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* On ''[[The West Wing]],'' Josh Lyman suffers a complete mental breakdown on Christmas, to the point that the constant cheery Christmas carols flooding the hallways of the White House trigger severe traumatic flashbacks to his recent shooting. |
* On ''[[The West Wing]],'' Josh Lyman suffers a complete mental breakdown on Christmas, to the point that the constant cheery Christmas carols flooding the hallways of the White House trigger severe traumatic flashbacks to his recent shooting. |
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* The first ''[[Scrubs]]'' [[Christmas Episode]] starts off like this, but then goes [[Away in a Manger]]. Still worth mentioning just for the [[Anti-Christmas Song|song that plays]] as Turk's Christmas Spirit gradually gets worn away: |
* The first ''[[Scrubs]]'' [[Christmas Episode]] starts off like this, but then goes [[Away in a Manger]]. Still worth mentioning just for the [[Anti-Christmas Song|song that plays]] as Turk's Christmas Spirit gradually gets worn away: |
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{{quote|On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, |
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Twelve beaten children, |
Twelve beaten children, |
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Eleven drive-by shootings, |
Eleven drive-by shootings, |
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Ten frozen homeless, |
Ten frozen homeless, |
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Nine amputations, |
Nine amputations, |
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Eight burn victims, |
Eight burn victims, |
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Seven strangled shoppers, |
Seven strangled shoppers, |
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Six random knifings, |
Six random knifings, |
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Five suicides, |
Five suicides, |
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Four beaten wives, |
Four beaten wives, |
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Three ODs, |
Three ODs, |
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Two shattered skulls, |
Two shattered skulls, |
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And a drunk who drove into a tree. }} |
And a drunk who drove into a tree. }} |
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** Anyone working in a hospital emergency room will tell you that this is [[Truth in Television]], sadly. |
** Anyone working in a hospital emergency room will tell you that this is [[Truth in Television]], sadly. |