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The Star Wars Holiday Special is pretty much just as evil as everyone says it is. XD Poor, poor Doug -- but his pain is our hilarity! Watch it here! I can't say any more about it without ruining some great moments, so just go watch it!
-M: *facepalm* Oooh Lucas. . . .-
Actually, he's not so much to blame for this one, he was busy filming the actual FILMS. And he has stated his wish that he could just smash every copy of this evil thing.
-M: Whew! Thought he'd gone completely off the deep end.-
Not quite yet, no.
And now, time for your daily dose of Christmas Fic:
The Eleventh Thing of Christmas that’s such a pain to me:

Stale TV Specials
“You know, I think this is the exact same play they put on in my hometown.”
“Really? But – the last time you would have seen it would have been a century in the past.”
“Exactly my point.”
“It’s a classic story,” Doc scolded them softly as they sat in the audience, watching as the villagers portraying Joseph and Mary reclined in the hay meant to represent a manger. “There’s not a lot you can change about it.”
“I’m not just talking about the plot – I’m talking about the dialogue, the sets, everything! It’s almost like being in a timewarp!” Jennifer whispered back.
“We had one just like this in my hometown too,” Alice said, watching as a donkey nuzzled “Mary’s” ear, causing her to break character briefly and laugh. “I think they’re all the same.”
“Right down to the dialogue? You’d think there’d be some difference between towns.”
“Maybe someone sometime in the past sent out one script to every village in the country, telling them, ‘This is how you do the Nativity Story. You don’t do it like this, you die,’” Marty suggested with a shrug.
“Hmm. That’s something I’d expect more of from our current queen.”
“Give them a bit of credit – the woman playing Mary is genuinely pregnant,” Victor pointed out, as the three Kings entered the little stage. “That’s a bit of a twist.”
“All right, fair enough,” Jennifer said. “I remember when I was small, she was played by a clean-shaven young man in a wig with a pillow down his shirt. Father was the one who finally got sick of that and let women act.”
“You know what I would have always liked to see?” Alice commented as the kings bowed to “Mary.” “The Kings or Joseph or somebody securing Mary and Jesus a room after he was born. Could a poor little baby really survive a cold night in a manger?”
“Mary” abruptly yelped and clutched her abdomen, causing a few looks of shock from the Kings and “Joseph.” “Uh – I think we might be about to find out,” Doc said, eyes widening. “Someone fetch the midwife!”

-VM: Isn't that kind of a cliche?-
Yeah, but I couldn't think of anything else, so I decided to roll with it. Another one I had some trouble with -- I wasn't sure what exactly to do until I hit upon the idea of using the nativity. Originally it was just going to be a Nativity scene, with perhaps a sort of Shrek cameo with one of the donkeys starting to talk. But that idea never solidified, so I went instead with the "using an actual pregnant woman in the play, and her water breaks" formula. I had a bit of "The Vicar Of Dibley's" take on this in mind while I was writing -- if you've never seen that show, try to find a copy or an episode on YouTube, it is funny.
-HD: British comedies are always better.-
. . . You are aware that you too are technically Californian? Being a Doc and all?
-HD: . . . Er--
Aaanyway, not much else to say, besides this being another one where everybody gets a line. I also threw in the thing about women acting just because it felt right -- I think I had