For my money, there's NOTHING better than The Muppet Family Christmas. (The 1987 special featuring crossovers from both Sesame Street & Fraggle Rock; not to be confused w/ the 1992 "The Muppet Christmas Carol" or the 2002 "It's a Very Muppet Christmas Movie".) This particular hour-long special just had something...special?...about it that has made it stick out to me, despite being almost two decades old.
Other popular runners up:
Other popular runners up:
- Scrubs (the episode of the sick dad w/ the kid)
- My So-Called Life (there's this homeless kid that the main characters take in--really sweet & sad; this one actually makes me cry IRL! /emo)