Three days before Christmas, the team is called in to investigate the case of a Santa Claus impersonator found dead in a mall sewer. The man, real name Kristopher Kringle, was a highly-regarded Rent-a-Santa. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth find themselves under a mistletoe, and Brennan decides to spend Christmas with her father, brother and his family.
Tropes
- Fake First Kiss: Brennan and Booth were coerced into kissing under the mistletoe.
- From the Latin "Intro Ducere": The Victim of the Week was a guy who seemed to really be Santa Claus. This gives them another opportunity to bicker Like an Old Married Couple. Booth's remark isn't quite From the Latin "Intro Ducere", but Brennan's correction is.Brennan: Kriss Kringle. From the North Pole. Lives above a toy store - This is further evidence that our victim is, indeed, the mythic figure known as Santa Claus.Booth: Mythic. Coming from the Latin, "Myth", meaning "doesn't actually exist."Brennan: No. From the Greek, "Mythos", meaning "word".
- Insistent Terminology: Cam and Booth joke about the Victim of the Week being the real Santa. Not one to suffer sarcasms, Brennan informs them that this is not the real Santa, it's just a guy in a suit.
- In-Universe Factoid Failure: Russ and his girlfriend told the girls that he went to Burma for work. Temperance informs him that Burma doesn't even exist, it's Myanmar now.
- It Amused Me: Caroline Julian's reasoning for making Bones kiss Booth, though chances are it's more Shipper on Deck.
- Let Me Get This Straight...:Angela:"Wait. The evidence actually adds up to an old, fat man with a white beard, in a custom-made Santa suit who smoked a clay pipe and got kicked in the ass by a reindeer?"
- Over-the-Top Christmas Decorations: The victim is a Santa who lived the part 24/7, including having decorations all over his apartment. For a brief moment they consider the possibility that the guy really was Santa.
- Pun: Sweets is wearing an elf hat with giant ears when Booth and Brennan come to him for advice. He says he's all ears.
- Shipper on Deck: Caroline wants Brennan and Booth to make out for five seconds in exchange for letting Russ and Max celebrate Christmas with Russ's family. Sweets finds it very interesting.
