25 Lessons You Learn from "That 70's Show" Christmas

I'd been wanting to do this for a while and now that I have my list, I'm ready to go. I'll also try to fill in some space with photos from the different episodes. Because everything's more fun with pictures, am I right?

There are five Christmas shows from this series and I tried to get the same number from each episode. It just didn't happen... but I did the best I could. In the end, this was all for fun anyway. This is something like what they do on Buzzfeed with a bunch of GIFs to illustrate each item... 

Ok, here we go:

From the first Christmas- episode title The Best Christmas Ever

1) Don't give your teenager money to buy a Christmas tree-- especially if they're planning on having a Christmas party.

2) Never underestimate the power of hot rollers 

3) Some other tips on getting your girlfriend a Christmas gift when you don't know what to get her: pay attention for hints, get something personal, or all else fails, ask her mother.

4) Lite-Brite is the best Christmas gift ever... you can make anything with Lite-Brite ;) 

Hyde's Christmas Rager

5) There are five food groups (Kitty said this to Hyde's dad after she found out they only had a jar of olives in the refrigerator) 

6) Beware of drinking games, especially if your friends know you're not good at them

7) also be wary of funny smelling presents, especially if you were recently intoxicated 


"Ho Ho Ho... dumbass!"

8) If you're trying to pick up an older guy at a bar, be careful if he says you seem familiar... it might be for a reason other than you looking like Gidget or Elizabeth Taylor


Christmas

9) Bacon-- it's not just food anymore, it's a statement!


(This isn't from that episode, but it speaks for itself)


(This IS- Donna used a sample of "bacon" to emphasize her DJ name- "Hot Donna"... she always used it later to "grill" Eric for not meeting her at the radio station)

10) You can learn a lot about yourself at your high school reunion... Eric learned high school girls are more impressed with you after you graduate, Fez learned that the football players will still stuff you into your locker if given the opportunity, and Jackie learned she didn't need the approval of her fellow cheerleaders and she's better for it. 

11) Listen to your first gut instinct, not your ego... after going down memory lane, Kelso realized he really wanted to spend Christmas with his baby mama, Brooke. And Eric learned the hard way not to let his newfound celebrity among the high school crowd get between him and Donna.

12) It is possible to be too jolly to play a mall Santa... Red was cast as Santa because Bob was fired over this excuse



13) an ambush is a "pretty bush with yellow flowers"

14) Don't ask for a pony for Christmas



 An Eric Forman Christmas

15) Be nice to the director of your Christmas play, especially if they have low self-esteem... this counts for Eric Forman as well as Charlie Brown

16) You're never too old for Christmas specials 


17) Love thy neighbor




18) If you want a tape deck for Christmas, ask for a tape deck... otherwise you'll just get stuck with another raincoat 

19) Chances are the same person will always get cast as the shepard, even if you've never herded sheep in your lilfe


20) Don't lit up in the church basement-- you're very likely to get caught... Pastor Dave fired Eric from the Christmas play after finding the gang in the basement

21) Jesus is the son of a space man... Kelso kept wanting to make various characters in the play a "space man"... then when Jesus comes up, Eric is skeptical. Then Kelso is like "Yeah, well, where do you think God lives?" Then Leo adds, "It's true, man" as he subtly points upward... think about it... kinda makes a lot of sense

Winter

22) Needy kids always get better toys. Just let it go.



23) Never go down a chimney without checking for a back door first... Hyde told Eric to jump down and when he asks for him to throw down the toys, Hyde says "It's ok, Foreman, we'll just take them through the back door." Then he's asked that there was a backdoor and he says "Yeah, I saw it on the way in. I just wanted to see someone go down the chimney"  

24) Never play with your kids' toys before wrapping them for Christmas... Eric kept asking for an Evil Knivel action figure, but he never got it because Red kept playing with it and breaking it. 

25) There's always a way back to the top-- Kitty was demoted as the leader of the Ladies of Point Place (LOPPs), but after having success with the donated toys, everyone else gave her the top position again. Much to the chargin of Patty Riles. 

...and one more thing...


...maybe next year, Kitty