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"It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol" is the special ninth and tenth episodes of Season 5 in the American sitcom Ghosts and its 81st and 82nd episodes overall. It aired on December 18, 2025.
Synopsis[]
Sam's big Christmas Eve TV interview with Walter Storm (Larry Wilmore) takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Trevor and Patience bond over their mutual disinterest in celebrating Christmas. Sam gets a glimpse of what her life would be like if she could never see the ghosts.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Rose McIver as Samantha Arondekar
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay Arondekar
- Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac
- Danielle Pinnock as Alberta
- Richie Moriarty as Pete
- Asher Grodman as Trevor
- Sheila Carrasco as Flower
- Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn
- Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty
- Román Zaragoza as Sasappis
Guest cast[]
- Mary Holland as Patience
- Mike Lane as Freddie
- Caroline Aaron as Carol
- Betsy Sodaro as Nancy
- Sasheer Zamata as Libby
- Christine Ko as Sasha
- Larry Wilmore as Walter
- Stuart Fink as Stuart
- Arthur Holden as Creepy Dirk
- Cat Lemieux as Catherine
- Nigel Downer as Nigel
- Marc-Antoine Kelertas as Gary
- Myles-Anthony Douglas as David
- John Hartman as Nigel Chessum
- Tristan D. Lalla as Mark
Quotes[]
- Thorfinn: Merry Christmas!
- Isaac: Ooh.
- Samantha: Wow!
Trivia[]
- This episode was originally known as "The Possession Won't Be Televised" before it was changed to back "It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol".
- It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra.
- This is the third Ghosts US Christmas special. The first was in "The Christmas Spirit". Between the BBC and the US show this is the eighth Christmas special.
- It's a tradition in the US version of Ghosts for someone to get possessed.
- Jay waited until two days before Christmas to go shopping.
- Thor's ghost powers interact with the Christmas town on display.
- This allows him to harness electricity in a way that allows him to cause a possession.
- This is the first time we see Mark's son in season 5.
- This is the third time Sam has been possessed by one of the Ghosts.
- Nancy brings up Isaac possessing the worker on the Mansion.
- Patience reveals that she had siblings who died from smallpox epidemic also alluding to a sense of survivor guilt.
- She also reveals that she has a lot of respect for the Jewish culture, due to being the first religion to worship God, even wanting to learn Hebrew.
- Trevor kisses Patience after the two bonded over their mutual disdain for Christmas.
- As a result, Patience falls for him and new ghosts are revealed.
- Joe Port and Joe Wiseman said that So we’re going to meet the Others, and there will be a number of stories that kind of ripple out from that. when asked about the second half of Season 5. [1]
- Heaven supposedly has pickleball.
- Ghosts from Heaven become Christmas Carols and grant wishes for the living.
- Carol specifically said the role is only given to women named Carol who ascended to Heaven.
- The fact that it is a dream makes it unclear if it’s true, although the candy cane she left for Sam in her pocket by the end of the episode also makes Sam doubt if it was a dream.
- There are many differences in the alternate world.
- Because Sam cannot see the ghosts, she is more relaxed, funny and sociable with her friends. Sasha becomes one of Sam's friends due to never come to believe Sam was insane.
- The B&B manages to thrive, with it being sold out for weeks and with Freddy being Sam's assistant.
- Trevor never improved as a person and continued to shamelessly catfishing women online.
- Pete and Alberta never got together.
- Pete did not discover his ghost powers, nor did his family ever come to pay their respects so he is unaware of his grandson and that Carol cheated on him in life with Jerry. This also means Carol likely never died in this timeline.
- Flower and Thor never got together as Flower got trapped in the well while entering a repeated cycle of forgetting as she wanders the dirt.
- Alberta never learns who killed her. This also means Hetty continues to keep the secret that her son killed Alberta.
- Thorfinn never got his therapy and continues to have his night terrors. He also remains unaware his son's ghost is just 100 yards away.
- Considering his remains were discovered during the mansion's renovation, it's possible they were still found, but Sam sold them to a museum.
- Sasappis never lost his virginity, because he never met Joan.
- Isaac never came out as gay and, since Hetty (unlike the other ghosts) never figured that out and the former never dared to tell her, the two got together, furthering their relationship until engagement but he continuously postpones marriage.
- Nigel and Isaac never got together, since neither came out. This also means Nigel never learned Isaac was the one who killed him.
- It's unknown what had become of the shed where Nigel, Jenkins and Baxter live in this reality, as Sam originally wanted to take it down, before realizing it housed them. However, it's possible they had found another place in the property to live or Sam built a new shed.
- It is also implied Chris never came to Woodstone, so he likely didn't die.
- Nigel and Isaac never got together, since neither came out. This also means Nigel never learned Isaac was the one who killed him.
- The basement ghosts develop a great disdain for Sam after she replaces the old boiler for a new silent one, taking away from them their greatest joy in their afterlife.
- Sam starts an emotional affair with Trevor; unaware he was a ghost much like Bela did in Jay's Sister.
- Considering that Sam did not recognize Trevor's profile picture, it's implied that Trevor's remains were still yet to be found at the lake. If that is so, then Trevor still remains unaware of his old friends' betrayal upon his death.
- Jay never became a ghost nor opened his own restaurant and maintained his job in the city, which strains his relationship with Sam.
- Sam’s mom, Sheryl, would remain a ghost and wouldn’t move on.