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"The Christmas List " is the ninth episode of the seventeenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred seventy-second episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on November 27, 2023.
Summary
A dead body rolls out of Santa's toy sack at a department store Christmas parade. Stuffed into the man's mouth are $10 bills with "naughty" scrawled on them. The parade marshal blames the store's rival, but it appears the victim was quite a Scrooge.
Character Revelations
Continuity
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto – George V is King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
- While the Christmas parade is a direct descendant of late Medieval and Renaissance revivals of the Roman Triumphs, Peoria, Illinois, USA, hosted the first Christmas parade in 1887 consisting of various floats and boats and barges coming down the river to celebrate the completion of a new bridge, with Santa as the main attraction. For the first 72 years of the parade, it was sponsored by the Schipper and Block Department Store of Peoria. The Peoria parade provided a model for the department store Christmas parades. In 1905 Eaton's Department Store started the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. In 1920 Gimbels Department Store started the Philadelphia Christmas parade.
Trivia
Cast
Main Cast
Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Dr. Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Inspector Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as Constable George Crabtree
Recurring Cast
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome
Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Clare McConnell as Effie Crabtree
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Carolyn Taylor as Deirdre Newsome
Jonathan Potts as Perry Newsome
Guest Cast
James Kall as H.H Fudger
Cliff Saunders as Santa
Kurtys Kidd as Overside Elf
Kent Staines as Perigrew Lark
Charles Zeltzer as Danny
Deborah Drakeford as Mrs. Potts
Clyde Whitman as Wes Tallyford
Natasha Ramondino as Sarah Jenkins
Diane L. Johnstone as Velma Joy
Non-Credited Cast
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