Being the Christmas grinch isn't just reserved for the movies – and some of your favorite TV shows have had characters infamous for their dislike of all things Santa.
The Big Bang Theory introduced that by Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), who had an experience that made him distrust the holiday season.
“You asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and I told you, 'My Pop-Pop,' because it's the year my grandpa died,” Cooper revealed on the hit CBS show during a performance. Dungeon & Dragons a game with a Santa character. “I missed him and I wanted him back. Instead, I found Lincoln Logs. “
Viewers got many glimpses into Cooper's origin story in the Young Sheldon prequel. The franchise has grown into Georgie & Mandy's First Wedding and a yet-to-be-released spinoff from operations at Max.
For those TV fans looking for new Christmas content, Happy Place, Elsbeth and Family Guy are some of the shows bringing gifts this year. Happy's Place, which airs on NBC, made their Christmas episode extra special by reuniting stars Reba McEntire, Melissa Peterman and their Reba. […]
Opened SeinfeldGeorge (Jason Alexander) does everything he can to keep Festivus a secret from Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfusand Kramer (Michael Richards). In fact, this idea came from one of the show's writers and became a fan-favorite episode.
“That's right Seinfeld stories, the real ones are always the best. There's some real diversity sometimes and that's okay,” executive producer Jeff Schaffer he told Uproxx in 2017. “We could sit in a room for a billion years and not put together a Festivus. It's crazy and funny and funny and disturbing. It's amazing.”
Keep scrolling for more TV characters who don't like Christmas:
Sheldon Cooper ('The Big Bang Theory')
According to Sheldon, his main issue was not Christmas but Santa Claus. He met Santa as a child at the mall and when his wish didn't come true, Sheldon swore off the entire holiday.
Britta Perry ('Public')
In case anyone somehow forgot, Britta was very open about her dislike of Christmas – mostly for religious reasons or lack thereof.
Adrian Monk ('The Monk')
Tony ShalhoubThe popular character turned his back on Christmas after one holiday season and was given a single walkie-talkie by his father.
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Frank Reynolds ('It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia')
Dee and Dennis usually didn't enjoy Christmas because Frank bought nice gifts but kept them for himself. If that's not Scrooge we don't know what is.
Donna Noble ('Doctor Who')
After disappearing on her wedding day on Christmas Eve, Donna told the Tenth Doctor that she disliked the holiday. Donna even said that she would rather go on her honeymoon in Morocco than go on a luxury holiday season.
Perry Cox ('Scrubs')
JD (Zach Braff) found out that Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) is not a fan of Christmas but no good reason has ever been given.
Frank Costanza ('Seinfeld')
Not only was George's father Frank (Jerry Stiller) did not support Christmas, he created Festivus instead so that other like-minded people could have a special day to celebrate their beliefs.
Sue Sylvester ('Glee')
Again viewers did not get a proper explanation for Sue's dislike of Christmas. Instead, several scenes over the years have shown him going out of his way to make the holidays a feast for everyone.
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