As much as I hate the prequels, saying that the Holiday Special is better is absurd. The Holiday Special is the most boring piece of media ever created. It’s not so bad it’s good, it’s so bad it’s really bad.
It’s so bad that even the Rifftrax guys couldn’t save it, and I had to turn it off halfway through despite their valiant attempt to hold my interest.
Oh come on, it had one of my favorite riffs of all time (“What are you supposed to be, tobacco?”). Granted, it was during the Fruit of the Loom commercial, so it might not actually count.