TEXT: "The Santa in the Slush" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (Open: Two mall elves are walking out - behind the mall - to take a break.) LITTLE ELF: Oh, god. I can't deal with any more kids poking at me. TEENAGE ELF: Ha. At least you got the kids, I get their dads. Letches all want me to sit on their laps. LITTLE ELF: I don't much care for the way Santa's gawking at you either. (the teenage elf lights up a cigarette) Don't do that. You're too pretty to smoke. TEENAGE ELF: Next you're gonna tell me it'll stunt my growth. LITTLE ELF: Be nice, now. It's Christmas. (The teenage elf notices a smell in the air) TEENAGE ELF: What's that smell? LITTLE ELF: What do ya want? It's the back of the mall. TEENAGE ELF: I have a very sensitive nose. LITTLE ELF: Don't walk - why are you walking? Let's just sit. TEENAGE ELF: It's coming from over here. (the both head towards towards the source of the smell) There's something... LITTLE ELF: Probably old hot dogs or a dead cat. (The teenage elf leans over to pick up a plastic bag off the grate) No, no no. Don't touch. Let me. (She grabs a stick and pokes the bag with it - moving if off the grate. They both look down the grate and see a dad body - dressed in a Santa outfit - the two scream and run back into the mall.) (Cut to: Prison - Visitors room - early evening. Brennan is visiting her dad in jail) MAX: Jails not too bad. I get meals with your brother. We go out on these work details together. You haven't asked me why I'm strapped in these chains. BRENNAN: Well, you're in jail. MAX
SUMMARY:
Three days before Christmas, Booth, Brennan and their team are sent to investigate the death of a Santa Claus impostor after his body was discovered in the sewer near a mall. The team discovers the man's legal name was Kristopher Kringle and was highly regarded in his profession while he worked for a local "Rent-A-Santa" business. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth find themselves under a mistletoe, and Brennan decides to spend Christmas with her father, brother and his family.