Miffed, Michael decides on the spot to switch the gift exchange to a "Yankee Swap," where people can steal each other's gifts, rendering all the thought the employees had put into their Secret Santa gifts suddenly moot. Ultimately, more people wind up with gifts they're happy with than not, but abruptly switching the recipient tags on all of the carefully selected gifts was definitely not an Old Saint Nick-approved move. "Moroccan Christmas" sees Phyllis finally helming the Party Planning Committee, thanks to learning a secret that she uses to blackmail longtime committee chair Angela ( Angela Martin) into handing over her cherished duties. Phyllis decides to shake things up with a Moroccan-themed party that clashes with Angela's much more traditional American Christian preferences. As Phyllis savors every opportunity to mess with Angela's perception of what a proper Christmas party should be, Dwight reveals he's bought up every "Princess Unicorn" doll in the area, which his research has revealed to him will be the most popular Christmas gift that year. Sure enough, a number of desperate dads come out of the woodwork to buy the horned Barbie-like dolls from Dwight at a steep $200 a pop ($400 if you're Toby ( Paul Lieberstein), who has to go through two layers of markups for his daughter's prize).
With Phyllis ultimately revealing Angela's secret after Angela tries to call her on what she thought was a bluff, and Michael using the episode to try to get Meredith ( Kate Flannery) into rehab, it's safe to say that Dwight is the only one to come out of this party feeling truly festive, thanks to his Princess Unicorn monopoly.Īfter years of campaigning for the job, Phyllis is finally awarded her coveted role of playing Santa for the office Christmas party in "Secret Santa." (Man, Phyllis really likes being in charge of things at Christmas.) Put out, Michael also dresses up as Santa, trying to persuade his coworkers to sit on his lap, but it quickly becomes evident that most of them prefer Phyllis' version to his. Incensed, Michael calls the corporate office to complain about Phyllis, during which he is shocked to learn that Dunder Mifflin has been bought by another company. Thinking that means that everyone is about to lose their jobs (it doesn't), Michael promptly reveals the confidential information to the entire office, only to soon realize that he was wrong and they're all keeping their jobs, prompting a group sigh of relief. As a matter of fact, anyone who's watched more than a couple The Office Christmas episodes might even go as far as to say that Phyllis could be the best Santa that The Office has ever had.Īfter the unemployment scare, Michael is able to admit to Phyllis that she makes a pretty good Santa after all. The ongoing prank war between Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson) and Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski) is old news by the time we get to Season 7, but they take it to a whole new level in "Classy Christmas." While Michael endeavors to throw an upscale Christmas party in order to impress his ex-girlfriend Holly ( Amy Ryan), who has returned to the office to take over temporarily for Toby while he serves jury duty, Jim excitedly points out to his coworkers that it's showing. After Dwight makes fun of Jim's excitement, Jim retaliates by going outside to make a snowball, then bringing it into the office and throwing it into Dwight's face.
This quickly escalates to an outdoor snowball fight, where Dwight soundly defeats Jim thanks to seizing the element of surprise. But Dwight isn't content to just win he sets out to destroy Jim's psyche by surprising him with snowball attacks throughout the day. At the end of the day, Jim and Pam ( Jenna Fisher) finally leave work, only to discover the parking lot filled with identical snowmen. Dwight watches from the roof as a terrorized Jim blindly attacks one snowy menace after another, sure that Dwight must be hiding inside one of them. It's a dark ending, but shows Dwight is not messing around when it comes to winning the prank war.
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