Christmas Who?

"Christmas Who?", also known as The SpongeBob Christmas Special in the opening sequence and Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special on some cable and satellite listings, is the 28th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, and also the show's 1st Christmas episode.
==Synopsis==
In , , the French Narrator introduces us to the president of the SpongeBob SquarePants fan club, Patchy the Pirate, who is currently preparing for Christmas, and his "friend", Potty the Parrot, both making their first appearance in this episode. Patchy reads a fan letter asking if SpongeBob likes Christmas as much as he does. Patchy explains that they didn't always celebrate Christmas in Bikini Bottom, and decides to show us how they were introduced to the holiday, beginning the episode proper.
SpongeBob is outside Sandy's treedome, planning a surprise karate attack on her, when he sees that she has just put lights up all around her tree and mistakes it for a fire. After he attempts to put the "fire" out, Sandy finds that SpongeBob doesn't know what Christmas is and tells him all about it. The next day, at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs, Patrick and Squidward all about Christmas, bringing up how Santa Claus brings gifts on Christmas Day to people who write letters to him. Patrick and Mr. Krabs are very enthusiastic about the idea, while Squidward grumpily refuses. SpongeBob soon gets the entire city of Bikini Bottom interested in Christmas, and they all write letters to Santa. SpongeBob then designs a device that shoots everyone's letters (which are placed inside bottles) to the surface of the ocean so Santa can find them. Everyone then decorates Bikini Bottom for Santa's arrival, much to Squidward's annoyance.
When Christmas Eve arrives, SpongeBob realizes that Squidward still hasn't written a letter and offers to write it for him, but Squidward refuses to believe in Santa Claus. As Squidward goes to bed, SpongeBob, Patrick, and a bunch of other fish give up on persuading him to believe in Santa, and instead spend the entire night outside waiting for Santa. But the big guy never shows up, and everyone angrily storms off, leaving SpongeBob by himself. Squidward then comes outside to laugh at his depressed neighbor's expense, but SpongeBob gives Squidward a present anyway - a wooden clarinet that he had made for Squidward the night before so he wouldn't feel left out. Squidward is so touched by his present that he feel likes a huge jerk for mocking SpongeBob, and decides to do something to make it up to him.
Squidward dresses up as Santa Claus and appears to SpongeBob, who is very happy to see that Santa came after all. However, Squidward's plan meets a snag when a large group of fish come happily, thinking he's the real Santa and wanting gifts from him. Squidward ends up giving away all of his possessions until he has nothing left except his house and the wooden clarinet SpongeBob gave him. After shooing away an excited SpongeBob when he tells him about "Santa" showing up, Squidward asks if he's going insane when he suddenly finds a letter on his doorstep. He opens it up to find that it's from the real Santa Claus, congratulating Squidward for all of his work. The note then magically disappears as Squidward looks up to see Santa riding in his sleigh in the sky. Squidward calls himself "insane" and goes inside, playing his wooden clarinet.
After the cartoon ends, Potty gives Patchy a little present - a nest of Christmas-themed eggs. Patchy then steps under some mistletoe and invites some offscreen women to come kiss him, but Potty comes flying at him, as the narrator wishes us "good night, and happy holidays."
==Songs==
* "The Very First Christmas"
* "Santa's Coming Tonight"
==Video releases==
;VHS
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas
;DVD
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas
* NickToons Christmas
* SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season
* Nick Picks: Holiday
* SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments
* SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes
;iTunes
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Vol, 2
* SpongeBob SquarePants: From the Beginning - Part 1
* Jolly Saint Nick
* Nickelodeon Holly Jolly Holiday Specials
==Cast==
Voice actor/actress	Character(s)
Tom Kenny 	SpongeBobFrench NarratorPatchy the PirateGary the SnailOld fishSinger #1Jellyfish
Bill Fagerbakke 	PatrickSinger #2
Rodger Bumpass 	SquidwardSinger #3
Clancy Brown 	Mr. KrabsSinger #4
Dee Bradley Baker 	Fish #1, #3 & #4Singer #5
Doug Lawrence 	PlanktonFish #2Announcer
Carolyn Lawrence 	Sandy
Sirena Irwin 	Woman fish
Sara Paxton 	Little girl
Austin Stout 	Little boy
Michael Bell 	Santa Claus
Pat Pinney 	Painting
Jonathan Silsby 	Puppeteer
Stephen Hillenburg 	Potty the ParrotDirector
==See also==
* SpongeBob SquarePants
** "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
** "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas
* Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years: "The Ho! Ho! Horror!"
* The Patrick Star Show: "Just In Time for Christmas"
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Category:SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
Category:Christmas productions