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* ThePerfectionist: Before trying to help by build a gingerbread house decoration for their front lawn, Louis tries to free up some time for Jessica so they can go ice skating together by filling out an entire stack of Christmas cards. Instead of being grateful, Jessica states that people "expect perfection" from her and rewrites the entire stack because Louis's calligraphy was sloppy and he didn't use themed stamps.

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* ThePerfectionist: Before trying to help by build building a gingerbread house decoration for their front lawn, Louis tries to free up some time for Jessica so they can go ice skating together by filling out an entire stack of Christmas cards. Instead of being grateful, Jessica states that people "expect perfection" from her and rewrites the entire stack because Louis's calligraphy was sloppy and he didn't use themed stamps.
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* DoubleMeaning: In [[ImagineSpot Jessica Town]], Louis plays the role of a butcher; not only does it coincide with his real-life role as owner of a steakhouse, it reflects how he "butchers" her vision of a perfect Christmas.

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* DoubleMeaning: In [[ImagineSpot Jessica Town]], Jessica's ImagineSpot, Louis plays the role of a butcher; not only does it coincide with his real-life role as owner of a steakhouse, it reflects how he "butchers" her vision of a perfect Christmas.



* ImagineSpot: Throughout the episode, Jessica has moments where she imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of. When Louis starts interfering with her grand vision in order to free up time they can then spend together, she envisions herself losing the mayoral election to Louis the butcher and being reduced to a mere trash-picker. In TheTag, after realizing the TrueMeaningOfChristmas and going ice skating with Louis like he'd wanted to do with her all episode along, she and Co-Mayor Louis are ice-skating together too.

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* ImagineSpot: Throughout the episode, Jessica has moments where she imagines that "Jessica Town", "[[TitleDrop Jessica Town]]", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of. When Louis starts interfering with her grand vision in order to free up time they can then spend together, she envisions herself losing the mayoral election to Louis the butcher and being reduced to a mere trash-picker. In TheTag, after realizing the TrueMeaningOfChristmas and going ice skating with Louis like he'd wanted to do with her all episode along, she and Co-Mayor Louis are ice-skating together too.

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* FiveFingerDiscount: After Emery gets overwhelmed by children while working as a Mall Elf, and learning from the store that sold the nutcracker only accepts cash when Evan's money is tied up in savings bonds and he only has gift cards in his wallet, Emery breaks down and outright steals a nutcracker from the store's display area.

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* DoubleMeaning: In [[ImagineSpot Jessica Town]], Louis plays the role of a butcher; not only does it coincide with his real-life role as owner of a steakhouse, it reflects how he "butchers" her vision of a perfect Christmas.
* FiveFingerDiscount: After Emery gets overwhelmed by children while working as a Mall Elf, and learning from the store that sold the nutcracker only accepts cash when Evan's money is tied up in savings bonds and he only has gift cards in his wallet, Emery breaks down and outright steals a nutcracker from the store's display area. After Evan admits it to his brothers, Emery's able to return it to the mall by saying he was just cleaning it, mainly getting away with that explanation because he still looked like an innocent elf.

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* ImagineSpot: Throughout the episode, Jessica has moments where she imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of. When Louis starts interfering with her grand vision in order to free up time they can then spend together, she envisions herself losing the mayoral election to Louis the butcher and being reduced to a mere trash-picker. In TheTag, after realizing the TrueMeaningOfChristmas, she and Co-Mayor Louis are ice-skating together like real-life Louis had been hoping to do all episode long.

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* ImagineSpot: Throughout the episode, Jessica has moments where she imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of. When Louis starts interfering with her grand vision in order to free up time they can then spend together, she envisions herself losing the mayoral election to Louis the butcher and being reduced to a mere trash-picker. In TheTag, after realizing the TrueMeaningOfChristmas, TrueMeaningOfChristmas and going ice skating with Louis like he'd wanted to do with her all episode along, she and Co-Mayor Louis are ice-skating together like real-life Louis had been hoping to do all episode long.too.


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* ScreamDiscretionShot: In TheTag, both of Louis' arms are in casts (which Jessica is decorating with red ribbon so they resemble candy canes) after ice skating. It then transitions to a Jessica ImagineSpot where she and her Co-Mayor are ice skating, only for Mayor Louis to have a direct collision with Lao Ma Santa; it cuts to Mayor Jessica immediately after the impact and before Mayor Louis hits the ice, but he cries out how both his arms have broken.

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* ImagineSpot: Jessica frequently imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jessica originally gives Louis the laborious job of building a gingerbread house attraction for their front lawn in order to discourage him from trying to help further and leave all of the work to her. In her ImagineSpot, Mayor Jessica announces to her town that it would take a miracle for him to pull it off, and the townsfolk point out that Christmas miracles happen all the time there. Additionally, her attempts to sabotage his efforts by moving up the deadline and have him quit out of frustrations leads to him completing the job but it being more akin to a gingerbread shack, and everyone else loving it despite its numerous flaws has Jessica declare that Louis has ruined her Christmas.
* FiveFingerDiscount: After Emery gets overwhelmed by children while working as a Mall Elf, and learning from the store that sold the nutcracker only accepts cash when Evan's money is tied up in savings bonds and he only has gift cards in his wallet, Emery breaks down and outright steals a nutcracker from the store's display area.
* IfOnlyYouKnew: After Grandma saves her kids by obtaining a new nutcracker to replace the one they broke, Honey arrives and is impressed that they all resisted the temptation to play with it, stating "You have more willpower than me."
* ImagineSpot: Throughout the episode, Jessica frequently has moments where she imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of.of. When Louis starts interfering with her grand vision in order to free up time they can then spend together, she envisions herself losing the mayoral election to Louis the butcher and being reduced to a mere trash-picker. In TheTag, after realizing the TrueMeaningOfChristmas, she and Co-Mayor Louis are ice-skating together like real-life Louis had been hoping to do all episode long.
* MallSanta: After breaking Marvin's gift, Eddie and Evan convince Emery to apply for a job working with one as a Mall Elf in order to get a store discount for buying a new one.
* ThePerfectionist: Before trying to help by build a gingerbread house decoration for their front lawn, Louis tries to free up some time for Jessica so they can go ice skating together by filling out an entire stack of Christmas cards. Instead of being grateful, Jessica states that people "expect perfection" from her and rewrites the entire stack because Louis's calligraphy was sloppy and he didn't use themed stamps.



* TakingTheHeat: When Evan ends up stealing a new Nutcracker to replace the one they broke, Eddie says he's willing to cover for both the theft and breaking the original gift, hoping to earn the favor of Santa, Jesus, or whoever else is relevant. However, it doesn't come to pass, as Grandma bails them both out in exchange for the money they'll receive for Christmas.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: The focus of Jessica's plotline is how she wants every Christmas she has to be perfect, mirroring Louis' obsession with Halloween, and how upset Jessica gets when Louis contributes by constructing a ramshackle life-sized Gingerbread "shack" that everyone but her loves. However, she calms down when Louis states that the most important part of the holiday to him is getting to spend time together.

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* TakingTheHeat: When Evan ends up [[FiveFingerDiscount stealing a new Nutcracker Nutcracker]] to replace the one they broke, Eddie says he's willing to cover for both the theft and breaking the original gift, hoping to earn the favor of Santa, Jesus, or whoever else is relevant. However, it doesn't come to pass, as Grandma bails them both out in exchange for the money they'll receive for Christmas.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: The focus of Jessica's plotline is how she wants every Christmas she has to be perfect, [[ThePerfectionist perfect]], mirroring Louis' obsession with Halloween, and how upset Jessica gets when Louis contributes by constructing a ramshackle life-sized Gingerbread "shack" that everyone but her loves. However, she calms down when Louis states that the most important part of the holiday to him is getting to spend time together.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Of Season 6.
* ImagineSpot: Jessica frequently imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Of Season 6.
6, in which the main plots are about decorations and gifts.
* ImagineSpot: Jessica frequently imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of.of.
* RootingForTheEmpire: In-universe example; while watching ''Film/DieHard'', Grandma states "Hans Gruber is actually the hero of this story."
* TakingTheHeat: When Evan ends up stealing a new Nutcracker to replace the one they broke, Eddie says he's willing to cover for both the theft and breaking the original gift, hoping to earn the favor of Santa, Jesus, or whoever else is relevant. However, it doesn't come to pass, as Grandma bails them both out in exchange for the money they'll receive for Christmas.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: The focus of Jessica's plotline is how she wants every Christmas she has to be perfect, mirroring Louis' obsession with Halloween, and how upset Jessica gets when Louis contributes by constructing a ramshackle life-sized Gingerbread "shack" that everyone but her loves. However, she calms down when Louis states that the most important part of the holiday to him is getting to spend time together.
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Jessica has to trust those around her to pull off the perfect Christmas, and she is greatly disappointed. Meanwhile, Honey asks Eddie and Evan to guard a gift she bought for Marvin, but the boys play with it and break it.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Of Season 6.
* ImagineSpot: Jessica frequently imagines that "Jessica Town", the model village she sets up every Christmas, is a real place that she's the mayor of.

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