Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33703093-20171119175609/@comment-29866170-20171119223856

Like I said previously, I thought this episode was the most overpraised episode before L is for Love.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good Christmas (or any holiday) special because I easily get in the mood. While I thought seeing the Loud family's Christmas shennanagins are pretty interesting, the episode was a bit too formulaic from the halfway point. While it did started developing Mr. Grouse (which will later continue in Job Security), the heartfelt moments were pretty decent. As for the problems I saw with this; like I said, the whole "grouchy neighbor is grouchy during holidays because missing family" while heartfelt, felt like I've seen it a bit too much before. Also, while I thought the parents hacing their faces revealed was a surprise, it was a bit of an overreaction from the fanbase. All this basically did for me was just foreshadow the parents playing bigger roles in later Season 2 episodes.

Overall, it is a pretty decent Christmas special and Loud House episode. It probably ranks around the latter part of my top ten favorite Christmas specials (maybe even high honorable mention), and not even close for my favorite LH episodes (let alone S2....because other episodes I thought were just personally better).