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  Episode Information  
Title: Christmas Party
Episode Number: 16
Season: 2
Season Episode #.: 10
Production Number: 02010
Original Airdate: Tuesday December 06th, 2005
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Episode Crew
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Michael Schur
  Episode Summary  
Michael tries to liven up the office Christmas party by suggesting a game of "Yankee Swap," but he wants to use the Secret Santa gifts the staff already purchased for each other. While most of the staff wants the iPod that Michael brought (and exceeded the gift price limit to purchase), Dwight has his eye on the very personal gift that Jim brought for Pam.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Angela KinseyplayedAngela MartinRecurring (16th appearance)
Brian BaumgartnerplayedKevin MaloneRecurring (16th appearance)
Craig RobinsonplayedDarryl PhilbinRecurring (4th appearance)
David DenmanplayedRoy AndersonRecurring (9th appearance)
David KoechnerplayedTodd PackerRecurring (second appearance)
Kate FlanneryplayedMeredith PalmerRecurring (14th appearance)
Leslie David Baker (1)playedStanley HudsonRecurring (16th appearance)
Oscar NuñezplayedOscar MartinezRecurring (16th appearance)
Phyllis SmithplayedPhyllis LapinRecurring (16th appearance)
Robert R. ShaferplayedBob VanceRecurring (first appearance)
Co-Guest Stars
Creed BrattonplayedCreed BrattonRecurring (6th appearance)
Mindy KalingplayedKelly KapourRecurring (12th appearance)
Paul LiebersteinplayedToby FlendersonRecurring (13th appearance)
  Episode Notes  
In this episode, we learn that Stanley's last name is Hudson, and Kevin's is Malone.
 
The intended Secret Santa gifts of the staff:
Jim gets Pam a teapot filled with their inside jokes
Kelly gets Oscar a shower radio
Toby gets Angela a poster with babies dressed as adults
Phyllis gets Michael an oven mitt
Creed gets Jim an old shirt from his closet
Oscar gets Creed a shamrock keychain
Stanley gets Kelly a nameplate
Kevin gets a foot bath for himself
Dwight gets paintball lessons, but doesn't reveal who they're for
Michael gets Ryan a video iPod
 
Phyllis' boyfriend owns Vance Refrigeration, which is next door to Dunder Mifflin's office.
 
Michael's Secret Santa gift was a video iPod, which ties into a promotion by NBC. The day this episode aired was the same day that NBC announced that episodes of The Office were available for download onto a video iPod.
 
  Featured Songs  
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Run DMCChristmas in Hollis 
  Episode Quotes  
Roy: I was gonna get you one of these for Christmas. Now I don't have to. It'll save a bunch of money.
Pam: What are you going to get me instead?
Roy: I don't know... a sweater?
 
Jim: I thought that it was called 'Nasty Christmas.'
Pam: We call it 'White Elephant.'
Michael: Well I call it fun.
 
Meredith: The deal is, this is my last hurrah - 'cause I made a New Year’s resolution, that I’m not going to drink anymore... during the week.
 
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.
 
Toby: I got Angela. She is into these posters of babies dressed as adults. I got her one of those. I felt kind of weird buying that.
 
Liquor Store Clerk: It comes to $166.41.
Michael: All right, now, you're the expert. Is this enough to get twenty people plastered?
Liquor Store Clerk: Fifteen bottles of vodka? Yeah, that should do it.
Michael: Cool. Cool. Box it up.
 
  Episode Goofs  
iPods need to be charged for a full couple of hours before they can be used. Pam was using hers right out of the box.
 
  Cultural References  
Dwight: 'A real man makes his own luck.' Billy Zane, Titanic.

Dwight quotes Billy Zane's character, Cal Hockley, from the 1997 film, Titanic.
 
Dwight: Yankee Swap is like, Machiavelli meets… Christmas.

Dwight is referring to Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli - an Italian political philosopher and writer who was born in 1469. He is best known for his treatises on realist political theory, particularly, The Prince.
 
  Episode References  
Jim: So this year, for the first time ever, I got Pam in Secret Santa. And I got her this teapot, which I know she really wants, so she can make tea at her desk. But I'm also going to stuff it with some inside jokes. Like, this is my high school yearbook photo. She saw it at the party, and it really makes her laugh. Not sure why.

This photo was first seen in the Season Two epsiode, "E-Mail Surveillance."
 
Dwight: Hey, I could get some flares from my car.

Dwight references the flares that he shot up in the episode "The Client" when he suggests getting flares from his car as a substitute for the party committee's crappy Christmas tree lights.
 
Michael: I got a big bonus because I fired Devon, and I used the money to buy something awesome. Sue me!

Michael fired Devon in the Season Two episode, "Halloween."
 
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