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.

I Love the Holidays
GenreDocumentary
Narrated byDoug Jeffers
ComposerRob Cairns
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Karla Hidalgo
  • Meredith Ross
  • Michael Hirschorn
  • Shelly Tatro
ProducerPat Twist
EditorEmad Abi-Hashim
Running time64 min.
Original release
NetworkVH1
ReleaseNovember 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
Related
I Love the '80s
I Love the '70s
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
I Love the '90s
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

Commentators

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Recurring segments

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  • 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

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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

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  1. ^ MacLeish, Jessica (September 30, 2019). "How VH1's 'I Love the...' Created a Generation of Culture Students". The Ringer.
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Preceded by I Love the Holidays Next:
I Love Toys