We\u2019re counting down the days until Christmas by looking back at Christmas episodes from a variety of TV shows. Tonight we\u2019re talking about \u201cAmends\u201d from\u00a0Buffy the Vampire Slayer.\u00a0<\/i>What Christmas episode tropes did this episode use? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n
Basic Info<\/strong><\/p>\n Directed by: Joss Whedon<\/p>\n Written by: Joss Whedon<\/p>\n Episode Number: Season 3, Episode 10<\/p>\n Where to Watch It: Netflix<\/p>\n White Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n Angel has returned from the dead and is haunted by the memories of all the horrible things he’s done. Meanwhile, throughout the episode, people mention how warm Christmas always is in southern California.<\/p>\n At the episode’s climax, Angel decides to kill himself by going outside and waiting for the sun to rise. But, Sunnydale experiences an extremely rare winter storm and the sun miraculously never comes up. Angel and Buffy walk together through the snow.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the snowstorm is less of a miracle for Xander, who always sleeps outside on Christmas Eve to escape his family’s drunken fights.<\/p>\n Christmas Decorations<\/strong><\/p>\n While Joyce decorates the tree, she asks, “So, angels on top again?” Considering everything that’s happening, Buffy is pretty jarred by this phrasing.<\/p>\n We also see Buffy and Joyce looking for trees together. Buffy notices one part of the tree farm where all the trees are dead. This helps her later when she locates the harbinger demons that have come to town because an old text says that they are death and nothing can grow above them.<\/p>\n When Buffy visits Faith in the hotel she’s staying in, there are Christmas lights strung around the room.<\/p>\n Christmas Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n While Joyce and Buffy shop for Christmas trees together, we hear the music of “Joy to the World.”<\/p>\n Dark Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n A series of flashbacks show some horrible murders that Angel committed on Christmas day back when he didn’t have a soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re counting down the days until Christmas by looking back at Christmas episodes from a variety of TV shows. Tonight we\u2019re talking about \u201cAmends\u201d from\u00a0Buffy the Vampire Slayer.\u00a0What Christmas episode tropes did this episode use? Let\u2019s take a look. Basic Info Directed by: Joss Whedon Written by: Joss Whedon Episode Number: Season 3, Episode 10<\/p>\n