Amy: If you're not up to hosting Christmas dinner, I'm happy to do it. Amy: No, I love it. Amy: One person is sent out of the room while the others hide a small item. Amy: They're your Meemaw's Christmas cookies. Bernadette: Come on, Sheldon, you have to get her something. Bernadette: I think a Victorian Christmas sounds nice. Christmas is ruined. Dr Koothrappali: Well, he and his mother spent a lot of time together when he was young. Genius here wants to catch a bird with a garbage bag and a Slim Jim. Him and his mom have a type. How are you and Leonard? Howard: And admit that we contaminated the clean room? Howard: How the hell did a pigeon get in here? Howard: I agree. I have to run to the university. It'd have to be something heinous, something that makes her as miserable as she's making me. Leonard: Do you want the fire extinguisher? Leonard: No, we're both to blame. Leonard: She says take our names off the sign-in sheet and leave. Nobody sings songs about him. Not only am I going to this foolish dinner against my will, at the Christmas tree lot, there was mistletoe, and she kissed me under it in public. Penny: So erase them and walk out. Raj: Amy, good luck getting these guys excited about a dinner with a theme. Raj: Uh, you have to take the pin out. Sheldon: Because in the last ten minutes, Santa came to town, kissed Mommy and ran Grandma over with a reindeer. Sheldon: Oh, we're not exchanging gifts.
Plan: A: Christmas; Q: What holiday is Raj unable to host dinner for? A: town; Q: What is Raj's father coming to? A: his divorce; Q: Why is Raj's father depressed? A: Amy; Q: Who hosts a Victorian era Christmas dinner? A: a Victorian era; Q: What type of Christmas dinner does Amy host? A: Her traditional party games; Q: What bores everyone? A: the dinner; Q: What does Sheldon want revenge for? A: the mistletoe; Q: What did Sheldon and Amy kiss under? A: Bernadette; Q: Who takes Sheldon to the mall? A: the mall; Q: Where does Bernadette take Sheldon to get his picture taken with Santa? A: a frame; Q: What does Sheldon get Amy for Christmas? A: his grandmother's recipe; Q: What are the cookies made from? A: Leonard; Q: Who tells Howard how to revive the pigeon? A: Howard; Q: Who accidentally injured the pigeon? A: a clean room; Q: What kind of room were Leonard and Howard working in? A: a pigeon; Q: What type of bird flies into the clean room? A: Raj's help; Q: Who helped Leonard and Howard try to get the pigeon out of the clean room? A: a fire extinguisher; Q: What does Howard use to hurt the pigeon? A: a crow; Q: What bird flies into the lab after the pigeon? A: Penny; Q: Who convinces Howard and Leonard to leave the lab? A: their names; Q: What do Penny, Howard, and Leonard erase from the sign-up sheet? Summary: Raj will be unable to host Christmas dinner as his father is coming to town and is depressed about his divorce. Amy hosts a Victorian era Christmas dinner instead. Her traditional party games bore everyone. Sheldon and Amy have agreed not to exchange gifts, but Sheldon decides to get her one anyway as revenge for the dinner and kissing him in public under the mistletoe. Bernadette takes him to the mall where he gets his picture taken with Santa and a frame which includes a personalized Christmas message to Amy. To his surprise she loves it and gives him a box of Christmas cookies made from his grandmother's recipe, making them both happy and makes Sheldon wonder about the spirit of giving presents at Christmas time. Meanwhile, Leonard and Howard are working together in a clean room when a pigeon flies in. They are unable to get the bird out even with Raj's help. Howard is devastated when he accidentally injures the pigeon with a blast from a fire extinguisher. Leonard tells him how to revive it; however, a crow flies in. Howard and Leonard agree to take the blame for ruining the lab together until Penny convinces them to erase their names off the sign-up sheet for the lab and leave.