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TALLguyinKY · 12-12-2007, 04:08 AM

I LOVE Christmas.

And I LOVE The Facts of Life.

And my most favorite FOL years are what I call "the Classic Cafeteria years", seasons 2-4, and also season 1 with the common room and original cast.

So it's nice that there are later Christmas episodes, but it saddens me that for the 1st 4 seasons there wasn't one Christmas show. Just think of how great the common room in the dorm would have looked all decked out for Christmas...and Mrs. Garrett could have played the piano as the girls all sing Christmas carols together (as a pianist it always bugged me that they never once used that piano).

Or in seasons 2-4, I think it would have been a great storyline to have something like Blair preparing for an exotic winter Christmas holiday skiing in the alps with her daddy, Natalie going with her parents to see Niagara Falls in the winter, Jo excited about the Bronx Christmas she's been longing for, Tootie eager to celebrate Christmas in NY with her parents and seeing a couple of Broadway shows as her big present, and Mrs. Garrett looking forward to a good old fashioned country Christmas in her hometown of Appleton, WI with both of her sons there together with her for the first time in ages...

...only to be snowed in at Eastland by the biggest blizzard seen in years. I know I know, it's not very original for a sitcom since it's been done before, but this is FOL---I would love to see this type of Christmas story on FOL. They're all so bummed out, angry, and depressed at having each of their Christmases "ruined", only for them to realize late in the show that what really matters at Christmas is being with your family and loved ones, and they really are with a family after all---their own Eastland family, 4 "sisters" and one "grandmother", maybe not related by blood, but by special bonds and experiences.

I'd love to see a scene where they exchange gifts in the lounge with a Christmas tree up in the "front right corner" of the stage, or else in Mrs. Garrett's room with a Christmas tree up in there (just imagine a sweet moment where Natalie and Tootie exchange gifts they make for each other, and in a moment of rare vulnerable sweetness at the holidays, Jo and Blair each give the other something that was important to them that they'd like the other one to have---awww).

Those seasons had some great shows, big favorites of mine, I just wish one of them could have been a Christmas show, lol.

I Love Lamp · 12-12-2007, 04:13 AM

Yeah, I agree. That's a nice thought. I'm a huge Christmas and FOL fan myself.

Nighthawk76 · 12-12-2007, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by I Love Lamp

Yeah, I agree. That's a nice thought. I'm a huge Christmas and FOL fan myself.

I'm with Kelsey on this one.

RoryGilmore · 12-13-2007, 07:01 PM

It would've been a good ep! But since it obviously never happened and you have an idea maybe you should make it a fan fic, I'd defiantly read it.

TALLguyinKY · 12-13-2007, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jo/Blair Fan

It would've been a good ep! But since it obviously never happened and you have an idea maybe you should make it a fan fic, I'd defiantly read it.

Good idea, thanks. Doubt I'd get to it before Christmas, but maybe in the future.

JoPol_wannabe · 12-14-2007, 01:43 AM

Sounds like the life with Derek christmas ep they showed this past week. The ep was were all the kids went. off on trips and this big snow storm stopped all there plans and they ended up having to stay home despite there disapointment. But in the end the kids realize they might as well make the most of the holidays and they end up having a really good time. I always wondered why they didn't have a christmas ep or any other holiday ep during the first 4 seasons to. But like you said TALLguyinKY it would of been neat to see the Eastland cafeteria all decorated and watch Blair and Jo give each other gifts.

RoryGilmore · 12-14-2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TALLguyinKY

Good idea, thanks. Doubt I'd get to it before Christmas, but maybe in the future.

Totally looking foward to it if you do

RetroGuy2000 · 06-19-2018, 03:31 AM

Did you ever write it, '80s?

'80sSitcoms · 06-19-2018, 10:38 AM

No I never did Retro, and I had completely forgotten about this until you "bumped" it!

Oh wow...now I'm longing for that to be a real episode again! lol

RetroGuy2000 · 06-19-2018, 11:21 AM

Ah. It is a great fanfic idea, and as a fan of the first four seasons of FOL and Christmas myself, I think it sounded like a story with great potential. I thought maybe there was a different thread for the story itself, but I couldn't find it.

Oh well. The story that never was.

12-12-2007, 04:08 AM	#1
TALLguyinKY Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2002 Posts: 1,439	The FOL Christmas that never was I LOVE Christmas. And I LOVE The Facts of Life. And my most favorite FOL years are what I call "the Classic Cafeteria years", seasons 2-4, and also season 1 with the common room and original cast. So it's nice that there are later Christmas episodes, but it saddens me that for the 1st 4 seasons there wasn't one Christmas show. Just think of how great the common room in the dorm would have looked all decked out for Christmas...and Mrs. Garrett could have played the piano as the girls all sing Christmas carols together (as a pianist it always bugged me that they never once used that piano). Or in seasons 2-4, I think it would have been a great storyline to have something like Blair preparing for an exotic winter Christmas holiday skiing in the alps with her daddy, Natalie going with her parents to see Niagara Falls in the winter, Jo excited about the Bronx Christmas she's been longing for, Tootie eager to celebrate Christmas in NY with her parents and seeing a couple of Broadway shows as her big present, and Mrs. Garrett looking forward to a good old fashioned country Christmas in her hometown of Appleton, WI with both of her sons there together with her for the first time in ages... ...only to be snowed in at Eastland by the biggest blizzard seen in years. I know I know, it's not very original for a sitcom since it's been done before, but this is FOL---I would love to see this type of Christmas story on FOL. They're all so bummed out, angry, and depressed at having each of their Christmases "ruined", only for them to realize late in the show that what really matters at Christmas is being with your family and loved ones, and they really are with a family after all---their own Eastland family, 4 "sisters" and one "grandmother", maybe not related by blood, but by special bonds and experiences. I'd love to see a scene where they exchange gifts in the lounge with a Christmas tree up in the "front right corner" of the stage, or else in Mrs. Garrett's room with a Christmas tree up in there (just imagine a sweet moment where Natalie and Tootie exchange gifts they make for each other, and in a moment of rare vulnerable sweetness at the holidays, Jo and Blair each give the other something that was important to them that they'd like the other one to have---awww). Those seasons had some great shows, big favorites of mine, I just wish one of them could have been a Christmas show, lol.

12-13-2007, 07:01 PM	#4
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12-14-2007, 01:43 AM	#6
JoPol_wannabe Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 3,036	Sounds like the life with Derek christmas ep they showed this past week. The ep was were all the kids went. off on trips and this big snow storm stopped all there plans and they ended up having to stay home despite there disapointment. But in the end the kids realize they might as well make the most of the holidays and they end up having a really good time. I always wondered why they didn't have a christmas ep or any other holiday ep during the first 4 seasons to. But like you said TALLguyinKY it would of been neat to see the Eastland cafeteria all decorated and watch Blair and Jo give each other gifts.
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06-19-2018, 03:31 AM	#8
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12-12-2007, 04:13 AM	#2
I Love Lamp Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 10, 2007 Location: US Posts: 264	Yeah, I agree. That's a nice thought. I'm a huge Christmas and FOL fan myself.

06-19-2018, 10:38 AM	#9
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	No I never did Retro, and I had completely forgotten about this until you "bumped" it! Oh wow...now I'm longing for that to be a real episode again! lol

06-19-2018, 11:21 AM	#10
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Ah. It is a great fanfic idea, and as a fan of the first four seasons of FOL and Christmas myself, I think it sounded like a story with great potential. I thought maybe there was a different thread for the story itself, but I couldn't find it. Oh well. The story that never was.