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"Perspectives on Christmas" is the third Christmas episode of the NBC sitcom Frasier, aired as the ninth episode of its fifth season (though it is actually the season's tenth episode in production order).

Synopsis[]

The episode is mostly in the form of flashbacks from Martin, Daphne, Niles, and Roz in turn, who tell their stories while receiving massages (their Christmas present from Frasier). Christmas is approaching, and everyone in the Crane household has been having a miserable time. Martin has volunteered to play the part of a wise man in a local church pageant, and one of the requirements is to sing "O Holy Night", which contains one dangerously high note. He has not told Daphne, but she detects he is keeping something from her, and knowing that he was expecting the results of a recent physical examination, she fears the worst. Niles gets trapped in the Elliot Bay Towers elevator and has to climb out, completely ruining his brand new suit. Frasier takes a phone call from Roz's mother, who will be visiting for Christmas, and advises her to be sympathetic to Roz about her pregnancy weight gain, unaware that she has not even told her mother she is pregnant yet. She, of course, is absolutely furious when she finds out.

Songs[]

Uncredited
Title Performed by
"O Tannenbaum" David Hyde Pierce (pianist)
"O Holy Night"

Availability[]

The episode was included on the Frasier: The Complete 5th Season DVD set, released by CBS DVD on June 7, 2005. It will make its high-definition debut on the Frasier: The Complete Series Blu-ray set, released on November 8, 2022.

Cast[]

Actor/actress Character
Kelsey Grammer Frasier
Jane Leeves Daphne Moon
David Hyde Pierce Dr. Crane
Peri Gilpin Roz Doyle
John Mahoney Martin
Albert Macklin Masseur
Conrad Janis Albert
Brooks Almy Mother in Elevator
Marilyn O'Connor Albert's Wife
Jennifer Williams Woman in Hall
Mark Capri Man in Hall
Jamie Alexis Sally
JB Gaynor Billy
Zachary McLemore Big Kid

See also[]

External links[]

Paramount
Movies
Remember the NightChristmas in JulyHoliday InnGoing My WayStalag 17White ChristmasWe're No AngelsTrading PlacesYoung Sherlock HolmesA Very Brady ChristmasWe're No Angels (1989) • The Kid Who Loved ChristmasAll I Want for ChristmasIn Search of Santa [International] • Office Christmas Party [N.A.] • Daddy's Home 2
Television episodes
Happy Days and related shows "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" • "Richie Branches Out" • "Christmas Time" • "White Christmas" • "All I Want for Christmas" • "Oh Hear The Angels' Voices" • "O Come All Ye Bums" • "Christmas Show"
Cheers and Frasier "The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One" • "A House Is Not a Home" • "Christmas Cheers" • "Love Me, Love My Car" • "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street" • "Frasier Grinch" • "Perspectives on Christmas" • "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" • "The Fight Before Christmas" • "Mary Christmas" • "We Two Kings" • "High Holidays" • "Reindeer Games
Other shows "The Voice of Christmas" • "A Full House for Christmas" • "Get Me Through the Holidays" • "A Christmas Story" • "A Keaton Christmas Carol" • "Miracle in Columbus" • "A Christmas Story" • "A Terminal Christmas" • "The Customer's Usually Right" • "Happy Holidays" • "Insanity Claus" • "Twas the Heist Before Christmas" • "All About Christmas Eve" • "Christmas" • "Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas" • "Here Comes Santa Claus" • "A Class Act Christmas" • "X-Mas" • "Everybody Hates Christmas" • "Christmas!" • "Everybody Hates Kris" • "Santa Baby • "Everybody Loves Whom?" • "It's a Miserable Life" • "Mojo No Mo" • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Venice?"
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