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I Love the Holidays

2005 American TV series

Field	Value
image	I Love the Holidays.jpg
genre	Documentary
composer	Rob Cairns
narrated	Doug Jeffers
country	United States
language	English
executive_producer	{{Plainlist
producer	Pat Twist
editor	Emad Abi-Hashim
runtime	64 min.
channel	VH1
first_aired
related	I Love the '70s (British version)
I Love the '80s (British version)
I Love the '90s (British version)
I Love the '80s (American version)
I Love the '70s (American version)
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
I Love the '90s (American version)
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
I Love the '80s 3-D
I Love Toys
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
I Love the New Millennium
Best of I Love the...
I Love the 2000s

Karla Hidalgo
Meredith Ross
Michael Hirschorn
Shelly Tatro I Love the '80s (British version) I Love the '90s (British version) I Love the '80s (American version) I Love the '70s (American version) I Love the '80s Strikes Back I Love the '90s (American version) I Love the '90s: Part Deux I Love the '80s 3-D I Love Toys I Love the '70s: Volume 2 I Love the New Millennium Best of I Love the... I Love the 2000s

I Love the Holidays is a television special and the seventh installment of the I Love... series that premiered on VH1 on November 20, 2005. It follows the same format as VH1's I Love..., with commentators talking about the holidays.

Commentators

Carlos Alazraqui
Antigone Rising (Cassidy and Kristen Henderson)
Biz Markie
Michael Ian Black
Chris Booker
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Bow Wow Wow (Leigh Gorman and Annabella Lwin)
Michael Bublé
Charo
Santa Claus
Jennifer Elise Cox
Molly Culver
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Rocco Dispirito
The Donnas (Allison Robertson and Maya Ford)
Simon Doonan
Bil Dwyer
Nicole Eggert
Rich Eisen
Elvira
Greg Fitzsimmons
Tyler Florence
Jake Fogelnest
Godfrey
Elon Gold
Genevieve Gorder
Gilbert Gottfried
Erin Gray
Luis Guzman
Rachael Harris
Marilu Henner
Mark Hoppus
Clint Howard
Scott Ian
Invisible Man
Ron Jeremy
Chris Jericho
Jake Johannsen
Jo Koy
Loni Love
Stephen Lynch
Elf Mackenzie
Kathleen Madigan
Debbie Matenopoulos
Edwin McCain
Jay McCarroll
Darryl McDaniels
John Melendez
Modern Humorist
Billy Morrison
Jason Mraz
Mummy
Nelson
Graham Norton
Patrice O'Neal
Megyn Price
Rachel Quaintance
Mo Rocca
Darius Rucker
Dave "Snake" Sabo
Stuart Scott
Willard Scott
Sherri Shepherd
Brad Sherwood
Dee Snider
Rick Springfield
Joel Stein
French Stewart
Brenda Strong
Alan Thicke
Turkey
Frank Vincent
John Waters
Evan Wecksell
Lauren Weedman
Kevin Weisman
Wil Wheaton
Andrew W.K.
Chris Wylde
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Cedric Yarbrough
Zero Boy

Recurring segments

Yule Log: Three yule logs are presented but are interrupted by three Christmas songs.
Weird Al's Holiday Survival Guide: "Weird Al" Yankovic presents the survival guides for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's.
Holiday Cheer from Patrice O'Neal: Patrice O'Neal wears an "arrow through the head".
Santa Does Stand-Up: Santa Claus tells jokes about Christmas.

List of ideas and events

It's a Wonderful Life
Hell Night
"The Chanukah Song" by Adam Sandler
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Halloween (previously discussed on I Love the '70s)
Dreidels
The First Thanksgiving
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Hanukkah
"Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
"Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano
Black Friday
Halloween costumes
Monsters (specifically the Invisible Man, werewolves, mummies, Frankenstein and Dracula)
Fruitcake
Latkes
Annual presidential turkey pardon
The Rockettes
Thanksgiving Day (specifically turkeys, yams, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, deviled eggs, macaroni, meatballs, lasagna, salad, cranberry sauce, tofurkey and turducken)
Witches
"Christmas in Hollis" by Run-D.M.C.
New Year's Eve (specifically New Year's parties, New Year's resolutions, New Year's Eve in Times Square, New Year's kiss and "Auld Lang Syne")

Yule Log #1: "White Christmas"

Surviving Halloween: Hell Night, Halloween candy and Halloween costumes

Surviving Thanksgiving: turkeys, stuffing and Black Friday

Yule Log #2: "The Christmas Song"

Surviving Hanukkah: dreidels, Hanukkah gelt and presents

Holiday Cheer: Arrow Through the Head

Surviving Christmas: eggnog, mistletoe, carolers and fruitcake

Yule Log #3: "Jingle Bells"

Surviving New Year's: alcoholic drinks, dating, countdowns and Dick Clark

Santa Does Stand-Up: The reindeer flying with rockets surgically attached to their feet, Santa Claus switching from leprechauns to elves, and elves making Santa Claus a teleporter

References

MacLeish, Jessica. (September 30, 2019). "How VH1's 'I Love the...' Created a Generation of Culture Students".

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