TEXT: TEASER [EXT: CITY. Music plays over images of Christmas scenes - a sleigh-and-reindeer display, a man taking donations for the Salvation Army, a snowman decoration, a lifesize toy soldier, a department store with a massive wreath on the front, a large Christmas tree on display.] [MUSIC: "Here Comes Santa Claus".] [INT: BANK. People are in line for tellers. At the head of the line is a man dressed as Santa Claus (played by Matt McTighe).] TELLER [cheerfully]: Hey Santa. How're you doing? Deposit or withdrawal? [SANTA hands a note to the TELLER (played by J. J. Boone). It says something like GIVE ME ALL THE MONEY.] TELLER: Is this some sort of joke? [SANTA pulls his shirt open, revealing a bomb strapped to him.] SANTA: Give me all of your money. Now. [TELLER quickly hands money to SANTA, who puts it into his red sack. SANTA looks around.] SANTA [indicating other tellers]: The other ones too. Hurry up. [As the TELLERS do as he says, people behind SANTA in the line get suspicious and impatient.] MAN: Something's going on over there. OTHER MAN: What do you mean? MAN: Security! SANTA [turning to face other customers]: I HAVE A BOMB! [People begin to shriek.] SANTA: Everyone get down! [to TELLER] Put the money in the bag. Quick. [CUT.] [INT: BRENNAN'S APARTMENT. MAX is dragging over a Christmas tree and Brennan is watching him.] MAX: It's a beauty, isn't it? I got the, uh... I got the employee's discount; good tips too. Shall I get some tinsel? BRENNAN [disinterested]: Well, you can do whatever you want. It's your Christmas
SUMMARY:
A man dressed as Santa Claus wearing an explosive vest is blown up via a radio frequency after robbing a bank, leaving Booth and Brennan to investigate the identity of the bomber and who set off the explosives. Brennan plans on spending Christmas in El Salvador, but her father ( Ryan O'Neal ) convinces her to stay and spend it with him and her second cousin on her mother's side, Margaret ( Zooey Deschanel ). After solving the case, the Jeffersonian team attend the funeral of the man that was killed after they discover he was forced into the robbery, comforting the mother who was his only family. The team later celebrate a Christmas dinner at Brennan's.