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Taking up the mantle from comedies likeParks and Recreation, its silly and smart and full of heart.

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Isnt that what the holidays are all about?

Feeling warm and fuzzy inside for reasons not wholly discernible?

The answer is yes, yes, one thousand times yes.

And so it is with pleasure that I welcome you to A Schitts Creek Christmas.

(Thats right,Schitts Creekhas a mythology.)

Parties that included the great tradition that you might never unsee: Moira and David doing The Number.

(Show us this room next year, kindly and thank you.)

His enthusiasm is adorable, but alas, it is not contagious.

Er, Im sorry, they donthateher, they just all agreed to give her one last chance.

So, there are no guests nor are there any decorations a job Johnny handed over to his son.

Cool, cool, cool.

So theres no guests, no decorations there must be a tree right?

Oh, you guys, there is definitely a tree.

Johnny cuts it and most of the branches just fall off.

Its the most delightfully tragic thing my eyes have ever seen.

The tree is the last straw.

Johnny gives up on his idea of bringing Christmas to Schitts Creek.

Why start making an effort now?

he yells at his family before taking off to eat yesterdays meatloaf at the cafe.

Is that the saddest sentence youve ever read?

Good now you feel just as bad as the rest of the Rose family.

He feels like they are finally becoming a real family and he wanted to celebrate that.

Johnny is the biggest softy of them all!

But not all hope is lost!

Moira walks Johnny back to the motel and surprise!

theyve thrown him the Christmas party of his dreams.

Full of friends, Rose Apothecary-approved decorations, and yes, a super-glued Christmas tree.

All the chaos and hijinks led to a lovely, weird, perfectly imperfect party.

Its exactly how Christmas should be onSchitts Creek a show that can be heartfelt while also taking a selfie.

), she confidently guesses that its a bomb.

This entire scene is the greatest Christmas gift of all.

Just over here living for Ted wearing a festive apron and making awful dad jokes.

Thats not a rhetorical question the answer is no.

No, but really, who does have time to mood board a color scheme?