30 Rock: Ludachristmas (Episode 209)

Naughty & Nice: Kenneth and Tracy bring tidings of great joy.First of all, I'm never celebrating Festivus again. How could I when Ludachristmas (which is also a song off the "Fred Claus" soundtrack) is clearly the more superior holiday? There's drinking, a Human Table (coughing skank who lets the TGS folks eat meat off her), and Horny Santa -- but not if Kenneth has anything to do with it.

Liz puts Kenneth, Dot-Com, and Grizz responsible for making sure that Tracy doesn't drink -- Tracy, having failed to make a court appearance, is sporting an alcohol monitoring bracelet on his ankle. Kenneth shuts down Ludachristmas so that he can show Tracy, Jenna, and the rest of the TGS gang the true meaning of Christmas.

Kenneth's plan to restore real Christmas spirit to all (well, all but Josh, as he's Jewish, anyway) involves bringing in a minister, who guilt trips them with videos of his gift-giving missions to Guatemala. Their own presents from Sheinhart-Universal all tossed in the garbage, the gang is easily subdued. Until they decide to chop down the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree in the ultimate display of the anti-commercialism they thought Kenneth was railing against.

Thankfully, they stop just in time to hear Tracy's bracelet (which Kenneth thoughtfully decorated with Christmas glitter) go off -- his huge medallion is actually a flask, and he had a few drinks earlier. With Tracy's bracelet ringing away -- the monitoring center in Denver missed the call, as their staff is having a Ludachristmas of their own -- Ludachristmas resumes for one and all.

Elsewhere at 30 Rock, Liz is surrounded by family -- her parents and her brother (who still thinks it's 1985 after a high school skiing accident) have arrived in town for their annual visit. They sweep Jack up in their warm embrace, and Jack is happy to oblige. With mom Colleen in town but just as irascible as always, Jack is eager to experience some of the support and love that he never got from his own. It doesn't take Colleen to break up the new Lemon clan, and show Jack that while she may not be the nicest mother in the world, the Lemons aren't exactly perfect, either.

Merry Ludachristmas, everybody!