Do You Believe in Chrismukkah Magic? - 
by J-Unit
Among one of the many moments that defined The OC during its first season was Chrismukkah. What started out as Seth Cohen's way to happily morph two holidays that shared an equal part of his family's heritage. Who knew that that one little episode would spawn a whole revolution? Seriously, there are Chrismukkah cards that you can buy, there is a Chrismukkah soundtrack, and there is even a Chrismukkah blog. So in the grand tradition of The OC, we get to watch the what this massive amount of publicity for an OC tradition would do to the massive egos of the writing staff.
I am one of the few that didn't really care for Chrismukkah last season, even if it is the perfect holiday for the TVgasm offices. Despite that, I am really starting to get into some of the story lines, so I really looked forward to this episode. One of the things I haven't enjoyed about this season is the 1000% Seth that we have seen this year. Adam Brody is a talented actor, no doubt, and his comedic talents are one of the best parts of the show, but there is too much of a good thing, and I believe that sometimes there has been too much of a reliance of Seth Cohen schtick to get them through the episodes. We know he is quirky, slightly neurotic, etc., you don't have to spell it out for us every week.
Seth always does a good job of bringing out the best in his holiday, and the best in this case is his sweater. I am not sure what homeless guy he had to mug, or if his mom knitted it or something, but the reindeer thing he had going on at the beginning of the episode was a sight to be seen. With the weather hitting 75 and 80 degrees in LA this past week, nobody is thinking about sweaters anyway. Within the first five minutes, Seth has already mentioned cultural zeitgeist and Death Cab, so I am really fearing for my life. To top it off, the writers surprised everybody with a new Chrismukkah phrase. For those not in the spirit of Chrismukkah, you can now simply say Oi Humbug! The OC writers have really become Santa Putzes.
Besides taking care of a lot of the preparation, Seth wants to include as many people in his celebration as possible. Although at first he was sort of hesitant about inviting his new "girlfriend", Ryan decided to invite Lindsay anyway. It turns out that Lindsay wasn't that much of a fan of the holidays, since as a little girl she had always just wanted her dad to show up. As she said, some kids stop believing in Santa, she stopped believing in her dad. I don't want to complain too much about this exchange, but come on! We know it is going to devolve into a big campy mess at the end, why try and pretend you are on the Hallmark Channel?
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