Scully experiences a Christmas journey worthy of Dickens (including a sick little tyke) in this Gilligan/Shiban/Spotnitz written first of two chapters. Dana sees not outward ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, but inward. She lives through memories of her past in the shadow of the specter of Emily's frail mortality.

Similarly, instead of a door knocker haunting, Scully receives a phone call. And there are lots of other loving nuances plus we love the very open, honest acting from GA (whose face has never been loved by a camera more than in this episode-I'm talking to you Vancouver DP Joel Ransom). We only wish Emily had been remembered by continuity in more than just fanfiction...