Guest Stars

Dakin Matthews As David Dunne	Leslie Hope As Gwenn Harwin
Steven Eckholdt As Michael Case	Tembi Locke As Beth Cabot
Titus Makin Jr. As Tim Cabot	Andrew Borba As Mr. Mudge

Co-Guest Stars

Christine Lucas As Denise McKay	Laura Parker As Mom
Emily Sandifer As Receptionist	Luke White As NYPD Cop
Hannah Swain As Little Girl

Main Cast

Nathan Fillion As Richard Castle	Stana Katic As Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan As Martha Rodgers	Jon Huertas As Javier Esposito
Seamus Dever As Kevin Ryan	Tamala Jones As Lanie Parish
Molly Quinn As Alexis Castle	Penny Johnson Jerald As Captain Victoria Gates

Recap

The episode begins with a family enjoying the snow on Christmas Eve, when they see a Santa falling towards them from the skies. Santa lands on the snow with a huge thud. The kid screams. Meanwhile, Castle and Alexis are decorating the tree. Alexis and Martha are having their own plans and Castle is upset that they aren’t following the family tradition. He wants to spend one evening with them and they cant manage that. At the crime scene, Castle is complaining to Kate. He hopes that Kate is with him. She says that she will be if she has no work. Ryan and Castle are upset to see a dead Santa while Kate reminds them that there is no real Santa. ..

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• Creator	Andrew W. Marlowe
• Executive Producer	Armyan Bernstein  |  David Amann  |  Andrew W. Marlowe  |  Rob Bowman  |  Laurie Zaks
• Co-Executive Producer	Rob Hanning  |  David Grae
• Supervising Producer	Christine Roum
• Producer	Elizabeth Beall  |  Terence Paul Winter  |  Marc A. Kahn (1)  |  D. Howard Grigsby
• Production Designer	Alfred Sole
• Editor	David Latham
• Music	Robert Duncan (1)
• Director of Photography	Bill Roe
• Theme	Robert Duncan (1)