The Office Christmas specials wrote that the specials are "as wickedly, painfully funny as the first two seasons and, in tiny, fleeting doses, as delicately tender". The following year it was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. Gervais and Merchant received a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. The episodes won in the Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-series & Specials category at the American Television Critics Association Awards. The award was collected by Lucy Davis. The specials appeared at #4 on Channel 4's "100 Greatest Christmas Moments" polls in 2004. The specials
How Murray Saved Christmas How Murray Saved Christmas How Murray Saved Christmas is a 2014 animated musical television special, directed by Peter Avanzino and written by Mike Reiss. The voice actors include Jerry Stiller, Sean Hayes, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jason Alexander, John Ratzenberger and Dennis Haysbert. Reiss, a writer and producer of "The Simpsons" who sought to bring a ""Simpsons" sensibility to Christmas specials," adapted the script from his 2000 children's book of the same name and its 2002 sequel "Santa Claustrophobia", which were both illustrated by David Catrow. The special premiered on December 5, 2014, on NBC. It was nominated for an Emmy