Dorothy is being kind of a Scrooge, but for good reason. She’s not feeling the holiday spirit because everything is so commercialized and her wallet can’t handle it. (Ugh girl, I feel you.) Rose suggests that they all celebrate “St. Olaf Style,” which luckily does not involve herring or strange festivals this time, but rather involves everyone making gifts for one another.
Rose gives Dorothy a maple syrup spigot, very handy in Miami, and Blanche gives everyone a nudie calendar, entitled “The Men of Blanche’s Boudoir.” All of the girls are traveling this Christmas, so they exchange gifts early. The following morning they all plan to travel to the airport together after picking Rose up from work. (This is back in her days of working at a Crisis Center.)
Dorothy and Blanche arrive to pickup Rose from her office while Sophia waits in the car. However, Rose is with a client so they have to sit in the waiting area. As they finally prepare to leave, a man in a Santa costume enters the office and holds them up at gun point. He doesn’t plan on robbing them though. He just doesn’t want to spend Christmas alone. 😦
Omg he even brought presents for everyone. And theses ladies are like WAHHH WE’RE GOING TO MISS OUR FLIGHT. Chill, girls. You need to hang out with this poor guy who brought you all gifts.
Oh wait, Rose makes a pretty good point. They’re not entitled to give him a good Christmas. And he’s being pretty darn selfish.
After a while, Sophia gets tired of waiting in the car. She walks into the office and immediately spots the Santa’s gun as a toy. They all rush to the airport, hoping to make it in time to catch their flights. Miraculously, they do make it to their gates in time! And then everything is grounded for a weather delay.
They go to a diner and feel sorry for themselves. When the waiter/cook (he’s the only guy working at the diner)Â comments on what a nice family they are, they realize they’re very fortunate to have each other (and to not be spending Christmas alone like the Santa at the Crisis Center). They want to do something nice for the waiter/cook so they convince him to go home for an hour to be with his family while they watch the diner…uh okay…
If that wasn’t implausible enough, it suddenly begins to snow. In Miami. This hasn’t actually happened since 1977. Yeah, I looked it up.
Very Special Holiday Lesson: Sometimes the best families are the ones you choose.
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In these sorts of scenarios, I’ve always wondered why the person in charge would turn the shop over to random people instead of telling them to leave so they can go home. It’s like the people who go into the grocery store or something on a holiday and constantly tell the workers how it is terrible that they have to be stuck working the holiday but obviously haven’t made much of an effort to to stay home themselves so the people would have to work. But I guess it wouldn’t be as much of a kind gesture to just leave instead.
Seriously, that’s a great point. They are obviously the only people in that place. Why don’t they just go home so that dude can close up?
Love this VSL: Very Special Holiday Lesson: Sometimes the best families are the ones you choose.
Yes, but really that may be the lesson for all episodes of The Golden Girls 🙂
well i love the golden girls also reply team rose if she is your fav and don’t forget to like
I love The Golden Girls too and I legitimately don’t know if I could pick a favorite. But maybe you’ll get some more Team Rose people to chime in!