I Love the Holidays explained

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.^[1] It follows the same format as VH1's I Love... where commentators talk 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

External links

• • I Love the Holidays on VH1

Notes and References

1. Web site: How VH1's 'I Love the...' Created a Generation of Culture Students. Jessica. MacLeish. September 30, 2019. The Ringer.