Гувернантката: Christmas Episode

Синопсис

Fran is spending her first Christmas with the Sheffields. She is looking forward to her foray into this gentile festival. However, her vision of Christmas does not match the Sheffield reality. Maxwell has a personal shopper to buy his gifts as opposed to buying things for the kids "from his heart". Grace has never believed in Santa. But what's worse, Maxwell has in recent years worked on Christmas day - this year he and C.C. are going to Washington D.C. to organize a benefit concert - and so the Sheffields celebrate the holiday on Christmas Eve. What the kids want more than anything for Christmas is fortheir father to be at home on that day to spend time with them. Fran is at looking forward to her gift buying for the kids, something she can manage on her paltry wages since Niles has mentioned that Maxwell provides the staff with a sizable - four figure - Christmas bonus. Fran lets Maxwell know that meaningful gift giving should be one of the real joys of Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Maxwell surprises everyone by actually buying his gifts, which includes a nice vase for Fran in lieu of her Christmas bonus. This puts Fran in a bind since with no cash bonus, she can no longer afford the gifts she's already bought for the kids. She first decides to pawn the vase, but because it really was the most meaningful gift she's ever received, she instead decides to pawn the watch her grandmother passed down to her. Before Maxwell heads off to Washington D.C., Niles tells him the predicament in which he's put Fran. Since his flight is delayed, Maxwell decides to retrieve Fran's watch. Maxwell also has a too close encounter with Fran's vase, which in the end results in his kids getting their ultimate Christmas present.