Episode
Still Standing: Still Avoiding Christmas
Overview
Brian and Lauren scheme to avoid Christmas chores and family togetherness, but when their plan works, they're not as happy as they thought they'd be.
Details
- Series
- Still Standing
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2005-12-14
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Still Avoiding Christmas is Episode 9 in Season 4 of Still Standing. It aired on 2005-12-14. The runtime is 21 min.
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