This week the X-Cast brings forth a very special holiday themed episode! In On Shelves Now:  Sword 1, Astonishing 31 and 32, Dark X-Men 1, Legacy 229, Uncanny 516 and 517, and New Mutants 7.Then we go Inside the Mansion with the Marvel version of Santa Claus!!In Retro Reviews, we look at X-Factor 17, New Mutants 51, NM Annual 3, and Uncanny 217.And we finish up with Retro Reviews.And we manage to sneak in 3 songs, a quiz, an argument about strippers, and one more surprise bombshell.Plus cameos by EVERY SINGLE X-CAST CHARACTER EVER.  (We think)