: The episode explores the friction between ranks, particularly through Winchester’s disdain for "lower class" labor.
: Unlike most Christmas episodes, this focuses on the aftermath and the exhaustion that follows the holiday. Script Spotlight 15: “'Twas the Day After Christmas”
: Charles Winchester is assigned to the kitchen under the head cook, Sgt. Pernelli . While Charles tries to introduce gourmet flair to the mess tent, Pernelli forces him to face the grueling reality of feeding hundreds of people quickly. [S10E9] 'Twas the Day After Christmas
: Val Bisoglio as Sgt. Pernelli and Kellye Nakahara as Nurse Kellye.
: Hawkeye and Father Mulcahy are assigned as orderlies. While Mulcahy embraces the work, Hawkeye struggles with the less glamorous side of medicine, such as cleaning floors and changing bedsheets. : The episode explores the friction between ranks,
: Alan Alda (Hawkeye), Mike Farrell (B.J. Hunnicutt), Harry Morgan (Col. Potter), Loretta Swit (Margaret Houlihan), David Ogden Stiers (Charles Winchester), Jamie Farr (Klinger), and William Christopher (Father Mulcahy).
: Alan Alda and Gene Reynolds served as creative consultants, and Dr. Walter D. Dishell provided medical advisory. Episode Themes Pernelli
This is a guide to the episode " 'Twas the Day After Christmas ," which is Season 10, Episode 9 (sometimes listed as Episode 10). Originally broadcast on December 28, 1981 , the episode was directed by Burt Metcalfe and written by Elias Davis and David Pollock . Plot Summary