christmas wishes office christmas wishes tenth episode eighth season american comedy television series office episode overall episode originally aired nbc united_states december written executive producer directed ed_helms directorial debut episode guest starred series presented real documentary depicts everyday lives office employees scranton pennsylvania branch fictional dunder mifflin_paper_company episode andy_bernard ed_helms attempts christmas wishes come true including drunken ellie dwight_schrute rainn_wilson jim_halpert john_krasinski escalating prank war attempts frame christmas wishes received positive reviews critics according nielsen_media_research christmas wishes drew million viewers received rating share demographic staying previous episode california ranked timeslot highest ranked nbc series night plot andy ed_helms attempts christmas wishes come true conference meeting vows promise wishes asks office members nice new girlfriend emotionally confused erin ellie tries nice ends drinking party drunken tells andy christmas wish die offended tells breakup kelly friend erin mean andy concerned erin behavior revealed marriage ending spends good deal party hanging erin pressures drinking shots andy drive drunken meredith home sees erin getting robert car follows look panic face witnesses robert gentleman sending erin apartment words encouragement andy subsequently drives away smile face dwight rainn_wilson jim john_krasinski caused ask andy different desk turn andy orders dwight jim quit behavior tells pull prank lose christmas bonus target prank share wanting double bonuses dwight jim attempt frame jim loudly releases credit card information hoping dwight steal buy ridiculous dwight orders flowers pam dwight puts desk blames jim verbal slip causes inadvertently reveal intentions jim retaliation picture daughter blames dwight andy says vandalism grounds termination jim admits staged crime acknowledging plan andy tells jim won touch bonuses wants behavior interfere job performances jim assures tell dwight dwight continues pull jim amusement production episode written executive producer portrays series 24th writing credit series marks writing credit executive producer speculated return series writer confirmed writing christmas episode written previous christmas episodes secret santa christmas episode directed cast member ed_helms making directorial debut episode marks fourth appearance plays pam replacement leave appeared recurring role season initially appeared pam replacement jenna_fischer actual pregnancy pam appear episode season dvd contains number deleted scenes episode notable cut scenes include shoots staff member christmas wishes revealed dwight jim start turning meredith hitting newly single robert cultural references midway party dwight enters conference room sets speaker system play christmas eve heavy metal medley traditional christmas songs performed trans orchestra song acts backdrop brief montage scenes members office exchanging gifts shots dwight creed air interspersed reception ratings christmas wishes originally aired nbc united_states december episode viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast episode matched ratings previous episode california despite episode ranked timeslot beating cbs drama received rating share demographic fox drama series bones received rating share abc reality series america received rating share despite place shows received total viewers christmas wishes week november december christmas wishes placed ratings prime time broadcasts demographic reviews christmas wishes received positive reviews critics hollywood writer enjoyed episode writing episode christmas wishes certain spirit enjoy office episodes complimented relationship arc ign writer noting episode big obstacles overcome michael_scott concluded episode high factor wrote christmas wish watch episode office laugh lot consider wish granted ultimately gave episode giant television pity gave episode new_york wrote positively review saying christmas wishes filled holiday cheer proving juice left noting issues left culture reviewer praised writing directing work said happens cast members writing directing duties kept house reviewer wrote slightly critical review noting episode lack structure wrote christmas wishes terrible episode television point avoids having sort statement positively comment andy erin subplot suggested episode positioned transition point featuring love triangle darker ultimately gave episode reviews considered christmas wishes best episode season
Christmas Wishes (The Office)