The Letterkenny holiday specials are episodes themed around the observance of a particular holiday or festival. They are not enumerated as part of the season by Crave, but they have been bundled with the preceding season for the DVD releases as well as for streaming on Hulu and SBS.
Bell Media announced on January 19, 2017 that the first special would be released on St. Patrick's Day that year, March 17, 2017. Season 2 had just been released on Christmas 2016, and the announcement came as a surprise to fans. After that, a holiday special aired after each season, making five in all, through October 2019. No holiday specials aired after Season 7, and Seasons 8 and 9 ran for seven episodes rather than six. At noon on February 23, 2022, Crave announced a holiday special for International Women's Day which would air on March 8, the first holiday special in three years. A May 2-4 (Victoria Day) episode was set to air May 19, 2023, five months after the release of Season 11.
Each holiday special has focused on a different observance, and followed a different narrative structure. They are largely self-contained in terms of plot, and do not address major developments in the previous season (for example, Tanis's pregnancy, or Stewart going to rehab). The most common thread among them is that Wayne complains that the North American celebration has lost sense of the original meaning of the holiday, leading Katy to call him a poopy-pants. A notable exception has been The Three Wise Men, when to the Hicks' relief, Wayne declares
I to the fuckin' love Christmas — Wayne
List of holiday specials[]
Overall No. | Title | Release Date | |
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13 | St. Perfect's Day Letterkenny folks hold their annual St. Patrick's Day party. |
March 17, 2017 | |
20 | The Haunting of MoDean's II Wayne and The Hicks help their old pal Gail get to the bottom of a strange brew happening at the local bar. |
October 20, 2017 | |
27 | Super Hard Easter It’s Easter and it’s Daryl’s turn to hide the eggs. Glen and his unlikely sidekicks put on a Passion Play. |
March 23, 2018 | |
34 | A Letterkenny Christmas: The Three Wise Men |The Hicks throw a Christmas party. |
November 23, 2018 | |
41 | Letterkenny: Valentimes Day The Matchmaker returns to Letterkenny to host a speed dating event. |
February 1, 2019 | |
68 | International Women's Day The ladies celebrate International Women's Day by competing in an anti-beauty pageant. The winner will be crowned Miss MoDean-iality. |
March 8, 2022 | |
75 | May 2-4 The hicks celebrate the May long weekend. |
May 19, 2023 |