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- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama's cousin sends her a live goose for Christmas. The rest of the family wants to keep it as a pet. but Mama wants to have it for Christmas dinner.
- DirectorHarvey S. LaidmanStarsAndy GriffithNancy StaffordJulie SommarsA crusty old toy store owner is accused of killing his partner, whom he denigrated as too generous and soft-hearted to manage their business.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarJeanette NolanMacGyver and the kids at the Challenges Club are taught the true meaning of Christmas by a mysterious homeless woman who comes to stay there.
- 1988–199524mTV-G7.7 (60)TV EpisodeDirectorSteve ClarkJohn WalkerBob CurtisStarsLorenzo MusicThom HugeHoward MorrisThe Sludge Monster: Jon tells Garfield and Odie the story of the sludge monster, which scares them into thinking the monster is outside. Fortune Kooky: For a practical joke, Roy makes the predictions of Wade's fortune cookies come to life. Heatwave Holiday: In an attempt to think cool on a hot day, Jon and Garfield decorate the house for Christmas; something that quickly spreads to all the other houses and soon the whole town.
- DirectorAsaad KeladaStarsTony DanzaJudith LightAlyssa MilanoMona's brother's wife has died, but to enter Heaven she must return to earth to reconcile Mona and her brother's estranged relationship with Tony as the mediator.
- DirectorJoel ZwickStarsBronson PinchotMark Linn-BakerMelanie WilsonIn this Christmas Carol parody, Mr. Gorpley is the Scrooge of the group and no one wants him at the party, but Balki insists.
- DirectorBen BoltStarsHarry HamlinSusan DeyCorbin BernsenRollins represents Kenny Peterson, a mentally disturbed young man who speaks only through his obnoxious, ventriloquist's dummy in an assault case. Meanwhile, Kelsey's celebrity client, Amanda Shaw, sues a tabloid magazine for publishing a false article which resulted in her teenage daughter's suicide and she ends up worse than she started. Markowitz and Kelsey meet with Ross Burnett, a baby broker in their continuing quest to adopt a baby. Victor represents an unusually arrogant Kuzak as he faces a disciplinary court for his conduct over not reporting an unlicensed Richard Mathers during his personal injury trial while Mathers is representing himself in his own criminal trial for practicing law without a license. Also, Markowitz agrees to cater the annual Christmas office party and ends up playing Santa Claus.
- DirectorTony MordenteStarsAndy GriffithNancy StaffordKari LizerBen defends Brian Emerson, who is accused of murdering his ex-wife Maggie Crowley after he sneaked into her house to give their daughter Wendy a Christmas gift.
- DirectorHarry ThomasonStarsDelta BurkeDixie CarterAnnie PottsAt Christmastime, Mary Jo is upset because her son Quinton doesn't believe in Santa Claus and sets up a trap to prove it. Charlene, who plays Santa at her church, stops by to give him a surprise (with Anthony as an elf). Suzanne decides to surprise them and send a department-store Santa over there. Anthony gets caught and breaks his ankle, and the department store Santa steals the tree and all of the presents.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsJohnny DeppHolly Robinson PeetePeter DeLuiseINS and Internal Affairs show up to investigate Ioki with the allegation that he is not who he claims to be and that he has entered the United States illegally.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsJames BrolinConnie SelleccaNathan CookReturning from a convention in Portland, Peter and Christine's car breaks down. They're forced to spend the night together in a motel room. Dave and Megan pay a visit.
- DirectorBill PerskyStarsSusan Saint JamesJane CurtinAri MeyersThe family decides to forgo a traditional Christmas in favor of a ski trip and commit to hiring themselves out as helper elves for other people's holiday celebrations.
- 1987–199247mTV-PG7.0 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsWilliam ConradJoe PennyAlan CampbellIt's the holiday season, and McCabe is implored by one of his pushier assistants to take another look at a murder case.
- 1985–1988TV-G7.1 (13)TV EpisodeDirectorJudi EltermanStarsErnest ThomasHaywood NelsonShirley HemphillAfter Raj kicks a homeless man out of the diner, he has a dream that he is homeless and the homeless man is married to Nadine.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama is in no mood for Christmas merriment, and matters are not helped when she must fill in as Santa at the mall when Vint gets sick with laryngitis.
- 1983–198747mTV-PG7.8 (56)TV EpisodeDirectorSidney HayersStarsKate JacksonBruce BoxleitnerBeverly GarlandLee has to learn the meaning of Christmas as a toy company is used as a front for munitions.
- DirectorJonathan SangerStarsHarry HamlinSusan DeyCorbin BernsenSid Hershberg tries to make a comeback, but he can't take the pressure and kills himself in front of Kuzak while he is trying to get the attempted murder charges against Nina Emmons dropped. Becker gets caught making out with a client's former wife. Meanwhile, Kelsey faces a mountain of garbage (literally) as she tries to win a contract dispute over an inventor's tea-bag technology. Brackman quarrels with everyone over the annual holiday festivities and McKenzie gives his secretary, Iris, a law book for her future career of studying law. Abby's ex-husband lets their son, Eric, stay with her for the Christmas holidays, and Victor returns to the firm.
- DirectorEdwin SherinStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyIt's Christmas and Blue Moon has to work. The staff are not happy. Maddie is also under pressure and says she regrets keeping the agency open. Her guardian angel approaches her and shows her how life would have been if she had done this.
- DirectorLinda DayStarsNell CarterTelma HopkinsJoey LawrenceRealizing that Marty may be alone on Christmas Eve, Nell reluctantly invites him over. However, her sympathy turns to rage when she finds out that he told Joey that Santa does not exist.
- DirectorDaniel HallerStarsAndy GriffithLinda PurlKene HolidayAt Christmas, cruel landlord Alan Rawlings wants to evict his tenants and tangles with tenant Tom McCabe, a cynical disabled Korean War vet and street Santa. Rawlings is murdered with a paperweight and McCabe is accused.
- 1984–198723mTV-Y7TV EpisodeStarsMel BlancDonna ChristieRoger CarelWhen Heathcliff's fish thievery gets too carried away, Grandpa takes him to aversion therapy. / The Cats throw a birthday party for Leroy and they reminisce about how they all first met.
- DirectorCharlotte BrownStarsSharon GlessTyne DalyAl WaxmanCagney and Newman work a case involving music rights issues.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsLee MajorsDouglas BarrHeather ThomasSanta Claus is given the key to a locker. Colt arrests Santa who is also a bail-jumper and works in an orphanage that is about to be closed due to lack of money. In the locker, Colt finds stolen treasury bonds that the thugs are after.
- 1985–1989TV-PG7.0 (386)TV EpisodeDirectorMartha CoolidgeShelley LevinsonGerd OswaldStarsRichard MulliganWilliam AthertonBill Henderson"Night of the Meek": Henry Corwin, a department store Santa Claus, is fired from his job, but finds his toy sack is a magical deliverer of Christmas cheer. "But Can She Type?": Miserable secretary Karen Billings comes across a copy machine that transports her to a world where secretaries are adored and honored. "The Star": In the far future, a survey ship stumbles upon a planet whose civilization died thousand of years ago when its star went super nova.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyA criminal in the witness protection scheme is killed but his wife and baby manage to escape. When fleeing, the baby is left in Agnes' apartment but without any explanation. Maddie and Addison decide to try to find the mother.
- DirectorPhil JoanouStarsDouglas SealePat HingleGabriel DamonKris Kringle's Christmas is rudely interrupted when he lands in the clink with a bunch of bogus Santas after tripping a home burglar alarm. The cynical sheriff doesn't believe his story, so his only hope of deliverance becomes a smart eight-year-old boy (Damon), who is the only one who believes him and who won't let Christmas pass without Santa.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsJameson ParkerGerald McRaneyMary CarverAJ and Rick decide to help Ginny, a little girl trying to locate her father. As they travel around the not very holiday like Las Vegas, they begin to develop and spread some Christmas cheer.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsKate JacksonBruce BoxleitnerBeverly GarlandOn Christmas Eve, Amanda is asked to pretend to be the long lost daughter of a turncoat to try and convince him to stay with the US. But the man in question is sought by two trained KGB thugs and they get trapped in the turncoat's cabin.
- DirectorBruce KesslerStarsWilliam ShatnerAdrian ZmedHeather LocklearStacy realizes a couple who foiled a drug raid are a team of robbers.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsTom SelleckJohn HillermanRoger E. MosleyIt's Christmas time and TC is flying Magnum (dressed as Santa Claus), Rick and Higgins to three different islands. En route, TC is forced to make an emergency landing on an island that the Navy uses for gunnery practice.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsTyne DalySharon GlessAl WaxmanChristmas Eve at the 14th finds everyone eager to get home for the holidays until an escaped criminal dressed as Santa complicates matters.
- DirectorDick MartinStarsBob NewhartMary FrannSteven KampmannDick and Joanna's much-awaited first Christmas in Vermont ends up being not so traditional after all when a massive snowstorm strands them and everyone else at the Stratford.
- DirectorGary ShimokawaStarsCarroll O'ConnorDanielle BriseboisAllan MelvinBillie is bitter when her Estranged father comes for a Christmas visit, until she finds out the real reason her mother left.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael ConradMichael WarrenOn Christmas Eve, Washington tries to make amends with the widow of a liquor store owner that he accidentally killed during a robbery three months ago. Hill's deadbeat father stops by the station to pay him a visit. Belker goes undercover as Santa Claus and has to deal with a fresh street kid who knows he is a cop.
- 1979–198550mTV-PG7.9 (181)TV EpisodeDirectorDenver PyleStarsTom WopatJohn SchneiderCatherine BachBoss hires a trio of criminals to hijack a load of Christmas trees bound for Hazzard, knowing that Bo and Luke were responsible for the deliveries and receipt of a $500 down payment. With the community convinced that the Dukes had stolen the funds, the crooks each dress as Santa Claus and break into Boss' safe to retrieve the stolen money. Bo, Luke and Cooter eventually team to give Boss and the bad guys a lesson in confusion. In the end, Boss - who has played the part of Scrooge throughout the episode - gets a lesson in the meaning of the season.
- DirectorGerren KeithStarsMarla GibbsHal WilliamsAlaina Reed-HallMary decides to invite Julian to her Christmas Eve party in order to liven things up.