Christmas @ The Office
Michael buys this outrageously priced gift for the $20-max-cost present for his Secret Santa recipient in this Christmas episode of The Office.
What is an I-POD?
It has to be this temperature for snow to fall.
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
This infamous character asks to borrow some money from Clark so he can get Clark "something, real nice".
Who is Cousin Eddie?
Shaun White put this sport on the map.
What is snowboarding?
There were never such devoted these.
Who/What are sisters?
"Cheer or Fear", this somewhat terrifying version of quazi-Santa from old German folklore makes his appearance, played by Dwight, in the final Office Christmas episode.
Who is Belsnickel?
A severe snowstorm that typically leads to immense accumulations of snow.
What is a blizzard?
She couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant; she also refuses to say grace before dinner because, Grace died 30 years ago.
Who is Aunt Bethany?
Nancy Kerrigan, Bryan Boitano, and Kristi Yamaguchi are all icons of this Winter Olympic sport.
What is figure skating or ice skating?
General George Waverly is affectionately referred to as this in the tribute song they sing about following him, both on the battlefield at the beginning of the movie and then again at the end when all the troops return to the Inn to try and help him save it.
Who/What is the "Old Man"?
Who does Michael dress up as instead after finally coming to grips with the fact that Phyllis will be Santa Clause for the Christmas party in this Season 6 episode of The Office?
Who is Jesus Christ?
Snowflakes always have this many sides or points.
What is six?
"He used to be a pixie dust spreader on the tilt-a-whirl, but he's hoping for something better next year like guessing people's weight or barking for" this woman, who we know has great big horns up to here; she's also a sweet woman, and a helluva good cook.
Who is the Yak Woman?
This winter game has teams which slide giant rocks down to the other end of a playing surface while teammates use brooms to get the stone to stop inside a specific scoring area; it is essentially shuffle-board on ice.
What is curling?
In the scene, right before the part where before Bing Crosby sings, "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," he claims that if you eat a liverwurst sandwich before going to sleep, you'll dream about this.
What is liverwurst?
In the "A Benihama Christmas" episode, Michael did this to be able to differentiate and remember which server from Benihana was his "girlfriend" at the office party.
What is mark on her arm with a marker?
Snow is actually this "color" although it appears white because of the way light refracts off it.
What is clear?
This gift is not the Christmas bonus Clark is expecting to get when the postman arrives late to deliver it from his company. Instead of a sum of money large enough to put in a swimming pool, Clark receives this from his boss.
What is a one-year subscription in the jelly of the month club.
This terrifying sport sees single-riders on a sled reach speeds up to 90mph on death defying turns down an ice track.
What is luge?
Bob and Phil refer to the Haynes' sister's brother as "the dog-faced boy," but this is his real name.
What/Who is Benny (or Benny Haynes)?
Andy plays "Deck the Halls" on this unique, Indian instrument in the Moroccan Christmas episode, after Phyllis announces Angela and Dwight's secret affair without him being present for the announcement.
What is the sitar?
The ability of snow to reflect ultraviolet radiation can cause this eye condition that happens when the cornea gets literally sunburned.
What is snow blindness?
This is Clark Griswold's pet name that Ellen calls him throughout the Vacation series of movies.
What/Who is Sparky?
In the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA improbably beat the Soviet Union (USSR) for the gold medal in hockey in what has now been famously termed this.
What is the Miracle on Ice?
When Rosemary Clooney's character, Betty Haynes leaves Vermont and takes a job in New York it is at this club, where she sings "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me."
What is the Carousel Club?