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-->'''Stottlemeyer''': Wait... you think I don't think about your brother? I think about your brother every damn day of my life. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo It was him or me]], and it ''still'' eats me up inside. I don't need an "M" on a wall to remind me of something like that. No cop does.

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-->'''Stottlemeyer''': -->'''Leland Stottlemeyer''': Wait... you think I don't think about your brother? I think about your brother every damn day of my life. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo It was him or me]], and it ''still'' eats me up inside. I don't need an "M" on a wall to remind me of something like that. No cop does.



* ContinuityNod: Monk, playing Santa, is delighted when one boy asks for a rock polisher, remembering Benjy Fleming's disappointment with receiving one as a birthday gift in "[[Recap/MonkS2E7MrMonkAndTheSleepingSuspect Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect]]".

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* ContinuityNod: Monk, playing Santa, is delighted when one boy asks for a rock polisher, remembering Benjy Fleming's [[Recap/MonkS2E7MrMonkAndTheSleepingSuspect Benjy's disappointment with receiving one as a birthday gift in "[[Recap/MonkS2E7MrMonkAndTheSleepingSuspect Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect]]".gift]].



* EncouragedRegifting: This is how Westergren kills Terry. She arranges for Stottlemeyer to be Terry's SecretSanta. Then she anonymously gifts Stottlemeyer a bottle of port, knowing he hates it. She steals the gift Stottlemeyer was planning to give Terry and suggests that he give the port instead.

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* EncouragedRegifting: This is how Westergren Alice kills Terry. She arranges for Stottlemeyer to be Terry's SecretSanta. Then she anonymously gifts Stottlemeyer a bottle of port, knowing he hates it. She steals the gift Stottlemeyer was planning to give Terry and suggests that he give the port instead.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Monk notes that Frank Prager used to be in special ops and therefore shouldn't have missed five shots at Stottlemeyer, which is an early hint that he wasn't shooting at him.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Monk notes that Frank Prager used to be in special ops and therefore shouldn't have missed five shots at Stottlemeyer, which is an early hint that [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt he wasn't shooting at him.him]].



* ForWantOfANail: Double-subverted. At first it appears that Terry Chasen is the unfortunate, accidental victim of a plot to kill Stottlemeyer that went awry thanks to his dislike of port, but it later turns out that the whole thing was meticulously planned by his ex-lover. It ends up being ''another'' two chance occurrences that derail her plan, firstly her ending up with Monk as her Secret Santa recipient (which there's almost no way she'd have done on purpose), and then her mixing up the envelope for the card that came with the poisoned wine with the one from the card she gave to Monk, who ends up figuring out she's the killer when he makes the connection.



* IfICantHaveYou: Chasen broke up with Westergren, intending to return to his wife. Furious at the decision, she decided that if she wouldn't be spending Christmas with her ex-boyfriend, no one else would.

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* IfICantHaveYou: Chasen broke up with Westergren, Alice, intending to return to his wife. Furious at the decision, she decided that if she wouldn't be spending Christmas with her ex-boyfriend, no one else would.



* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Double-subverted. At first it appears that Terry Chasen is the unfortunate, accidental victim of a plot to kill Stottlemeyer that went awry thanks to his dislike of port, but it later turns out that the whole thing was meticulously planned by his ex-lover. It ends up being ''another'' two chance occurrences that derail her plan, firstly her ending up with Monk as her Secret Santa recipient (which there's almost no way she'd have done on purpose), and then her mixing up the envelope for the card that came with the poisoned wine with the one from the card she gave to Monk, who ends up figuring out she's the killer when he makes the connection.



* SnowMeansDeath: Monk claimed the last time it snowed in San Francisco was when Trudy died.

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* SnowMeansDeath: Monk claimed claims that the last time it snowed in San Francisco was when Trudy died.



* SympathyForTheDevil: During Alice's VillainousBreakdown, no one is mad at her for the murder and thinking the Captain's life was in danger. In fact, Monk admits that he's impressed with her genius. When she admits she was heartbroken over Terry leaving her for his wife, Monk is saddened.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: During Alice's VillainousBreakdown, no one is mad at her for the murder and thinking the Captain's Stottlemeyer's life was in danger. In fact, Monk admits that he's impressed with her genius. When she admits she was heartbroken over Terry leaving her for his wife, Monk is saddened.



* TragicVillain: Westergren may have killed a good cop and a father of two. But when it comes down to why she did it, she soberly admits that more than anything, she was unhappy that she would be celebrating Christmas alone...

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* TragicVillain: Westergren Alic may have killed a good cop and a father of two. But when it comes down to why she did it, she soberly admits that more than anything, she was unhappy that she would be celebrating Christmas alone...
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Alice's police uniform shirt has two chevron stripes, marking her as a corporal. The SFPD doesn't use that rank.

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: Alice's police uniform shirt has two chevron stripes, marking her as a corporal. The SFPD doesn't use that rank.
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* ContinuityNod: Monk, playing Santa, is delighted when one boy asks for a rock polisher, remembering Benjy Fleming's disappointment with receiving one as a birthday gift in "[[Recap/MonkS2E7MrMonkAndTheSleepingSuspect Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect]]".

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