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Music was featured quite conspicuously inCommunity ’s Christmas sequence in season 1 through 3 , and whether the Song were upright or not , they were always memorable . Whether it was about the discipline group showing its unity orCommunitysimply accept potshots atGlee , the Song dynasty always counted for something . Better yet , the songs either had a percentage point to the story or were simply to congeal up a suspect joke . When it want to get musical , Communitycould overstretch it off .
residential district ’s first Christmas sequence centered around the study group ’s conflicting religious beliefs . The 2nd one revolve around around the group examine to help oneself Abed get through his genial crack-up before Christmas break . The third one wasCommunityparodying its television rival , Glee , as the subject field grouping is brainwash into entering Greendale ’s Christmas pageant . Even though euphony was feature in all three Christmas episodes , it never felt likeCommunitywas repeating itself at all when it went that itinerary .
Greendale ’s study group learned how to get into the Christmas disembodied spirit throughout Community . Here ’s a breakdown of the show ’s vacation specials .
10O Christmas Troy
Season 1, Episode 12, “Comparative Religion”
This is the most wasted of all the songs that appear inCommunity ’s Christmas instalment , but it ’s still middling queer . Abed sings " O Christmas Troy ( a rendition of " O Christmas Tree " ) , " while dressing Troy as a Christmas tree diagram . Jeff thinks it ’s stunned , but once Abed and Troy tell him that it ’s all good fun , Jeff joins them and commits to the bit by learning the song . The clowning that halt from " O Christmas Troy " is Abed and Troy bugger off into the Christmas flavour in the uncanny and yet most endearing path .
9Baby Boomer Santa
Season 3, Episode 12, “Regional Holiday Music”
As Mr. Rad ’s brainwashing begins its surge through the sketch grouping , Abed and Troy attempt to win over the other study group members to join them to assist Greendale ’s Christmas pageant . While most are able-bodied to resist thanks to Annie ’s forewarning , Abed ’s and Troy ’s laughable Sung dynasty about Santa ’s backstory appeals to Pierce to the gunpoint where he relents . The highlight of the call is when Pierce embark with say " You ’re welcome " multiple times then following up the preposterous words with ending every stanza with " theworld . "
8Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas Opening Title
Season 2, Episode 11, “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”
To correct the timber for the entire instalment , Abed sings a interpreting ofCommunity ’s report song , " At Least It Was Here , " where Abed sings about how cheerful he is about the holiday in his self - illusion that everything is stop - motion animated . While it is a moderately funny bit that ends with Abed getting tasered , it ’s also passably devastating to see Abed in his own lilliputian Earth , causing a stir by jumping on multitude ’s cars . Especially when it ’s revealed why Abed is operating the way he is .
" Abed ’s Uncontrollable Christmas , " is one of the best when it comes to video holiday specials , but the Community instalment regard a complicated process .
7Teach Me How To Understand Christmas
After Annie is forcefully exchange into Mr. Rad ’s brainwashing , she seek out Jeff as the next mark . Annie catches Jeff ’s aid by dressing in a provocative Santa Claus turnout and asking him the signification of Christmas . This Song dynasty is gut - wrenchingly screaming because Annie taste to seduce Jeff by weaponizing her sex appeal , buther seemingly diminishing intelligence as she continues to sing(along with her being Jewish ) both confuses him and turns him off . Despite Jeff calling Annie out for precisely that , her Song dynasty somehow exploit on him . The fact that it ’s never explained why makes it even more risible .
6Abed & Annie Group Roasting Group Members Musically
Season 2, Episode 12, “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”
Even if this was n’t a full - length Sung dynasty , it was recurring theme in " Abed ’s Uncontrollable Christmas . " After Duncan kicks Shirley out of his Christmas adventure , Abed peaceful aggressivley sings about Shirley suppose she ’s better for knowing what Christmas is about . This shortly come back after Abed kicks Jeff out for being sarcastic when Annie sings about how shallow Jeff is through his style selection . But this gets taken to a whole new level when Abed tears Britta a new one musically for play a trick on him into going to therapy .
This shows Abed ’s malign side when anyone pushes him into it . Though Britta was only trying to help , Abed not only did n’t require it , but showed that he could bust anyone apart if they ever keep in line him . These roasts were at first funny , but then it showed justhow tough of a headspace Abed was inwhen he lather out at Britta , which further showed how vivid the stakes were in his delusion .
5Britta’s “Heartfelt” Song
When Abed gain that Mr. Rad intends to make the study chemical group bide in the Glee club past the holidays , Abed foils his plans by having tone - deaf Britta sing an improvised solo . Britta ’s solo is hilarious , while also passably noble at the same time , seeing Britta at least assay her best , despite not knowing what she was doing . This would be lower if itweren’t such a uproarious change of pacethat in the end snaps the study group out of their Glee Casimir Funk . Especially since it exposes that Mr. Rad bump off last year ’s Glee Club . It also helpsCommunitygive its ever - so - large mediate finger toGlee .
4Christmas Infiltration
After Abed gets converted into Mr. Rad’sGleecrusade , Abed then carry Troy to bring together him . What happens next is a somewhat exciting ( and hilarious ) number about how Troy could take part in the Christmas pageantry despite being a Jehovah ’s Witness . prop toCommunityfor integrating Donald Glover ’s rapping gift , but also Danny Pudi for managing to hold his own while knock with one of the most democratic hip joint hops artists of the preceding decade in the most screaming room possible . Even if Troy join Abed for the Christmas pageant was an easy wager to make , Communitymanaged to make it stand out anyway .
Troy and Abed represent Community ’s quintessential campus half-wit who always seem to be up to something brainsick , and here are their 10 well here and now .
3Sensible Night
After initially trying to force her Christian beliefs down everyone ’s throats , Shirley understand that for the study group to be her 2d kinsperson , she must respect their beliefs and decisions around Christmas even if it contravene with hers . To show how she has changed , she sings " Sensible Night , " a Silent Night charade showing how welcoming Shirley has become to everyone ’s cultures . It ’s heartwarming to see Shirley ’s outgrowth , know what she endure through beforeCommunitystarted . It ’s also a fairly clever joke that her growth also take on a part in the group start out into an all - out brawl before manoeuvre out for Christmas breach .
2Abed’s Converted By Mr. Rad
Communitynever tried to hide its contempt forGleethroughout its run . While every vocal was more or less a dig atGlee , it started thing right by parodying Glee club manager Will Schuester with Cory Raddison , aka Mr. Rad . When it appeared the Christmas pageant was cancel , Mr. Rad used his " glee powers " to carry Abed to join the Christmas pageant by bring on Abed ’s desire to make the Christmas season happy .
While the song is imposingly catchy , it also ingest its nip atGleewhen Abed asks Mr. Rad " How is your piano still playing this Song dynasty ? " to which Mr. Rad responds with a straight font , " Glee is the answer when questions are wrong!",then when Abed and Mr. Rad ca n’t rhyme , they sing " in - in - ing " in unison . It sets the tonefor the sequence to mockGlee , and not just it ’s format . It also mocked how pop the show was despite its flaws . While theCommunitycast does its part in tearing apartGlee , the episode would not have been half as shady had it not been for Taran Killam ’s portrayal of Mr. Rad .
1That’s What Christmas Is For
In one ofCommunity ’s most heartwarming moments , theCommunitycastcheers up a deject Abed by singing about the meaning of Christmas being whatever Abed wants it to be . Abed was antecedently heartbroken to find out his mom wo n’t see him for Christmas , which is only made worse when Professor Duncan calls him out on it . However , the study group vivify a catatonic Abed by let him know that everyone has different Christmas values , which makes the holiday so special , since no one is right or wrong in that regard as long as they savor it . More importantly , because of that , raw traditions can be shape .
This ultimately restore Abed ’s Christmas sprightliness . Even if he does n’t expend Christmastime with his mom like common , he still gets to watch " Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer " with the study chemical group , who fills in as his 2d family . Communitywas primarily a funniness , but this was one of the few moment where they banded together to genuinely help their admirer by letting him live that old custom can be supervene upon with new ones . That ’s what makes " Abed ’s Uncontrollable Christmas"one of the good Christmas - theme TV episodesand why it’sCommunity ’s estimable Christmas Sung dynasty .
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