Christmas Comes This Time Each Year 

Donna's snobbish mother, Felice, puts Ray's feelings for her daughter to a test by offering him money to stop seeing her, while Ray's alcoholic, chain-smoking, redneck mother, LuAnn, goes ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Lang

Writers:

Darren Star (created by), Max Eisenberg (teleplay by)

Stars:

Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Priestley	...	Brandon Walsh
Jennie Garth	...	Kelly Taylor
Ian Ziering	...	Steve Sanders
Gabrielle Carteris	...	Andrea Zuckerman-Vasquez
Luke Perry	...	Dylan McKay
Brian Austin Green	...	David Silver
Tori Spelling	...	Donna Martin
Mark D. Espinoza	...	Jesse Vasquez (as Mark Damon Espinoza)
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Valerie Malone (as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen)
Carol Potter	...	Cindy Walsh
James Eckhouse	...	Jim Walsh
Joe E. Tata	...	Nat Bussichio
Kathleen Robertson	...	Clare Arnold
Jamie Walters	...	Ray Pruit
Stephanie Beacham	...	Iris McKay

Storyline

Donna's snobbish mother, Felice, puts Ray's feelings for her daughter to a test by offering him money to stop seeing her, while Ray's alcoholic, chain-smoking, redneck mother, LuAnn, goes Christmas shopping with Donna. Differing family traditions cause tension between the Catholic Jesse and the Jewish Andrea. Clare introduces David to her father during a faculty Christmas party who finds common ground with him over their love of music. Meanwhile, Dylan goes to his old friend, Christine Pettit, from the FBI to help him find his stolen money. Unable to help Dylan, Christine then contacts an alcoholic, former FBI agent-turned-bounty hunter/private investigator, named Jay J. Jones (Jonesy), who contacts Dylan on Christmas Day and offers to track down his money in exchange for getting a full share of it. Brandon is left alone to care for the recovering Kelly when Jim and Cindy leave town to visit Brenda in England and Valerie leaves to visit her mother in Buffalo. Also, Nat hosts a special...

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Plot Keywords:

christmas episode | christmas | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 1994 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Westfield Fashion Square Mall - 14006 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

90210 Productions, Torand Productions, Spelling Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The severity of Kelly's burns on her neck change from scene to scene. Sometimes they're very red, other times they look healed.

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Quotes

Donna Martin: [In Donna's room and she is crying hysterically] My mother gave Ray $10,000 to stop seeing me!
Clare Arnold: What?
David Silver: And he took the money?
[Donna nods and Clare is in shock]

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