'The Office' recap: Snowball's Chance in Scranton

Ah! I'm being pelted by snowballs! Snowballs of awesomeness -- because the hourlong "Classy Christmas" emphasized a lot of what makes The Office great, particularly this: Everyone was up in everyone else's business for the entire episode. My favorite!

We opened on the Dunder-Mifflinites taking a group photo and trying to decide on which "silly" pose they should use. Charlie's Angles? (How did that become such a photo trope? Hm.) Jumping? Okay, all together now: 3-2-1-0.

Pam, in her non-sales job title, disbanded the party planning committee (hey, continuity!) and just organized things herself. And she did a good job, for she is Pam. Michael dressed as Santa, Kelly gave everyone Hello Kitty laptop sleeves, and the would-be Christmas party was destined for greatness -- until Toby announced he'd be taking a leave of absence and his temporary replacement would be none other than Holly Flax. Dun-dun-duuuuun! Michael, of course, freaked out.

Also freaking out? Jim. Because it was snowing. Or was it just a light dusting, per Dwight's analysis? Well, Jim was having none of that, and he marched outside, smushed together a snowball, came back in and threw it right into Dwight's face. Uh...yikes? The snowball offensive that Dwight launched in retaliation was pretty funny, but Jim's initial move -- throwing an indoor snowball at point-blank range! -- was so violent and mean I couldn't shake my distaste for it the entire episode. Psst. Jim. Don't do stuff like that.

NEXT: Oscar knows best

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