christmas christmas collective eleventh twelfth episodes seventh season american comedy television series office episodes overall written directed rainn_wilson episode originally aired december nbc christmas guest stars senator marks return holly series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode michael_scott steve_carell return old love holly ryan michael forces jenna_fischer plan second christmas party day holly returns scranton convinces daughter attend party hopes meeting jim_halpert john_krasinski agrees fight dwight_schrute rainn_wilson later regrets scenes filmed outdoors los_angeles crafted look cold reality temperatures reached degrees episode took day create tons ice christmas viewed million viewers received rating adults age marking slight drop ratings compared previous week despite episode highest rated nbc series night aired received largely positive reviews critics plot michael_scott steve_carell learns taking leave absence jury duty trial leading corporate office send holly amy ryan cover michael forces jenna_fischer plan second christmas party day holly returns scranton michael holly upset tells relationship holly tells women office giving ultimatum propose year end relationship michael lies holly tells seeing woman named new_york holly shows curiosity michael interprets potential jealousy michael gets upset hearing holly relationship takes toy woody toy story present throws trash coffee holly demands know michael comes forward admits upset feelings arrives scranton surprise holly michael cleaning holly woody leaves office pam follows breaks order lift spirits pam tells holly ultimatum suggesting relationship going long returns party holly talking woody holly story cover michael actions upset daughter spend christmas mother party begins lose interest pam andy_bernard ed_helms try find fun activities andy ends takes break room impressed machines hand employees hands michael decides dress santa tell wants christmas holly looks admiration pam says husband jim_halpert john_krasinski makes great christmas gifts wants creates hand drawn comic book jim gets attacked radioactive bear takes powers asks opinions giving jim harsh critiques beautiful equally amazed comic book gives jim agrees fight dwight_schrute rainn_wilson challenged outside finds doors dwight emerges throwing multiple jim leaving bloody nose day dwight jim increasingly elaborate jim tries surrender dwight refuses end day jim afraid outside pam find multiple jim attacks hoping find dwight dwight roof building claiming powerful fight fear wishes camera merry christmas production episode written executive producer eighteenth writing credit series rainn_wilson portrays dwight_schrute series directed episode second directing credit series sixth season episode cover episode season seven episodes saw return holly purposely dwight complicated mean script wanted avoid situation jim dwight best friends calling happen sitcom feel good formula wanted stress fact jim dwight friends specifically wrote jim guard surprised episode reasoned perfect isn nearly fun play watch flawed episode filmed early november shot order required assistant directors office dress sets white spare christmas look elaborate colorful regular christmas look according group pretend like cold outdoor scenes actually warm snow artificial cooperate according explode contact wilson hold fights injured blood jim face shirt artificial featured end episode took day construct addition artificial snow maintained tracked constantly maintain continuity crafted tons ice special effects team created hand crafted creations scenes featuring shot hottest day episode shoot los_angeles temperatures reaching degrees entire crew outfitted glasses snow real possibility prevent heat related injuries set monitored staff crew slated appear outside kept inside moments shot season seven dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include scenes kelly giving sabre gifts extended scenes toby discussing trial jim asking erin aid kit pam talking holly ultimatum cultural references michael claims person new_hampshire fake tree burning cross mentions fondness series specifically complimenting voice played line cut scene features harshly criticizing disney channel series suite life gifts kelly decides staff members corporate behalf featuring popular fictional character produced japanese company holly gift replica woody animated film friendly toys coming life michael claims heard holly single blames romantic comedy andy steals christmas tree star sake entertainment reception christmas aired december episode received percent share adults ages according nielsen ratings means percent households year old living watched episode percent tuned channel point episode watched million viewers dropping viewers previous week ratings adjusted nbc nfl game local broadcasts indianapolis nashville despite episode highest rated nbc series night aired episode received positive reviews james_poniewozik time magazine said christmas hilarious episodes recall best era able deliver storylines drama comedy said initially good payment fanatic said christmas enjoyable episode watching jim suffer dwight jumped snow ball snow ball absolutely hilarious despite said wasn good second season episode christmas party ign writer named best christmas episode series calling good episode sweet ending alan_sepinwall hitfix called episode standout holiday episode applauded return holly calling welcome enjoy episode largely darkness noted like office aims non comic long takes characters seriously complimented subplot featuring jim dwight writing wilson directing paste magazine argued holly signal steve_carell exit approaching gifted viewers best writing long time gave slightly critical review awarded compared episode season episode christmas writing deal heart broken somewhat self destructive ways deals felt episode struggles greatly emotional connection holly michael isn funny real stretch term intended funny went like episodes like general don necessarily need laugh wanted hour slightly pleasant
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