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"Christmas Comes But Once a Year" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series ''Mad Men'', and the 41st overall episode of the series. It was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and Tracy McMillan, and directed by Michael Uppendahl. It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on August 1, 2010. The episode opens in December 1964, as the newly opened advertising agency is hosting a Christmas party. As the company faces financial problems because of its limited client base and expensive new office space, Don Draper's private life becomes ever more chaotic. Critical reception of the episode was positive. ==Plot== Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is planning a scaled-down Christmas party, but when Lee Garner, Jr., of the vital client Lucky Strike, invites himself to the event, the company has to go all out. The evening ends up with Garner's getting drunk and publicly humiliating Roger Sterling. A more hopeful occurrence is the return of a sobered-up Freddy Rumsen, who brings along Pond's, a valuable new client. Don Draper's life continues to unravel, as Dr. Faye Miller - a female psychologist from a hired consumer research company - brings to light his issues with his own past. An encounter with Phoebe - a young nurse from across the hall - leads nowhere, but he later ends up getting intimate with his secretary Allison, which leads to awkwardness in the workplace. Peggy Olson is initially happy about Freddy's return but finds working with him difficult, due to his dated attitudes toward advertising and toward women. She has also come to an impasse in her relationship with her boyfriend Mark. After Freddy counsels her that a man won't respect (or by implication, marry) a woman who sleeps with him out of wedlock, but not sleeping with a man gives painful "blue balls", Peggy agrees to sleep with Mark. Meanwhile, Don's daughter Sally is having problems accepting her father's absence, especially during the Christmas season. Glen Bishop, the neighbor's boy, has taken an unhealthy interest in Sally and ends up vandalizing the Francis residence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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