Did Game of Thrones do a Christmas episode?

Game of Thrones wasn’t the most festive of shows. The characters were so often busy worrying about whether they could survive the next zombie attack, or dragon attack, or wedding, that they had little time to set aside for barbecues and songs and cake.

In fact, the only time we really see someone celebrate any kind of special day is when King Joffrey Baratheon is celebrating his Name Day (the Westeros version of a birthday) in the second season premiere, “The North Remembers.” And he used that occasion to stage a tournament where he tried to get a knight who showed up late to drink himself to death. So maybe it’s for the better that there aren’t many holidays in Westeros.

It may also have something to do with the fact that in Westeros, seasons can last for years at a time, which must make it difficult to measure the passage of the year. Then again, they manage to mark Name Days, so they must have some way of keeping track. Maybe maesters in the Citadel drew measure time by the passage of stars in the night sky and keep their lords informed.

There is no Game of Thrones Christmas episode

All this means that the Game of Thrones team couldn’t have done a Christmas episode (or a Halloween episode, or an Easter episode, or anything) even if they wanted to. And that’s just as well, cause you know that if a bunch of GoT characters gathered for eggnog and presents most of them would be dead by the end of it, anyway.

That said, I would definitely like to see Daenerys Targaryen don a red fur suit, mount Drogon and fly around the North delivering presents to all the good boys and girls…and turning all the bad ones to ash. That might’ve helped win the North over to her side…or at least the first part would.

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