Christmas time in the Bunker home

[Pug Lover]

Notice how almost every AITF Christmas episode is not a happy one.It seems that Christmas wasn't a happy time for this family.
There was"Edith's Christmas Story"where Edith gets a lump on her breast.
In"The Draft Dodger"Mike had a friend who had moved to Canada because he didn't feel free or safe in the US.When he explained this to Archie,Archie hit the roof.In fact I don't think I ever heard Archie holler as loud as he did in this episode.
The following year saw the two part episode"Edith's Crises Of Faith",where Edith shared a special bond with Beverly LaSalle,only to have it end tragically after Beverly was beaten to death on the way to a local theatre where he was to perform.
The year after that,there was the two parter"California Here We Are",where the Bunkers were reunited with the Stivics in the Stivics' new California home.Only to discover that Mike and Gloria had seperated and where looking into getting divorced.
So I think it would be safe to say that,all in all,the Bunkers didn't fare very well at Christmas time.

[treky]

you forgot the one from the shows last season; where the guy who came into Archies bar dressed as Santa Claus was passing counterfit bills, or something like that-I haven't seen that one in years.

Also, the one in the 2nd season (the first season started in January) where Archie was trying to keep secret the fact that he didn't get a Christmas bonus at work that year because he sent a shipment to the wrong place, but everyone found out about it.

[Pug Lover]

Was the latter the same episode where Henry Jefferson came to the Bunker door dressed as a black Santa?That was hilarious.:lol:

[treky]

yes, it was. I liked when he and Archie were arguing about what color Santa Claus is. It reminds me of a sene in another episode where they were arguing about whether God's black or white, and Archie said "Well, every picture I've ever seen of God, he's white"!! And Henry said "Well maybe you were looking at the negatives"!!