Episode
Growing Pains: A Christmas Story
Overview
A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1985-12-17
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
A Christmas Story is Episode 12 in Season 1 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1985-12-17. The runtime is 24 min.
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