TEXT: Dwight: [yelling] Attention everyone! Jim and I, on behalf of-- Jim: Too loud. Dwight: --the party planning committee... Jim: Too, too loud. Too Loud. Dwight: But effective, look! [everyone turns to pay attention] On behalf of Jim and I, Merry Christmas. Everyone: Merry Christmas. Dwight: Merry Christmas. Good. [SCENE_BREAK] Dwight: My diabolical plot is on hold for Christmas. My heart just melts with the sound of children singing. Hmmph! [laughs] Not really! I'm just tired. The days are short. I don't know. Maybe I'm depressed. [SCENE_BREAK] Dwight: It is time to unveil the tree. Oscar: Hey, Rockefeller Center! Jim: Yeah. Ryan: Uh, I have actually been to Rock Center, and this is nothing like that. Jim: This is all we have. Ryan: Ugh. Jim: No, it's not "ugh." It is... office camaraderie. Dwight: It is warm feelings. Meredith: Why don't we talk more about it instead of doing it? Dwight: Thirty! Twenty-nine! Twenty-eight! [others join] Jim: Why would you start so high? Dwight: Twenty- seven! Twenty-six!... Jim: Three, two, one! [pulls sheet to reveal Christmas tree] Phyllis: Ooh. Pam: Ah! Phyllis: You didn't decorate it? Jim: No. Dwight: Exactly. Jim: We didn't, because we think it'd be better to do it together. Dwight: Everyone. Andy: Why would you wrap it in a sheet, if you're not covering anything up? Pam: Is it, is it fake? Jim: Pam! Dwight: Yes, we are unveiling, an artificial tree, that will never die... Jim: Yes. Dwight: Like the spirit of Christmas! Stanley: We're supposed to applaud you for taking a giant diaper off fake tree? Dwight: This was a successful unveil
SUMMARY:
Michael is outraged when Jim allows Phyllis to be Santa at the office Christmas party, and retaliates by dressing first as Santa, then Jesus. David reveals to Michael that there is a buyer for Dunder Mifflin. He will most likely be fired; the Scranton staff will stay on, much to their relief. Meanwhile, Oscar has a crush on Matt, the new gay warehouse worker, and Andy and Erin continue to flirt, which starts out badly when Andy gives her "the Twelve Days of Christmas" and the birds from the first few attack her, but picks back up with the twelve drummers drumming.