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* '''Played for Laughs''': Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it's terrible.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Laughs''':
** Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it'sterrible.terrible.
** Sarah was really, really trying to make a cool party, but [[EpicFail epic failure]] hounds her every step. Maybe it even bounces back [[SpringtimeForHitler to being so lousy that people find it cool]].
** Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it's
** Sarah was really, really trying to make a cool party, but [[EpicFail epic failure]] hounds her every step. Maybe it even bounces back [[SpringtimeForHitler to being so lousy that people find it cool]].
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** Sarah was trying to stave off a wave of suicidal depression by throwing a party. Because it's so off the cuff, it obviously lacks cool things to do. The end result, and the vitriol that the partygoers show Sarah as a response, make her [[DrivenToSuicide decide to jump in front of a truck]] right in front of everybody.
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** Sarah was trying to stave off a wave of suicidal depression by throwing a party. Because it's so off the cuff, it obviously lacks cool things to do. The end result, and the vitriol that the partygoers show Sarah as a response, make her [[DrivenToSuicide decide to jump eat a gun a couple of hours later]].
-->'''Bill''' Gee, what's taking Sarah so long infront of the damned bathroom?!\\
[''[[WhamLine Everybody hears atruck]] right in front of everybody.gunshot coming from within]]'']
-->'''Bill''' Gee, what's taking Sarah so long in
[''[[WhamLine Everybody hears a
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* '''Played for Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- which is the spirit of Christmas, after all. Unfortunately, [[WithFriendsLikeThese her "friends"]] disagree and bully her for her poverty.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
** Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- which is the spirit of Christmas, after all. Unfortunately, [[WithFriendsLikeThese her "friends"]] disagree and bully her for herpoverty.poverty.
** Sarah was trying to stave off a wave of suicidal depression by throwing a party. Because it's so off the cuff, it obviously lacks cool things to do. The end result, and the vitriol that the partygoers show Sarah as a response, make her [[DrivenToSuicide decide to jump in front of a truck]] right in front of everybody.
** Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- which is the spirit of Christmas, after all. Unfortunately, [[WithFriendsLikeThese her "friends"]] disagree and bully her for her
** Sarah was trying to stave off a wave of suicidal depression by throwing a party. Because it's so off the cuff, it obviously lacks cool things to do. The end result, and the vitriol that the partygoers show Sarah as a response, make her [[DrivenToSuicide decide to jump in front of a truck]] right in front of everybody.
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** [[MurphysLaw Murphy was in full swing: The fridge conked out, the new internet-bought decorations are lost in the mail…]] This was all she could do at such a short notice.
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** [[MurphysLaw Murphy was in full swing: The fridge conked out, the new internet-bought decorations are lost in the mail…]] This was all she could do at on such a short notice.
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** [[MurphysLaw Murphy was in full swing: The fridge conked out, the new internet-bought decorations are lost in the mail…]] This was all she could do at such a short notice.
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree with only five baubles that is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook, or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but her overly compressed [=MP3s=] being played on a bad speaker are just painful to listen to. In the end, she serves cheap storebought cookies, stale cake, and [[BadToTheLastDrop awful instant coffee]].
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree with only five baubles that is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook, or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but her overly compressed [=MP3s=] (which are themselves bad covers) being played on a bad speaker are just painful to listen to. In the end, she serves cheap storebought cookies, stale cake, and [[BadToTheLastDrop awful instant coffee]].
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** [[{{Jerkass}} Sarah]] dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
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** [[{{Jerkass}} [[JerkAss Sarah]] dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
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* '''Parodied''': Sarah's party is full of SelfDeprecation, e.g. banners with the text "Insert stupid banner here."
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* '''Parodied''': Sarah's party is full of SelfDeprecation, e.g. banners with the text reading "Insert stupid banner here."
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* '''Averted''': Sarah's Christmas party is pretty good.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Sarah doesn't throw a Christmas party.
** Sarah's Christmas party is pretty good.
** Sarah doesn't throw a Christmas party.
** Sarah's Christmas party is pretty good.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas is all about? Unfortunately, her "friends" disagree and start bullying her for her poverty.
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* '''Played for Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas which is all about? the spirit of Christmas, after all. Unfortunately, [[WithFriendsLikeThese her "friends" "friends"]] disagree and start bullying bully her for her poverty.
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* '''Defied''': Sarah's friends help her plan the party to ensure that it becomes enjoyable.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** Sarah's friends help her plan the party to ensure that it becomesenjoyable.enjoyable.
** Sarah refuses to organize a party, knowing it'll be shit. Whatever occasion she's supposed to celebrate, "Netflix and chill" will have to do.
** Sarah's friends help her plan the party to ensure that it becomes
** Sarah refuses to organize a party, knowing it'll be shit. Whatever occasion she's supposed to celebrate, "Netflix and chill" will have to do.
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** The story is set in a DyingTown and Sarah's friends come to realize she's at least ''trying''
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** The story is set in a DyingTown and Sarah's friends come to realize she's at least ''trying''''trying'' to give them something to enjoy.
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree that only has five baubles on it and is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but her overly compressed [=MP3s=] being played on a crappy speaker just end up being painful to listen to. In the end, she serves cheap store-bought cookies, stale cake and [[BadToTheLastDrop awful instant coffee]].
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree that with only has five baubles on it and that is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook cook, or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but her overly compressed [=MP3s=] being played on a crappy bad speaker are just end up being painful to listen to. In the end, she serves cheap store-bought storebought cookies, stale cake cake, and [[BadToTheLastDrop awful instant coffee]].
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* '''Downplayed''': Sarah's Christmas party is nice, but some of the decorations look pretty old and shabby.
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* '''Downplayed''': Sarah's Christmas party is nice, but some of the decorations look pretty old and shabby.
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** Sarah is a RidiculousProcrastinator who put off all of the preparations to the last moment.
** Sarah dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
** Sarah dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
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** Sarah is a RidiculousProcrastinator who put off all of the preparations to the last moment.
**Sarah [[{{Jerkass}} Sarah]] dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
**
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* '''Parodied''': Sarah's party is full of SelfDeprecation, e.g. banners with the text "Insert stupid banner here".
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of Sarah's party are shoddy, while others are amazing.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of Sarah's party are shoddy, while others are amazing.
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* '''Parodied''': Sarah's party is full of SelfDeprecation, e.g. banners with the text "Insert stupid banner here".
here."
*'''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Some aspects of Sarah's party are shoddy, while others are amazing.amazing and some are middling.
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* '''Enforced''': ''Sarah'' is a KafkaKomedy series and the writers utterly refuse to give Sarah any breaks, even in a party of her own devising.
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* '''Enforced''': ''Sarah'' is a KafkaKomedy series and the writers utterly refuse to give Sarah [[TheChewToy Sarah]] any breaks, even in a party of her own devising.
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* '''Invoked''': Sarah's rival Alice sabotages her party.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sends invitations to Sarah's party to everybody in her enemies list, knowing that the crappiness they are about to endure will be a delicious slap to their face.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sends invitations to Sarah's party to everybody in her enemies list, knowing that the crappiness they are about to endure will be a delicious slap to their face.
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* '''Invoked''': Sarah's rival [[TheRival rival]] Alice sabotages her party.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sends invitations to Sarah's party to everybodyin on her enemies list, knowing that the crappiness they are about to endure will be a delicious satisfying slap to their face.faces.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sends invitations to Sarah's party to everybody
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* '''Discussed''': "Sarah's planning a Christmas party? $10 says it'll be awful."
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* '''Discussed''': "Sarah's planning a Christmas party? $10 Ten dollars says it'll be awful."
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it's terrible.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas is all about? Unfortunately, her "friends" disagree and start bullying her for her poverty.
* '''Played For Horror''': Sarah's huge Christmas party ends with most of the guests dying in a fire because she didn't even bother to make sure the venue was safe.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas is all about? Unfortunately, her "friends" disagree and start bullying her for her poverty.
* '''Played For Horror''': Sarah's huge Christmas party ends with most of the guests dying in a fire because she didn't even bother to make sure the venue was safe.
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* '''Played For for Laughs''': Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it's terrible.
terrible.
* '''PlayedFor for Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas is all about? Unfortunately, her "friends" disagree and start bullying her for her poverty.
* '''PlayedFor for Horror''': Sarah's huge Christmas party ends with most of the guests dying in a fire because she didn't even bother to make sure the venue was safe. safe.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Sarah holds unenjoyable parties, but she's the only member of the group who will hold parties, so nobody has any fun no matter what.
** Knowing that nobody likes her parties does a number on Sarah's self-esteem.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The story is set in a DyingTown and Sarah's friends come to realize she's at least ''trying''
** Sarah says "LetsSeeYouDoBetter" to her friends Alice, Bob, Tom, Carol, and Charlie. They all try and fail to hold better parties than Sarah, and she feels bad for them but less bad about herself.
* '''Played
* '''Played
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Sarah holds unenjoyable parties, but she's the only member of the group who will hold parties, so nobody has any fun no matter what.
** Knowing that nobody likes her parties does a number on Sarah's self-esteem.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The story is set in a DyingTown and Sarah's friends come to realize she's at least ''trying''
** Sarah says "LetsSeeYouDoBetter" to her friends Alice, Bob, Tom, Carol, and Charlie. They all try and fail to hold better parties than Sarah, and she feels bad for them but less bad about herself.
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* '''Conversed''':
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* '''Conversed''': "You know that when the loser announces loudly that she's organizing a party in these kinds of shows it will then cut to the party and it will be the most soul-sucking piece of suck in the universe, right?"
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* '''Enforced''': ''Alice'' is a KafkaKomedy series and the writers utterly refuse to give Alice any breaks, even in a party of her own devising.
* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Lampshaded''':
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* '''Enforced''': ''Alice'' ''Sarah'' is a KafkaKomedy series and the writers utterly refuse to give Alice Sarah any breaks, even in a party of her own devising.
*'''Lampshaded''':'''Lampshaded''': "You let '''[[WalkingDisasterArea Sarah]]''' organize the party?!?"
*
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* '''Exploited''':
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* '''Exploited''': Alice sends invitations to Sarah's party to everybody in her enemies list, knowing that the crappiness they are about to endure will be a delicious slap to their face.
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* '''Enforced''':
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* '''Enforced''': ''Alice'' is a KafkaKomedy series and the writers utterly refuse to give Alice any breaks, even in a party of her own devising.
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree that only has five baubles on it and is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but the overly compressed [=MP3=] being played on a crappy speaker just end up being painful to listen to.
* '''Exaggerated''': There are no decorations whatsoever, and the venue is full of dust and cobwebs. Sarah serves the guests old food from the trash and accidentally poisons Bob with methanol because "screw it, alcohol is alcohol, right?"
* '''Exaggerated''': There are no decorations whatsoever, and the venue is full of dust and cobwebs. Sarah serves the guests old food from the trash and accidentally poisons Bob with methanol because "screw it, alcohol is alcohol, right?"
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree that only has five baubles on it and is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but the her overly compressed [=MP3=] [=MP3s=] being played on a crappy speaker just end up being painful to listen to.
to. In the end, she serves cheap store-bought cookies, stale cake and [[BadToTheLastDrop awful instant coffee]].
* '''Exaggerated''': There are no decorations whatsoever, and the venue is full of dust and cobwebs. The music is [[SoundtrackDissonance unfitting]] and so loud that it ends up damaging the guests' hearing. Sarah servesthe guests old food from the trash and accidentally poisons Bob with methanol because "screw it, alcohol is alcohol, right?"
* '''Exaggerated''': There are no decorations whatsoever, and the venue is full of dust and cobwebs. The music is [[SoundtrackDissonance unfitting]] and so loud that it ends up damaging the guests' hearing. Sarah serves
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* '''Subverted''': The guests expect to have an awful time at Sarah's party after they notice the shoddy decorations, but they later tell their friends that they had a good time.
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* '''Subverted''': The guests expect to have an awful time at Sarah's party after they notice the shoddy decorations, but they later tell their friends that say they had a good time.liked it.
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* '''Parodied''': Sarah's party is full of SelfDeprecation, e.g. banners with the text "Insert stupid banner here".
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* '''Discussed''': "Sarah's planning a Christmas party? $10 says it'll be awful."
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'''Basic Trope''': A crappy party.
* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree that only has five baubles on it and is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but the overly compressed [=MP3=] being played on a crappy speaker just end up being painful to listen to.
* '''Exaggerated''': There are no decorations whatsoever, and the venue is full of dust and cobwebs. Sarah serves the guests old food from the trash and accidentally poisons Bob with methanol because "screw it, alcohol is alcohol, right?"
* '''Downplayed''': Sarah's Christmas party is nice, but some of the decorations look pretty old and shabby.
* '''Justified''':
** Sarah is a RidiculousProcrastinator who put off all of the preparations to the last moment.
** Sarah dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
* '''Inverted''': Sarah's party is perfect in every way.
* '''Subverted''': The guests expect to have an awful time at Sarah's party after they notice the shoddy decorations, but they later tell their friends that they had a good time.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that they lied about enjoying the party to spare Sarah's feelings.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of Sarah's party are shoddy, while others are amazing.
* '''Averted''': Sarah's Christmas party is pretty good.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's rival Alice sabotages her party.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Sarah's friends help her plan the party to ensure that it becomes enjoyable.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': While we don't get to see what Sarah's Christmas parties are like, Bob says he'd rather go to a NastyParty than return next year.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it's terrible.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas is all about? Unfortunately, her "friends" disagree and start bullying her for her poverty.
* '''Played For Horror''': Sarah's huge Christmas party ends with most of the guests dying in a fire because she didn't even bother to make sure the venue was safe.
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* '''Straight''': Sarah throws a Christmas party. The only decoration is a Christmas tree that only has five baubles on it and is leaning towards a corner because she didn't bother to set it up properly. She orders pizza for her guests because she didn't want to cook, hire a cook or even try to find a more appropriate dish. She tries to turn on some Christmas music, but the overly compressed [=MP3=] being played on a crappy speaker just end up being painful to listen to.
* '''Exaggerated''': There are no decorations whatsoever, and the venue is full of dust and cobwebs. Sarah serves the guests old food from the trash and accidentally poisons Bob with methanol because "screw it, alcohol is alcohol, right?"
* '''Downplayed''': Sarah's Christmas party is nice, but some of the decorations look pretty old and shabby.
* '''Justified''':
** Sarah is a RidiculousProcrastinator who put off all of the preparations to the last moment.
** Sarah dislikes the guests and genuinely doesn't care about giving them an enjoyable experience.
* '''Inverted''': Sarah's party is perfect in every way.
* '''Subverted''': The guests expect to have an awful time at Sarah's party after they notice the shoddy decorations, but they later tell their friends that they had a good time.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that they lied about enjoying the party to spare Sarah's feelings.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some aspects of Sarah's party are shoddy, while others are amazing.
* '''Averted''': Sarah's Christmas party is pretty good.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''': Sarah's rival Alice sabotages her party.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Sarah's friends help her plan the party to ensure that it becomes enjoyable.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': While we don't get to see what Sarah's Christmas parties are like, Bob says he'd rather go to a NastyParty than return next year.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Sarah throws a terrible Christmas party, but nobody realizes it's terrible.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah is too poor to blow money on Christmas decorations, but was hoping to enjoy a nice party with her friends anyway -- isn't that what Christmas is all about? Unfortunately, her "friends" disagree and start bullying her for her poverty.
* '''Played For Horror''': Sarah's huge Christmas party ends with most of the guests dying in a fire because she didn't even bother to make sure the venue was safe.
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