It seems there are quite a few odd combinations this week for Christmas episodes. Starting off with X-Men before moving along to Ghostbusters and now we find Supernatural takes a stab at the holiday. Literally.
Once people start to go missing around the holidays, Sam and Dean begin to investigate the likely chance that an evil Santa is on the loose and punishing those on the Naughty list. After a long series of trekking for clues, the brothers find that both homes attacked have the same wreath in them made of Meadowsweet. Further investigating leads them to Madge and Edward Carrigan who appear to be the perfect suburban couple. Of course, they are no regular couple and are in fact pagan gods who as they put it, assimilated over the years. Returning later that night, armed with evergreen stakes the Winchester brothers take on the pagan gods after a small setback of being captured.
A Supernatural Christmas is just short of a horror movie based around Christmas time, largely due to it's shorter run time. However it still falls into the Christmas category and perhaps deserves it's place a bit more than some of the other shows watched thus far. One thing I rather enjoyed was the character of Madge who reminded me a bit of Kathy Bates in Misery. It was also rather interesting to see a bit of more obscure lore based around the holiday season. Perhaps not quite a staple in the viewing log, it's still fun to watch even if it does not embrace the Christmas season quite as fully as the other specials.
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