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"It's Christmas in Canada"
The boys enjoy a Canadian Christmas, except Cartman.
Episode no.	111
Airdate	December 17, 2003
South Park - Season 7 March 19, 2003 – December 17, 2003
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"It's Christmas in Canada" (sometimes called "Christmas in Canada?") is episode 111 of Comedy Central's South Park. This episode originally aired on December 17, 2003.

As the Broflovski family celebrates Hanukkah, Kyle's dad notes the family's togetherness, and says that nothing can break them apart. Ironically, the biological Canadian parents of adopted baby brother Ike show up at that very moment, and say that they want Ike back.

Due to the new laws made by the Prime Minister of Canada, this is ruled to be legal and cannot be overturned by South Park's court. Ike leaves with his Canadian parents. Kyle attempts to get his friends to help him. Cartman selfishly wants to celebrate Christmas with a lot of presents and Stan is, by this point, obsessed with having Christmas adventures. Kenny doesn't give a reason why he doesn't want to go (possibly because he might die, as he expressed worry over this later).

In the aftermath, the citizens of South Park decide to be brotherly to the devastated Broflovskis, and instead of spending money on Christmas gifts, they will give them the money, in the hope that they can someday get Ike back. But the children of South Park are upset by the thought of Christmas without any presents (Stan, however, is more concerned about his father's reactions to the idea); especially Cartman, who wants to beat Kyle up. But the boys decide to go to Canada and get Ike back themselves in the few days before Christmas, saving everybody's money for presents, and Kyle from being beaten-up. Stan warns that he doesn't want to miss a Christmas adventure and Cartman warns Kyle he will beat him up if they fail.

They fly with City Airlines, run by City Wok owner Tuong Lu Kim. Cartman and Kenny don't want to fly. Cartman doesn't want to fly all the way to Canada in a single engine Cessna and Kenny says(in a muffled voice), "C'mon man, I'll fuckin' die!" After a while, the plane, a Cessna whose tail number is N432G, suffers from mechanical problems (As well as Tuong falling asleep). He parachutes out of the plane, leaving the 4 boys in it. It crashes in Canada, but the 4 boys get out unharmed. In Canada, they meet a bunch of Canadians (In a very similar fashion to Dorothy meeting the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz), including Scott, a Canadian who is "a dick". He hates Americans, and vows to stop them from meeting the Prime Minister.

Travelling to Ottawa on the only road in Canada, the boys meet others plagued by the new Prime Minister's laws - a Canadian Mountie, who is forced to ride a sheep instead of a horse; French Canadians, who can no longer drink wine; and Steve the Newfoundlander, who can no longer practice sodomy. The boys then realize that they were heading in the wrong direction, but the group get to Ottawa in the "kind Newfie's" boat.

Reaching the parliament building, the boys see that the Prime Minister is a gigantic floating head, and brutal dictator who refuses to let Ike go back to America. But Stan then notices a curtain in the corner, and pulls it back to reveal Saddam Hussein, bearded and hiding in a spider hole - he was the new Prime Minister, which explains all the pointless new laws. Upon this discovery, the Canadians nullify all of the laws he made, Ike's natural parents agree to let him go back to America with Kyle. Because they had spent all the time getting there they missed Christmas. Cartman gets angry and prompts Kyle into a fight just like before their journey began. Kyle reluctantly hits Cartman once, with a simple punch to his nose, and Cartman immediately starts to wail loudly in the manner of a toddler, screaming, "meeehm!" pronouncing it his way. Rick the Mountie then comes back in inviting the boys to celebrate Christmas Canadian-style, being part of a parade while the Canadians sing "Ding Dong, The Americans Caught Saddam!". Stan sighs and says that maybe they'll have a Christmas adventure next year, unaware or unwilling to realize that they just had one.

Died when the head of the "Canadian prime minister" shot him with laser beams, causing him to explode. Note: When Kyle says "You bastards", he just says it instead of yelling it out. This is the first time Kenny has died since the episode Kenny Dies.

The Canada part of the plot is based on the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 movie adaptation. Stan even says "I don't think we're in America any more." Various allusions include:

• An arrival that involves a crash-landing; in Oz it was a house deposited by a tornado, in this episode a Cessna crash-landing.
• Natives who fear the occupants of the crashed vessel; in Oz they thought the house came from a Wicked Witch, in this episode the Canadians feared an invasion, also referencing the South Park Movie.
• "The Only Road" in Canada, mimicking the "Yellow brick road", including a song while traveled upon.
• Numerous individuals that join the main protagonist to speak with the Wizard/Prime Minister.
• A "shortcut"; in Oz the shortcut was through a patch of flowers and in this episode it was via boat to Ottawa.
• An antagonist with an observing device; in Oz a Wicked Witch who watched the protagonists with a Crystal Ball, in this episode Scott who apparently watched the episode as it aired live on television.
• The manner in which the protagonists get into the Wizard's/Prime Minister's abode is the same (through a call for sympathy).
• Discovering that the apparent Wizard/Prime Minister is actually just an illusion being controlled by someone hidden behind a screen next to where they are standing.
• When Scott suddenly appears, the Canadians all run and hide, making the same noises as the Munchkins did when the Wicked Witch of the West appeared
• "Ding Dong, The Americans Caught Saddam!" is similar to the song "Ding Dong, The Wicked Witch Is Dead!"

• The "only road" in Canada is a reference to the Trans-Canada Highway.
• It is also noticeable that, in French Canada, there is another road.
• Mr. Garrison requests Mayor McDaniels to get rid of all the Mexicans on Christmas Eve. He originally asked the same question in Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo.
• Despite the episode's setting being Canada, there is no sign or mention of Terrance and Phillip. However, their archenemy, Scott "the Dick" (from Season 2's Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus) does make an appearance.
• This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award.
• This is the only time this season that Kenny dies, and this is the first time this has occurred since "Kenny Dies".
• The episode takes place in the month of December, yet when the boys are in Canada, the trees and grass are green as they would be in the summer.
• This episode aired just days after Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin took office, and just days after the capture of Saddam Hussein.
• When South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut came out, Saddam Hussein was trapped in hell. However, after the fourth season, he was trapped in heaven. In this episode, he appeared behind the curtain.
• When Scott The Dick says to the four boys "You think you're the Police of the World", the creators are referring to their movie Team America: World Police, which came out in theaters the following year.
• In the very beginning, Kyle's dad lights the first candle the wrong way (it should start on the right).
• The finale of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is featured in the opening to the celebratory song.
• Saddam Hussein previously tried to take over Canada in Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus.
• Tuong says that the flight will only be two hours. Though a flight in a single engine Cessna would take longer than that to reach Canada, it is shown in the episode to have lasted all night and into the morning. However, Tuong fell asleep at the controls, so it is possible, the plane flew all the way up to Saskatchewan or Toronto without Tuong noticing, so when the plane crashed, the boys travelled east, towards Newfoundland on the "Only Road," instead of west towards Ottawa. (Please correct. Saskatchewan and Toronto are both West of Ottawa.)

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