 2: "The One with Phoebe's Dad" — Phoebe discovers her father's identity
- Season 3: "The One with the Girl from Poughkeepsie" — Holiday dating drama
- Season 4: "The One with the Routine" — Monica and Ross's famous dance
- Season 5: "The One with the Inappropriate Sister" — Holiday charity drama
- Season 6: "The One with the Apothecary Table" — Rachel's Pottery Barn lie
- Season 7: "The One with the Holiday Armadillo" — Ross teaches Hanukkah
- Season 8: "The One with the Creepy Holiday Card" — Phoebe's Santa charity
- Season 9: "The One with Christmas in Tulsa" — Chandler works through the holiday
- Season 10: "The One with the Birth Mother" — Christmas adoption meeting