Season 3, Episode 9: EXTRAORDINARY MERRY CHRISTMAS

The episode opens with Mercedes decorating a tree and singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The rest of the Glee kids join her as they dance and decorate the choir room. Rachel gives Finn a Christmas list with 15 items on it. She tells him to chose five things from it. Finn thinks that material items isn't what Christmas is about. Sue tells Kurt, Artie and Blaine that she is volunteering at the homeless shelter on Friday and wants them to put on a show. They don't believe her at first, but eventually agree to help after she explains it is her first Christmas without her sister and is trying to distract herself. Rory tells the guys that his mother isn't able to come visit this Christmas. He sings "Blue Christmas." After having a depressing Christmas the previous year, Rachel and Tina want them to focus on the pageantry. Will tells them that PBS wants them to perform on its Christmas special this year. Sam and Rory talk about how tough it is to be away from family. Sam invites him to his home and agrees to be his Christmas sponsor. Artie tells the PBS rep his two demands are that Star Wars be a part of the show and it be done in black and white. It will be an homage to a Judy Garland Christmas special. He agrees, as long as it's done on the cheap. Rachel sings "River" as a kind of audition for Artie. Artie finds it's too depressing and says it doesn't fit his vision, which is of an evening in Blaine and Kurt's chalet. He wants fun. Sam doesn't agree with over-the-top, cheesy Christmas and leaves to go work a Salvation Army bucket. Rachel drops another hint about her present. Finn gives her a card describing a pig he's bought in her name that will feed a hungry family for a month. She's not impressed, and wants him to stick to the list. Rachel and Blaine sing "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" and Artie is impressed. Sue drops by and says everybody at the shelter is excited about the show on Friday. They say it will conflict from their PBS special. They won't be doing it that night, and remind Sue how awful she's been to them in the past. None of the glee club members feel bad about this except for Quinn and Sam. We get an intro for the "Glee Club Holiday Spectacular," directed by Artie and brought to us by Breadstix. The show opens with Blaine and Kurt at home singing "Let It Snow." Kurt then addresses himself and Blaine to a live audience. Rachel and Mercedes show up with gifts. Kurt gets a knock-off Liz Taylor necklace and Blaine a bow tie with Capri pants. Rachel talks about the best parts of Christmas not being purchasable and the foursome breaks into "My Favorite Things." After a message from the sponsors Finn and Puck drop by. The gang tells them they're worried Santa won't be coming due to climate change. Finn and Puck respond with "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." Mike, Brittany, Tina and Santana drop by with some back-up dancers and sing "Christmas Wrapping." Rory drops by dressed as Itchy the Christmas elf and instead of reading Frosty The Snowman he reads a Biblical passage about Christ's birth to remind them what Christmas is supposed to be about. At the soup kitchen Quinn tells Sam she's doing better. He says he's glad she turned it around. The others stop by with food and the tree. They said Rory helped them see the light. The whole group performs "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which makes the children happy. In school Rachel tells Finn she named her pig Barbara, after her hero. She says she's sorry and all that matter is that she loves him. He says he got her something else and hands her a piece of paper that says he's named a star after himself, because she's already one and whenever she is lonely she can look up at him. He gives her a small box with a pair of earrings. She says it's time she starts giving back and they leave. They go to Sam and Rory who are working for the salvation army to raise money. They donate hundreds of dollars after taking back the ear rings and the ipod Rachel got Finn. They then join in and help Sam and Rory raise money after realising that Christmas is more than just material things.
SONGS: All I Want For Christmas Is You
Blue Christmas
River
Extraordinary Merry Christmas
Let It Snow
My Favorite Things
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Christmas Wrapping
Do They Know It's Christmas?
THIS IS THE LAST EPISODE OF GLEE BEFORE A QUICK BREAK. GLEE WITH RETURN WITH ALL NEW EPISODES IN JANUARY 2012! HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!