Christmas has come for the Cul-De-Sac, and Eddy's desire for expensive presents sends him on a journey as Double D tries to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. We open on a beautiful winter-themed Cul-De-Sac with a special version of the show's music playing, and Johnny playing out in the snow. Over in Eddy's house, the scam leader, dressed as a burglar, is scouring his house in search of his parents' Christmas stash; he finds it in the attic under the floorboards. Setting his flashlight aside, he carefully opens a present, annoyed to find a sweater vest inside. His caution gone, Eddy tears open more presents, finding a dickey, socks, and footy pajamas. Enraged to a foaming mouth, Eddy declares his hatred for clothes on Christmas and begins ripping through more gifts. The pajamas, which he throws aside, knock over his flashlight, and it shiens a beacon into the sky. In the trailer park, the Kanker Sisters are enjoying Christmas "Krazy Krackers," when May notices the twinkling light from Eddy's flashlight. The trio heads out in a tundra, bundled up to find the source of the apparent star. Over at Ed and Sarah's house, meanwhile, the goofy member of the group wakes his sister as, in typical fashion for this show, he drags the chimney through the house to his basement room. His whole room is set up for Santa's arrival, complete with gravy cakes and milk; Ed dances around singing about the joyful holiday. Sarah enters, demanding to know what he's doing; he says that he, Ed the Elf, is awaiting Santa's jolliness since it's Christmas. She gives him her stocking, and says Santa had better see it, or else she'll stuff her brother in the Christmas turkey. A knock on his window draws Ed's attention, and he finds not Santa, but Double D, who has a poinsettia that gets destroyed when the excited Ed drags him in through the window. Ed clears up his comfy zone for Santa and goes in for a hug, while Double D explains that the "fuzzy feeling" he has is the spirit of Christmas; Ed doesn't understand Double D is touching his "udder" when his friend touches the area above his heart. Eddy arrives and snaps at Ed when the latter says Santa's coming to his house; he declares that he hates Christmas and tells Double D what happened at his house. Double D is horrified that Eddy would shatter his parents' trust, and tries to tell him what he told Ed about the spirit of Christmas; it is just as ineffective. After fixing his setup for Santa, Ed notices a Christmas light on his chair, so he puts it in Eddy's pocket; Double D's suggestion that Eddy adopt a better attitude give him an idea. Double D is horrified to learn Eddy wants to put himself up for adoption; he says his friend can't forsake his family on Christmas, but Eddy retorts that since it's Christmas, he wants presents. As Eddy heads out into the snow, Double D says he'll regret turning his back on the true meaning of Christmas and Ed says Santa won't like this one bit. Eddy winds up at Johnny's house, confused to find the snow is completely gone from his yard. He knocks on the door and Johnny comes out and bites his nose. Johnny explains that he and Plank are Jack Frost and Mr. Snowflake, and Eddy concocts a story that a reindeer swooped in with a letter from Santa claiming he got so fat he can't fit in Eddy's house, and has therefore left all his presents at Johnny's house. Johnny invites him in the frozen house; he reveals that every Christmas, his family's tradition is to bring winter inside as a thanks to Mother Nature for what she gives. After another nip on the nose, Eddy heads for the presents; Plank "tells" Johnny something when Eddy asks for an icepick, and the loner boy suddenly gives him a trash can lid. Johnny pulls a rope that sends Eddy down an icy slide outside; he reveals Plank was onto Eddy's true intentions from the start, and kicks him out. Annoyed, Eddy goes to Rolf's, where he tells the son of a shepherd that his parents were attacked by renegade baggage handlers, who stole his presents. Rolf claims to know what the baggage handlers do but is unable to help; Eddy convinces him to let him in anyway, and Eddy sees his house is full of different kinds of meat. Eddy asks about a "bearded troll" picture he sees, and a laughing Rolf says it's Yeshmiyek, who lives in the center of the Earth and prepares meat for children. Rolf gets Eddy to join in a song about the goddess and what she does; she also punishes naughty children by boiling them in her pot. Eddy interrupts the song to ask about presents, but this isn't a part of Rolf's celebration, so Eddy leaves, wondering why he can't find a normal Christmas. Ed shows Double D a picture of Santa he drew while the latter worries about teaching Eddy the true meaning of Christmas. He decides that "fate" needs to lend a helping hand. Eddy gets an embarrassing surprise at Nazz's house when she comes to the door in a sweater that catches his attention. She invites him in and offers a present, but when she brings out mistletoe and mentions what it's used for, Eddy spits out the eggnog she gave, coating her in it. Annoyed, she kicks him out, taking back the present he tries to take, while elsewhere the Kanker Sisters follow the light in the sky to a piece of moldy bread on a shopping cart. May takes it and they move on, and Marie finds hot dogs and pennies in the snow, followed by Lee picking up a fur coat in the construction zone. Believing these to be signs, they continue onward, and back in the Cul-De-Sac, a trap of a present on a rope leads Eddy to a tree. Double D is lowered down, dressed as an angel, and he and Ed, dressed as a shepherd, give an Ed, Edd, n Eddy version of the birth of Jesus and tell Eddy to return to a path of goodwill. Eddy responds by pelting Double D with a snowball and tripping Ed up; Double D's pulley system fails without Ed to hold it, and Eddy takes his cardboard wings. The two make one last attempt as Eddy walks off, ending up at Jimmy's house where he claims to be a Christmas angel and saying that it's Jimmy's year to share presents with him. He is surprised to find there's no gifts under the tree, and Jimmy instead takes him to a Christmas village he baked, proud of his gingerbread concoction and baking successes. Jimmy leaves for the bathroom, and is horrified when he returns to find Eddy has eaten the whole village. Enraged, he calls Sarah, who bursts in the door and kicks out Eddy. Double D is sad to see that Eddy hasn't changed, and tells Ed he has one more plan as Eddy ends up at Kevin's house after the boy gets back from snowboarding. Kevin takes notice when he tries to get in the house, and rolls his eyes at Eddy's adoption request and claim that his parents were kidnapped by Aborigines who will cut off their toenails if they don't get presents. Though he calls Eddy pathetic, Kevin seems to agree to give a present, but when a smug Eddy opens it up, a fist flies out and punches him as Kevin laughs. Eddy begs at Kevin's door, saying he just wants a good Christmas, then heads out in the snow, seeing everyone else having the fun he wishes he could have. With all of Eddy's plans failing, we're left with a sad and emotionally broken young man as Double D makes one last try to teach him, and the Kankers find what they're looking for. As a massive fan of Ed, Edd, n Eddy and with Christmas as my favorite time of the year, this is one special that has always meant a lot to me.
There's typical humor for the show throughout, with Eddy concocting a ridiculous plan to get adopted and repeatedly making up stories for why he can't stay home. Naturally, the kids of the Cul-De-Sac don't believe him, aside from the gullible Jimmy and ignorant Rolf, leading to Eddy's plans falling through at every turn for one reason or another. As he was always one wanting people to be happy, Double D spends the episode trying to teach Eddy the true meaning of Christmas. His attempts at Christmas cheer are filled with Christmas traditions, like bringing Ed a poinsettia and saying "Hark, the herald angel sing, Eddy!" while Ed is dressed as a shepherd. The journey for the Kankers is an obvious Christmas metaphor, as a singl estar is leading them somewhere, and the end of the episode reveals the punny significance of the items they found. The episode is slathered in everything I love about Christmas, from joy and traditions for most of the characters and snow everywhere. It's cool to see how each of the characters has a different tradition for Christmas, as tends to happen in the real world, with Eddy finding what he expects at only Nazz and Kevin's houses. Johnny, already known for being weird, has his tradition of bringing winter inside, flamboyant Jimmy is more into baking and outcast Rolf has the strangest celebration with his festive love of meat and Yeshmiyek. Even the Kankers have a tradition that I personally didn't understand as a kid, because I'd never heard of Christmas crackers before. They actually have a reference as early as this scene, with May, noticing the light in the sky, saying "Do you see what I see?" The music also takes on a more Christmas-y vibe, often having a jingly nature to it that makes it fit in with the holiday season. Settings and characters are great to see here as well, with twinkling lights giving a festive feeling and characters wearing clothes specifically for their snow-covered Christmas Cul-De-Sac. There's creativity and nice art in how the characters are shown here, and a great Christmas reference at the end once the Kankers truly enter the scene. I always thought, and still wonder, if Yeshmiyek is a partial reference to the Russian character Babouscka, an old woman I learned about in school who missed her chance to visit Jesus when he was born, then got lost when she tried to. Since then, she has wandered around searching for him, and on Christmas enters nurseries to visit the children inside. Much like The Big Picture Show, this episode actually has a very touching moment in the end, with Eddy in a slump due to his actions, and has a classic Christmas song. Unlike that movie, however, where it ultimately ended with the touching moment, albeit with some joking, this episode has plenty of jokes to come after, to end on a sillier note. Like I said, I love this show and Christmas, so this is actually something I might watch at any point of the year to have a good time, especially if I'm feeling down. It's especially good, however, to watch at this time of the year, and it gives plenty of silly Ed, Edd, n Eddy Christmas fun!
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