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Eddie''': Then why are we having them then?\\

->'''Eddie''': Not sprouts! I hate sprouts!
->'''Richie''': Will you stop whinging, Eddie! Nobody likes sprouts!
->'''Eddie''': Then why are we having them then?
->'''Richie''': BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!

** Made worse by the fact that the sprouts in question are being served in October. ''The following October''.
--->'''Richie:''' Yes, they were a bit... ''frisky''...

* StockYuck: The traditional British joke about Brussels Sprouts for Christmas. Now the Trope page quote.

* DoorstopBaby: One gets left outside the flat and the gang think he's the Second Coming of UsefulNotes/Jesus. Turns out to be the landlord's grandson.

However, the arrival of their landlord, who reveals the baby in question is his grandson, who he left on the doorstep for Richie and Eddie to look after (he didn't bother to ask because he knew they would refuse), shatters Richie's delusions. He and Eddie still declare their Christmas a success, though, because the baby's mother starts breast-feeding right in front of them.

* cc: Broadcast in October, though.

* RunningGag: Richie insists on sprouts because it's Christmas. When Hedgehog hears of the sprouts later he realises it must be Christmas after all.

* AllMenArePerverts: A given with Richie and Eddie anyway, but they are ''very'' excited at the prospect of seeing a woman expose her breast in their flat, even if it is just so she can feed her baby.

Eddie is woken at 3:30 AM by Santa Claus - or Richie in an unconvincing costume, to be more precise - and, after Richie has placed his own stockings (stuffed with the ingredients for Christmas lunch) and Eddie's (a tiny baby sock), proceeds to hang him. After they exchange their presents (an used toilet roll with a picture of Sue Carpenter, dubbed a 'play-telescope', and a horrendous self-portrait), Richie prepares lunch, chopping off his index finger in the process, while Eddie decorates the flat.

While playing charades, the doorbell rings. Richie opens the door to find a baby, abandoned on the steps. He takes it in, ignoring Eddie's demands to get rid of it. Moved because the baby has to spend his first Christmas without family, Spudgun, Dave and Eddie (wearing paper crowns) give the baby their Christmas presents: a box of Terry's All Gold, a Frankenstein mask and a bottle of aftershave called ''Grrr''. Noticing the parallels with the birth of Christ, Richie (a virgin) realises that they are witnessing the Second Coming, and declares himself the mother of Christ.

However, the arrival of their landlord, who reveals the baby in question is his grandson, who he left on the doorstep for Richie and Eddie to look after (he didn't bother to ask because he knew they would refuse), shatters Richie's delusions. He and Eddie still declare their Christmas a success, when the mother of the baby starts breast-feeding him right in front of them.

* AwayInAManger: Parodied when Richie finds a baby left on the doorstep of the flat during their Christmas party. True to form, following a few similarities to the Nativity story he lets this go [[AGodAmI completely to his head]]. Convinced that he's the "Mother of God" and has maintained his virginity because he's "better than everyone else in the world", he threatens that the other characters will be sent to Hell by [[{{God}} his 'husband']]. [[spoiler: It turns out it's the grandson of their landlord, who left him on the step because he couldn't be bothered dealing with the kid himself.]]
* BlasphemousBoast: Richie declares himself as the Virgin Mary. [[spoiler: He was half right.]]
* ChristmasEpisode: Broadcast in October, though.

'''Eddie''': Ehrm... I think they bleed to death in half an hour.

* DoorstopBaby: One gets left outside the flat and the gang think he's Jesus. Turns out to be [[spoiler: the landlord's grandson]].

-->'''Richie''': It's not just my flat now, [[BlasphemousBoast it's my universe]]! My name is now... Richard Mary! And you have to do everything I say [[LargeHam or you'll all go to hell]]!

* AGodAmI: Richie declares himself the mother of Christ, thinking he gave birth to him.
-->'''Richie''': It's not just my flat now, [[BlasphemousBoast it's my universe]]! My name is now... Richard Mary! And you have to do everything I say [[LargeHam or you'll all go to hell]]!

* TakeThat: Richie tells Eddie that he's funnier than Creator/JonathanRoss. Eddie replies, "But Jonathan Ross isn't funny".

* TakeThat: Richie tells Eddie that he's funnier than Creator/JonathanRoss. Ediie replies, "But Jonathan Ross isn't funny".

* StockYuck: The traditional British joke about Brussels Sprouts for Christmas.

->'''Eddie''':''"Not sprouts! I hate sprouts!''
->'''Richie''': ''"Will you stop whinging, Eddie! Nobody likes sprouts!"''
->'''Eddie''': ''"Then why are we having them then?"''
->'''Richie''': ''"BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!"''
-->-- '''Richie''', explaining the traditions of Christmas.

* PetTheDog: Faced with an abandoned baby on their doorstep, the guys decide to take care of it and try to give it a happy Christmas.

* RunningGag: Richie insists on sprouts because it's Christmas. When he hears of the sprouts Hedgehog realises it must be Christmas after all.

* DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas: Averted, which Richie and Eddie lament.

* AwayInAManger

'''Eddie''': Oh! Oh, yeah, I see it! Ooh... that's a bit of a nasty nick, isn't it?

->'''Richie''': It's not just my flat now, [[BlasphemousBoast it's my universe]]! My name is now... Richard Mary! And you have to do everything I say [[LargeHam or you'll all go to hell]]!

* ComicallyIneptHealing: Eddie way of applying a tourniquet to Richie is to strangling him (which does work, to be fair). He then reattaches Richie's finger back to his hand with a ''stapler''.

It's Christmas and the boys are preparing Christmas dinner for Spudgun and Hedgehog. When the two arrive Richie procedes with the cooking and cuts his finger off and completely burns the turkey.

Later Richie finds a baby on thier doorstep. Eddie and friends give the baby thier Christmas gifts, this leads to Richie believing that this is the second coming and goes MadWithPower. The flat's landlord arrives explaining that the baby is actually his grandson, Despite Richie's disbelief the baby's mother arrives to confirm it.