The Office (USA)/Christmas Party

Christmas Party
Season 2, Episode 10
Airdate	December 6, 2005
Production Number	2010
Written by	Michael Schur
Directed by	Charles McDougall
Stream
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The Office — Season Two

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Christmas Party is the tenth episode of the second season of The Office, and the sixteenth episode overall.

Starring: Steve Carell (Michael Scott), Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly), B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard)

Guest Starring: David Koechner (Todd Packer), David Denman (Roy), Leslie David Baker (Stanley Hudson), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone), Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer), Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor), Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin), Paul Lieberstein (Toby Flenderson), Oscar Nunez (Oscar Martinez), Phyllis Smith (Phyllis Lapin), Craig Robinson (Darryl Philbin), Bobby Ray Shafer (Bob Vance)

Co-Starring: Creed Bratton (Creed Bratton), Ryan Martin (Clerk)

Plot Overview

The annual Christmas Party is the focus of the whole Office as Michael brings in a too-tall Christmas tree that has to be cut down to size. As per usual, they have a Secret Santa gift giving with a $20 limit. Jim is fortunate to have Pam as his Secret Santa match, so he prepares a teapot with several mementos as well as a card telling Pam how he feels.

Michael is anticipating giving Ryan a $400 Video iPod, made possible by his $3000 bonus check for saving the company money by firing an employee, but when his gift from Phyllis is a hand knitted oven mitt he changes the rules and institutes 'Yankee Swap'. This allows people to steal other peoples gifts and makes Phyllis incredibly despondent and Jim desperate as his personal feelings are inside the teapot. The Secret Santa gift giving ends as Michael accidentally makes his bonus check known and Dwight ends up in possession of the teapot.

Michael makes an emergency run to the liquor store and returns with a case of vodka and allows the office to have a very drunk Christmas party. Highlights include Todd Packer showing up and passing out, Kelly impuslively kissing Dwight, Angela breaking down from the results of the Christmas party and seeing Dwight kiss Kelly, and Meredith making the most of her last day before giving up drinking and flashing Michael. Pam, noticing how much Jim wants her to have it and hearing that Roy had planned to buy her an iPod anyway, switches the Video iPod for the teapot although Jim removes the card before she can read it.

Notes

• Secret Santa list

Jim -> Pam - teapot with Jim's yearbook photo, two hot sauce packets, a broken pencil, and a personal letter - stolen by Meredith, Oscar, and Dwight before being traded back by Pam

Toby -> Angela - poster of children dressed as adults - stolen by Kelly then Angela

Oscar -> Creed - shamrock keychain - stolen by Jim

Kevin -> Kevin - foot bath - stolen by Pam and then Kevin

Michael -> Ryan - Video iPod - stolen by Oscar, Kelly, and Pam before being traded to Dwight

Kelly -> Oscar - shower radio - destination unknown

Creed -> Jim - an old shirt - desination unknown

Phyllis -> Michael - hand-knitted oven mitt - stolen by Meredith

Stanley -> Kelly - 'Kelly' nameplate - stolen by Ryan

Unknown person -> Meredith - shot glasses - stolen by Phyllis

Unknown person -> Phyllis - book of short stories - stolen by Dwight then Kelly

Quotes

• Michael: Unbelievable! I do the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for these people and they freak out. Well, happy birthday Jesus. Sorry your party's so lame.

• Meredith: The deal is this is my last hurrah. 'Cause I made a New Years Resolution that I'm not going to drink anymore... during the week.

• Dwight: Yankee Swap is like Machiavelli meets ... Christmas.