The Best of the Christmas Specials | Downton Abbey

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  • Downton Abbey has seen many years of merriment at Christmastime. These are some of our favourite moments.
    This is the official TH-cam channel for Downton Abbey. Immerse yourself in the much-loved British historical drama, relive some of your favourite moments and tragedies, and keep up-to-date with the latest news.
    The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912. The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of a century’s old tradition were stripped away by World War and the modern age. The all-star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.
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  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    Carson picking up and coddling Baby Sybiee is one of the Best and most underrated scenes throughout the entire series. ☺️

    • @Pjparty69
      @Pjparty69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So true

    • @joandeimling7681
      @joandeimling7681 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I imagine him doing the same with Lady Mary.

    • @Wodenseyes
      @Wodenseyes ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Carson was such a stern and unforgiving man, but him with a whittle baby just warms my heart, you can tell he felt a great amount of love for the family and the kids especially

    • @kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066
      @kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's loved them all and their children too! ❤

    • @kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066
      @kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@joandeimling7681Yes ❤

  • @marigold6920
    @marigold6920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    I love the banter between the Dowager and Tom.

    • @jayt9608
      @jayt9608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      She would deny it, but she wanted at least one dance, and he happened to be an available young gentleman. How could she get him on the dance floor without asking for the dance? Why! put him in a place where he would need to challenge her and her assertions about him! And he will think it was all his own idea! 😁

    • @allsparkwarrier
      @allsparkwarrier ปีที่แล้ว +13

      A classic Dowager move 👌

    • @alynch100
      @alynch100 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I know I can trust you to steer lolll

  • @danielsark4118
    @danielsark4118 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Violet: "Life is a game in which one must appear ridiculous"
    Richard: "Not my life"
    Violet: "Could've fooled me"

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    "I know I can trust you to steer."

    • @hennagal7360
      @hennagal7360 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂

    • @fabulouschild2005
      @fabulouschild2005 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I literally just realised that it was a chauffeur joke lol

    • @m.layfette6249
      @m.layfette6249 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@fabulouschild2005 She's the Queen of the Quips for a reason. 😂

  • @annieking2591
    @annieking2591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    “Isn’t she marvelous?” You can hear Mary’s love for Anna.

  • @feg3akatrey144
    @feg3akatrey144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    For some inexplicable reason, my eyes start watering every time I see Anna spin ‘round to face Bates after he whispers, “happy Christmas.” Must be winter allergies or something in my eye…. 🥹

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. My husband is an OTR trucker and the first time he came home, he kept it a surprise. Everyone in the building said they heard me scream (in exuberance) when he came in the door. I tried to jump up onto him but hit my thigh on the door handle. It was a softball-sized hematoma that took months to fully go away but every limping step of it was 1000% worth it. I love this scene so much 😊

  • @ericaohenebekoe
    @ericaohenebekoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    No matter how many times I've watched this show, I could NEVER get enough of it. I will always long for more Downton ☺️

  • @meawwow
    @meawwow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Some scenes feel so fresh even when watching them after so many years ❤️
    This series will always be close to my heart ❤️

  • @susanv.7540
    @susanv.7540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Whenever I want to leave the trials and tribulations of the here and now, I turn to Downton Abbey for a brief respite. It never fails to entertain, surprise, or move me.❤❤❤

  • @ishanbehera
    @ishanbehera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The Dowager Countess always had great lines and great come backs 🤌🏼🧿❤️

  • @TrinityDivineMozart
    @TrinityDivineMozart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Downtown Abbey is absolutely wonderful and in my honest judgement wholesome and clever as a television show.

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "Well done."
    "But you didn't sound drunk at all, how'd you do that?"
    "Concentration." "You forget I was trained as a solider."

    • @davidcrocker5184
      @davidcrocker5184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He was starting to look a bit worse for where when he said that!

  • @gailwebb9619
    @gailwebb9619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The marriage proposal and Bates coming home on Christmas to his Anna....still bring tears to my eyes. They are such beautiful scenes.

  • @karadizon4299
    @karadizon4299 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how the Grantham family values and treats Anna like their own. Anna is one of the best characters on this show who reminds me so much of Lady Grantham characteristics…compassionate, merciful, gracious and kind hearted

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "You've lived your life and I've lived mine, now it's time we lived them together."

    • @veronagarland7601
      @veronagarland7601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, Yes, Yes!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @manusha1349
    @manusha1349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Such a gracious and elegant period in history ⚘️ it's heart wrenching to think we shall never see this again. That's why I adore Downton Abbey, Brideshead Revisited and others like it ❤️ an Age of grace and innocence

    • @POKIWOKI3
      @POKIWOKI3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And an age of discrimination, no rights for women and minorities, no free time, hard work every day...

    • @manusha1349
      @manusha1349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@POKIWOKI3 yes, isn't it awful that life wasn't perfect back then.....too shocking

    • @POKIWOKI3
      @POKIWOKI3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manusha1349 Especially for women.

    • @manusha1349
      @manusha1349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@POKIWOKI3 there's a reason for that...hope you can work it out on your own

    • @POKIWOKI3
      @POKIWOKI3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manusha1349 😂

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "You know yourself, we carry more luggage than the Porters at King's Cross."

  • @richardhutchison3123
    @richardhutchison3123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I watched every episode. Best TV show/drama ever filmed. RIP Downton Abbey!

  • @judyvaughn761
    @judyvaughn761 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I absolutely love Downton Abbey whenever I'm watching it everything in the world just goes silent

  • @trellises
    @trellises ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Carson and little Sybbie! ❤

  • @Anolaana
    @Anolaana ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:11 I finally got the Dowager's quip about steering! It's an analogy about driving a car! :D

  • @ayyKatx
    @ayyKatx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You know you've found the one when he looks at you the way Bates looks at Anna.

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can confirm 😍 may we all be so blessed

  • @shaniquawhitfield94
    @shaniquawhitfield94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Merry Christmas. I NEED SOME DOWNTON HEAD FRIENDS, guys! I have none, and im obsessed. Im alone today, and instinctively woke up and started Downton again. Ultimate relaxation.

    • @wingednights
      @wingednights 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Merry Christmas! I feel the same way. I’ve been obsessed with Downton from the theme song’s opening notes. I can’t understand why none of my friends are into it when it’s easily the best TV show ever (at least, to me). No other show has ever touched me as this show has. 🥰

  • @rowenamarvin9697
    @rowenamarvin9697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Never saw this but love the costumes and scenes and MAGGIE

  • @ghostrunner6264
    @ghostrunner6264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I also love the music fading when Mr. Bates looks at Anne and they look at one another

    • @jefppenamora4156
      @jefppenamora4156 ปีที่แล้ว

      and the door closes as the music fades away.

  • @Daphne-cp8ss
    @Daphne-cp8ss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Isn't hard to understand why Downton Abbey is so addictive. There's so much happening you just need to know what will happen next.

  • @barbaraorsi1976
    @barbaraorsi1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Definetly Matthew's marriage proposal to Mary!

    • @l.a.3479
      @l.a.3479 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *definitely*

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Yes, she is Marvelous."

  • @larissaandrea613
    @larissaandrea613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love Carson holding the baby clip. It's adorable. Is it Sybbie?

    • @m.layfette6249
      @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes. That's Baby Sybiee. They ended up spending most of the afternoon together. At least an hour or so. Mrs. Hughes discovered them together in the library after she returned from running an errand in the village.

    • @larissaandrea613
      @larissaandrea613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@m.layfette6249 aww. That's so sweet. I love Mr. Carson and thank you for answering

    • @m.layfette6249
      @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@larissaandrea613 You're welcome. They should really do a video all about Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes. It's the love from the Downton Abbey Fandom that they finally took a trip down the aisle. 💝💒

    • @jefppenamora4156
      @jefppenamora4156 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The scene with Carson and Sybbie reminds me of the moment Lady Sybil died. Carson was lamenting "I knew her since the day she was born." Now he is holding her baby in his arms. Tears running down my cheeks.

  • @maidinulster
    @maidinulster ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This scene with the proposal and that music just sweeps me away ❤️💙

  • @maryannlockwood7806
    @maryannlockwood7806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hard to choose just one. They’re all wonderful!🤔🎄☺️

  • @jayidas8183
    @jayidas8183 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like Barrow asking Dowager to dance scene the best

  • @thelmadickinson6811
    @thelmadickinson6811 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love watching these clips and Dame Maggie Smith. RIP

  • @alisonw5150
    @alisonw5150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A brilliant series but the dowager countess is truly spectacular. Her one liners have me in fits e.g. What is a weekend? 😂

  • @maidinulster
    @maidinulster ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember so well rushing in from work on a Sunday evening just in time as the credits rolled and my daughter setting me down a wee glass of bailies to watch my beloved Downton Abbey ❤️🤍💙

  • @amethystanne4586
    @amethystanne4586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    DH&I have wildly different favorite types of TV shows, but we watched D.A. every Sunday evening for 6 years and went to the theatre to see the 2 movies when they each came out.

  • @noonegirl
    @noonegirl ปีที่แล้ว

    The way Bates looks at Anna with such love ❤️

  • @angelabby2379
    @angelabby2379 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i read the will of an aristocrat before, he left his butler and cook their wages for life! which is really generous idk if it's the norm or not, but it's clear he respected them.

  • @lauradarnall227
    @lauradarnall227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Happy Christmas 🎄 and Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄I love watching this show Downton Abbey

    • @franklinstephen3268
      @franklinstephen3268 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👋i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world! Happy New year 🎆 🙏🌍
      I'm originally from Canada currently living in California ☀️☀️and you where are you from if i may ask?

  • @rosequartz4102
    @rosequartz4102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to all of you Downton Fans, my people!

  • @Luna15234
    @Luna15234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Merry Christmas everyone🎄♥️

  • @ratinthehat_
    @ratinthehat_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Anna and Bates are OTP 😭😝☺️😩

  • @ctheflower7818
    @ctheflower7818 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Enchanting Downton Abbey, especially Christmas 🎄 Time 😉

  • @bhinoyj
    @bhinoyj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Merry Christmas to all souls

  • @fa6534
    @fa6534 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “I know I can trust you to steer” 😂😂

  • @alexbarner7207
    @alexbarner7207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Merry Christmas

    • @m.layfette6249
      @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Merry Christmas 🎄 to All and to All a Good Night!

  • @srkh8966
    @srkh8966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So much attention to details, yet modern Christmas lights😢

  • @kellicoffman8440
    @kellicoffman8440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The only missing moment is the old booby proposing to mrs Hughes definitely one for the books

  • @alexandrabelli4139
    @alexandrabelli4139 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jaja que tierno se ve carson con la niña. Es como si fuera el abuelo se calmo enseguida con el jaja

  • @DazzleDust32
    @DazzleDust32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rose on the dancefloor is me every time Whitney comes on. 💃

    • @jefppenamora4156
      @jefppenamora4156 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rose had her "Cinderella" moment in the arms of a prince. Coincidence? :)

  • @muzaffarahmad457
    @muzaffarahmad457 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved it over and over again

  • @seniorenyore
    @seniorenyore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why do bates and anna make me cry every time i see them

  • @angelabecker9611
    @angelabecker9611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love me some Anna and Bates scenes. So much sap I'll stick to the next thing I touch, and may that never change.

  • @loliver9660
    @loliver9660 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Carson might be a stern, unrepentant snob...but the one thing you have to give him is that he loves the Crawley family, especially the kids. He might have had trouble accepting Tom moving into the family, but he adores little Sybbie. ❤

  • @Mai2727
    @Mai2727 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The best moment is missing - Carson finally proposing to Mrs Hughes

  • @Belle-2023
    @Belle-2023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Мэри и Мэтью. Снежное предложение - навсегда в моём сердечке 🤍🤍

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "How soon your maxim will be tested."

  • @pablomartinez000
    @pablomartinez000 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good response

  • @__seeker__
    @__seeker__ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anna not telling Bates that she loves to dance because he cannot…

  • @kate1812
    @kate1812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We don't talk about Series 3 Christmas special

  • @curtyeomans8446
    @curtyeomans8446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some of the older cast members look so young here

  • @emilynorris4263
    @emilynorris4263 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Yes she is marvellous" if this isn't my relationship I don't want it.

  • @bobthedog357
    @bobthedog357 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And then there's the season 3 Christmas special 😥🔫

    • @Opheim1986
      @Opheim1986 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tip: Just stop watching when the fancy sportscar starts driving down the road🙈🙉

  • @profitsdaily2
    @profitsdaily2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." ---Herman Melville

  • @hillyplays29
    @hillyplays29 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The scene with Carson and baby Sybbie, was that when Nanny West was still with them?

    • @Opheim1986
      @Opheim1986 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope. When Cora tells Robert that she have asked West to take a hike, Robert said something about not another one. So it is implied that the employment (and mistreatment) have not been going on for a extended period of time.

    • @hillyplays29
      @hillyplays29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Opheim1986 Ahh. Poor Sybbie

  • @travelstyle6436
    @travelstyle6436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👏👏👏👏👏

  • @hpavalferr7201
    @hpavalferr7201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🤗 💗

  • @mimie0427
    @mimie0427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lady Mary Crawley???? Not yet Matthew - shouldn't it be Lady Mary Grantham???

    • @franklinstephen3268
      @franklinstephen3268 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi how are you doing?

    • @gailwebb9619
      @gailwebb9619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Her last name is Crawley...her father is the Earl of Grantham. That’s a title, not their last name.

    • @mimie0427
      @mimie0427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gailwebb9619 Thank you so much for the information.

    • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
      @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER ปีที่แล้ว

      @@franklinstephen3268 You are reported to TH-cam for spamming harassment of females in the comment columns.

    • @traditionalfood367
      @traditionalfood367 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cora was Lady Grantham.
      The eldest daughter was Lady Crawley.
      Until she married, Edith & Sybil were Lady Edith / Sybil.

  • @delphinec9307
    @delphinec9307 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is she named Lady Mary Crawley during the proposal? I didn't notice before but isn't she supposed to be "lady Mary Grantham" and become Lady Mary Crawley after she and Matthew got married?

    • @robinbidwell1577
      @robinbidwell1577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, she was already a Crawley…family name and Grantham is the title.
      Mary and Matthew are distant relations

  • @alexandrabelli4139
    @alexandrabelli4139 ปีที่แล้ว

    No sabia que era tan viejo el juego digalo con mimica jajaja

  • @ElianeSMOCZEK
    @ElianeSMOCZEK 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    en francais

  • @malkakideckel9058
    @malkakideckel9058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Startling that Cora can sing that song, she is a Jewess in this series.

    • @flyboy152
      @flyboy152 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So, she’s been married to a Christian man for more than 30 years, raising Christian daughters. Also, she was never that serious about her Judaism; only her father was Jewish.

    • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
      @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER ปีที่แล้ว

      Jewishness is determined by the practice of Judaism. It is a religion, not an ethnicity, let alone a race.
      You simply cannot pass a religion through the gene code. Despite what many people may traditionally think.

    • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
      @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flyboy152 I agree with you.

    • @sjvvic1318
      @sjvvic1318 ปีที่แล้ว

      However she has had many English/British Christmas' by this time.

  • @YeshuaKingMessiah
    @YeshuaKingMessiah ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow the dowager actress has rly aged

  • @susanmascarenas1196
    @susanmascarenas1196 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry I really don't like watching it this way cuz I loved watching it in full

  • @Der_Dolmetscher
    @Der_Dolmetscher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the part where they have underpaid servants, half of whom can’t barely read, catering to their every whim. And the best part - in that world, they‘re doomed to remain house slaves until they die.

    • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
      @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why don't you just go cry about it awhile in one of your Safe Spaces, and then come back here.
      You'll feel better after a good cry!

    • @Der_Dolmetscher
      @Der_Dolmetscher ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't need to cry. I live in the only direct democracy in the world. From my (Swiss) perspective, most of the world is savage.

    • @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER
      @DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Der_Dolmetscher Switzerland is a partial direct Democracy and a partial Republic, since it has a parliament.
      But my recommendation that you should go have a good cry, stems from the fact that Downton Abbey, being historically accurate, seems to hurt you in some way.

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The people who had work in the "great houses" actually considered themselves fortunate. Their jobs had far more security and chances for advancement than many others. My own grandmother born in a workhouse looked fondly on her time in service. Of course it wasn't quite as lovely as Downton but let's be honest it is partially escapist fantasy 😊.