"iChristmas" is the Christmas episode of the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly, produced as the ninth episode of the show's second season.
Synopsis
Spencer makes an electromagnetic Christmas tree, and when it bursts into flames, Carly becomes furious with him as the fire ruined their Christmas presents. She then wishes that he was born normal. Her guardian angel, Mitch, makes this wish come true, surprising her. The next day at school, Sam is absent, Freddie was never Carly's friend, and to make things worse—Nevel Papperman is her boyfriend. She questions Mitch about Sam's disappearance, and she is taken to the Juvenile Detention Center, where she is being held.
Carly finds out that Sam was never her friend, either. She returns home and is then told that Mrs. Benson and Spencer are now engaged, making her angry at what the world has become. She then walks up the stairs and finds out that, because Sam and Freddie were never her friends, iCarly never existed, either. She begins to sob, realizing how much the world would change if Spencer was born normal. Mitch turns it back, making him be born abnormal. Carly gives Freddie the biggest hug he has probably ever gotten and is thrilled when she sees Sam and gives her a huge hug too. She is now happy with the electromagnetic Christmas tree, and she, Sam, Freddie, and Spencer have a good Christmas together in the end.
Trivia
- The ending with Carly saying the tree needs a little love and the cast gathering around it and "oo-oo-oooing" to "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", is a take-off of the ending of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
- The plot is a parody of It's a Wonderful Life.
- The whole alternative world is a parody of The Twilight Zone Persons or Persons Unknown.
Availability
The episode was made available on the iCarly: Season 2, Volume 1 DVD set, released by Paramount Home Video on August 18, 2009.