Christmas Time

Episode aired Dec 19, 1978
TV-G

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

153

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Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Al Molinaro, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)

Comedy Family Music

A cold, snowy Wisconson Christmas finds Howard Cunningham trying to convince his family to put up a new-fangled, artificial tree, and a mysterious sailor delivers a gift from Fonzie's father... Read allA cold, snowy Wisconson Christmas finds Howard Cunningham trying to convince his family to put up a new-fangled, artificial tree, and a mysterious sailor delivers a gift from Fonzie's father, forcing the Fonz to deal with his long-suppressed feelings of abandonment.A cold, snowy Wisconson Christmas finds Howard Cunningham trying to convince his family to put up a new-fangled, artificial tree, and a mysterious sailor delivers a gift from Fonzie's father, forcing the Fonz to deal with his long-suppressed feelings of abandonment.

Director
- Jerry Paris
Writers
- Garry Marshall
- Beverly Bloomberg
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

153

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jerry Paris
Writers
- Garry Marshall
- Beverly Bloomberg
Stars

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My favorite episode!

Christmas TIME is my favorite episode of the Happy Days series, even though I only saw it for the first time a couple of years ago. I especially liked Eddie Fontaine as Fonzie's father, though he was only on for like 10 minutes at the beginning of the show. Fonzie later wishes that they had talked. I had never seen Fonzie get emotional before, though of course he did in that episode in which Richie almost dies after being in a motorcycle accident. I just wonder if Mr. Fontaine was picked for the role in Christmas TIME because he resembled Henry Winkler so much. I must have 6 tapes with that episode on it, but I still watch it on TV LAND every year.

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Trivia
Fonzie (Henry Winkler) tells Richie (Ron Howard) that he hasn't seen his father since he was 3. But in the season 2 episode "A Star Is Bored," Fonzie says his father left when he was 12. And in the season 3 episode "Howard"s 45th Fiasco," Fonzie tells Howard (Tom Bosley) that his father left when he was 4.

Goofs
The caption on the photograph says this episode takes place at Christmas 1960. But in the earlier Halloween episode (S6 ep 9 The Evil Eye) the band performed the song "Monster Mash," which was released in 1962.