With Thanksgiving a little over a week away, I’ve been thinking about the things I’m thankful for. And while there are some things to be thankful for year-round like health, friends, and family, there are a few little things that come up around the holidays that never fail to put a smile on my face, and should be celebrated. Folks, I’m talking about holiday-themed TV episodes. We all have our favorite shows, and nothing beats seeing beloved characters celebrate the holidays. To kick off celebrating the holiday season, here’s a list of some of my favorite Thanksgiving-themed episodes.

Will & Grace, "Moveable Feast "(Season 4 Episode 9)

This episode sees Will, Grace, Karen, and Jack attempting to go to four different Thanksgiving dinners in one day: one with Will’s family, one in prison with Karen’s incarcerated husband, one at the Adler household, and one with just the four of them at Will and Grace’s apartment. Each visit impacts the gang in a different way, as their respective families dredge up respective family issues. Through it all, though, the foursome sticks together, in the spirit of spending the holidays with those you love, even if they drive you crazy.

Most memorable dialogue: “Brace yourself for real dysfunction, WASP dysfunction. You can’t see it, you can’t talk about it, but you know it’s there.” Will warning his friends before walking into his parents’ house.

Friends, "The One with All the Thanksgivings" (Season 5, Episode 8)

"Friends" has many Thanksgiving episodes, but this one is my favorite. After stuffing themselves with too much food, they recall their worst Thanksgivings ever. We have flashbacks to the 80s and 90s (complete with bad wigs and Rachel’s old nose), Joey’s VD ad, a glimpse into Chandler’s childhood, and a look at Phoebe’s past life as a war nurse. Maybe I have a thing for Thanksgiving episodes that deal with multiple Thanksgivings, but this one is full of so much holiday festivity that it makes the top of the list.

Memorable line: “It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without Chandler bumming us out!”

Gilmore Girls, "A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving" (Season 3, Episode 9)

Anyone with taste loves "Gilmore Girls," and this episode has all the elements of classic Gilmore Girls entertainment. Lorelai and Rory run back and forth across town, trying to make it to four different Thanksgiving dinners in one day. In the process, Lorelai finds out that Rory applied to other schools besides Harvard, Lane has her first kiss, and human Kirk and cat Kirk have to work out their issues. We get to see all our favorite characters in action, from the Senior Gilmores to the Kim family to Stars Hollow’s crazy Kirk. We get to celebrate Thanksgiving four different ways with our favorite characters, from Sookie and Jackson’s deep fried festivities to the Gilmore’s tense Friday dinner.

An exchange that reminds us what the holidays are all about:

Lorelai: Rory what are we if not the world's champion eaters?
Rory: It's too much food.
Lorelai: It's not too much food. This is what we've been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour.
Rory: Or final hour.

Supernatural, "How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters" (Season 7 Episode 9)

Although this episode doesn’t see Team Free Will sitting around eating Thanksgiving dinner, the show’s sick sense of humor pokes fun at typical Thanksgiving fare in true Supernatural fashion. The boys and Bobby go to New Jersey, where people are being eaten alive. Once in town, Dean becomes obsessed with Biggerson’s Pepperjack Turducken Slammer which, spoiler alert, is filled with a gray slime that’s responsible for many of the town’s mishaps. The rest of the episode follows various characters’ addiction to the disgusting sandwich, all while poking fun at the Thanksgiving-themed sandwich that may turn you into a stoned-looking monster.

Best lines: “Bunch of birds shoved up inside each other. You shouldn’t play God like that.”

Grey’s Anatomy, "Thanks for the Memories" (Season 2 Episode 9)

This is the Seattle Grace gang’s first Thanksgiving together. As Izzie prepares a wonderful meal, it looks like no one is going to show up, characters pulled in various directions by surgeries, family, and other obstacles. The episode reminds us what Thanksgiving is truly about; being with the ones you love, and that it’s okay for the holidays to be a little rocky. As long as you can be with the ones who have your back, it doesn’t matter if Thanksgiving dinner goes exactly according to plan.

This one deserves two notable quotes; When George arrives at the house, he excuses his lateness by saying "Today I committed bird murder and I was forced to touch my dad's ass. I get bonus points for showing up at all."

While this keeps the humor in the episode, Meredith’s narration reminds us what the season is about; "Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle, it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate."

How I Met Your Mother, "Slapsgiving" (Season 3 Episode 9)

Here we’re introduced to Ted and Robin’s “Colonel/Major/General” joke, as they try to be friends after breaking up. More importantly, the first Slap Bet comes to a head between Barney and Marshal during the gang’s first Thanksgiving together.

Best quote: Marshal singing to Barney “What is this feeling, that's put you in your place? A hot red burnin' on the side of your face. You feel the blood rush to your cheek, the tears that fill your eyes. And your lips are trembling, but you can't speak. You're tryin', oh, you're tryin' not to cry. You just got slapped, oh, across the face, my friend. You just got slapped, yes, that really just happened. Everybody saw it. Then everybody laughed and clapped. It was awesome. Wait, you just got... slapped.”

With just enough time to watch all these episodes (plus a few more) before it's time to stuff ourselves with family togetherness and delicious food, go forth and celebrate, friends! As the "Friends" gang says, if your Thanksgiving sucks, "Here's to a lousy Christmas, and a crappy New Year!"