# The Office, Dec. 8, 2011 - Christmas Wishes (8.10) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629 "2011-12-09T16:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/1 "2011-12-09T16:22:28Z")
Highlights - Robert California’s takedown of the Black-Eyed Peas (and then pan to Ryan who’s pointing? What was that?) Jim - “I get pranky when I drink” Dwight - “I was reaching for my toothbrush and tooth powder.” Tooth powder? Like my granddad used? Chad Flenderman - “No, no, women chase him. He misses his wife.” Kelly - “Do you think that’s what happened? That he used a severed hand?” What the hell was that heavy metal Christmas music that Dwight put on? Air electric violin? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/2 "2011-12-09T16:31:00Z")
Ryan: “You can’t click on all these Kardashian links. That’s why you have so many viruses.” Oscar: “I need a mortar, pestle, muddler. Does anyone have chocolate shavings?” Andy: “Meredith, shut your drunk hole right now.” Henrietta the porcupine was cute. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/3 "2011-12-09T16:36:51Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Highlights - Robert California’s takedown of the Black-Eyed Peas (and then pan to Ryan who’s pointing? What was that?) He was agreeing with him, I believe. > [@Acsenray](#): > > What the hell was that heavy metal Christmas music that Dwight put on? Air electric violin? Mannheim Steamroller. You don’t listen to enough 24/7 Christmas Music stations! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/4 "2011-12-09T16:44:35Z")
I could watch Erin dance all day. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/5 "2011-12-09T18:38:00Z")
Ellie Kemper just got engaged. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/6 "2011-12-09T19:20:09Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Mannheim Steamroller. You don’t listen to enough 24/7 Christmas Music stations! I thought it was TSO’s Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24. No matter - if you like heavy Christmas tunes you can’t go wrong with either band. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/7 "2011-12-09T19:36:51Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > I thought it was TSO’s Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24. No matter - if you like heavy Christmas tunes you can’t go wrong with either band. I’m pretty sure it was Mannheim Steamroller’s Carol of the Bells. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/8 "2011-12-09T19:50:29Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > I’m pretty sure it was Mannheim Steamroller’s Carol of the Bells. Because I am currently bored and killing time I tried looking it up… seems we each half right: it was TSO but not Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, rather Carol of the Bells as you said (as mentioned [here](http://www.avclub.com/articles/christmas-wishes,66272/) and here). My curiosity is satisfied. I feel better now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/9 "2011-12-09T19:57:03Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Mannheim Steamroller. You don’t listen to enough 24/7 Christmas Music stations! > [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > I thought it was TSO’s Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24. No matter - if you like heavy Christmas tunes you can’t go wrong with either band. > [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > Because I am currently bored and killing time I tried looking it up… seems we each half right: it was TSO but not Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, rather Carol of the Bells as you said (as mentioned [here](http://www.avclub.com/articles/christmas-wishes,66272/) and here). > > My curiosity is satisfied. I feel better now. 😃 Yeah, this is the song: [Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Carol of the Bells](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vNcGlM8O3I). Not Manheim. ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/10 "2011-12-09T20:24:44Z")
I’ve been pretty critical of Andy in his role as head of the office, mainly because he doesn’t seem to react much to events around him (other than that creepy, screwed-on smile). Last night’s episode corrected that problem somewhat, and Ed Helms played it perfectly as a guy letting his mask slip. I’m actually looking forward to the Jessica-Andy-Erin triangle. Both Erin and Andy have heavily invested in the just-friends ruse–Andy even more so given his efforts at creating a no-conflict persona. It will be fun to see how this plays out in the upcoming months. However, I also think some of the reactions Andy has are little more than warmed-over Michael Scott. Playing Santa is exactly what MS did at every previous Xmas party, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the “Hard-Ass” hat was a leftover from the MS regime (didn’t it seem exactly like something Scott would do?). But most of all it’s that veneer of puppy-dog stupidity. It invites comarison to Carrell’s performance–and no matter what Michael Scott is going to be hard to top. I will say though that the lack of center in Andy has allowed some of the peripheral characters to shine. I’ve already mentioned Erin, but I think Darrel became an interesting character this season even before his budding romance (previously just the bemused and intimidating straightman for Michael’s antics, he’s really come into his own by letting his flaws show). And Stanley’s Louis Black rant at the open was spot on. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/11 "2011-12-09T21:02:51Z")
I’ve been hearing that song during the Trans-siberian orchestra commercials down here for a while now, so i knew exactly who they were without ever having heard them before. ---
**Author:** ![Cubicle\_Rebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Cubicle\_Rebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubicle_Rebel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/12 "2011-12-09T21:14:35Z")
Will Ferrell 4 H.R. Manager. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/13 "2011-12-10T01:05:48Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Yeah, this is the song: [Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Carol of the Bells](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vNcGlM8O3I). Not Manheim. I thought it was Manheim Steamroller as well. :smack: I loved Stanley’s rant in the cold open. Take THAT, war on Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/14 "2011-12-10T04:54:34Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > What the hell was that heavy metal Christmas music that Dwight put on? Air electric violin? Shameful. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/15 "2011-12-10T12:03:49Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Yeah, this is the song: [Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Carol of the Bells](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vNcGlM8O3I). Not Manheim. Huh, you’re right. Maybe I need to listen to more 24/7 Christmas music stations myself. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/16 "2011-12-10T15:33:35Z")
I was just excited to see the girl I’ve had a crush on for two years from the Suburu “Lost Sunglasses” commercial as Jessica. It was weird hearing her talk, though - never seen that before. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/17 "2011-12-10T16:05:06Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > Shameful. Why? I think he was playing air electric violin. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/18 "2011-12-10T16:09:42Z")
When Dwight went into his air-violin act, the first thing I thought was, “Hey, he’s doing Jack Black!” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/19 "2011-12-10T17:28:06Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > When Dwight went into his air-violin act, the first thing I thought was, “Hey, he’s doing Jack Black!” _hangs head_ I also was thinking Mannheim Steamroller… Now, when Dwight started, you knew Creed was gonna join in, & the little geeky guy from Warehouse, but Gabe jumping in at the end was icing on the cake. \m/ Christmas!!! \m/ ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629/20 "2011-12-10T18:32:17Z")
I want to see the Mo Rocca Christmas. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-dec-8-2011-christmas-wishes-8-10/605629.md?page=2)