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The holiday season offers the most prime opportunities to experience some quality binge-watching.

Don’t spend these weeks with breaks getting to know your family better. Or rediscovering yourself at a wellness retreat. Instead, take this time to check off some real worthwhile goals from your list — like taking in hours of entertainment. That’s something you’ll never regret.

Business Insider put together a list of shows that will keep you both entertained and caught up on what’s coming down the pop-culture pike. You’ll always have something to talk about at parties and maybe, just maybe, you’ll make others feel horribly insecure about their own lack of pop-culture prowess.

Have a really happy holiday season with these binge-worthy 13 TV shows and movie franchises:

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« Black Mirror »

After British anthology series « Black Mirror » arrived to Netflix, it steadily found an American audience, and a rabid one at that. Even one of our greatest assets, Jon Hamm, deigned to star on its Christmas special last year.

Earning comparisons to « The Twilight Zone, » « Black Mirror » explores the line between life and tech.

Netflix is producing the next season of « Black Mirror. » 

« Twin Peaks »

After a rocky start, Showtime is a bit behind on its revival of director David Lynch’s « Twin Peaks. » That’s okay, because it gives you time to really soak in the show’s two bizarre and twist-filled seasons before its 2017 launch date.

The two seasons are available now on Netflix.

« Gilmore Girls »

With Netflix working on a new season of the cult favorite show, here’s your chance to find out why it’s beloved by so many.

« Gilmore Girls » stars « Parenthood » actress Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore, a young, single mother who’s best friends with her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel). Things get complicated when Lorelai’s estranged parents come back into the picture with a desire for a relationship with their granddaughter.

All seven seasons of the series are available on Netflix now.

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