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Lily Tomlin and Edward Asner, “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”

Image: Fox
Image: Fox

Scully and Mulder investigate a house purportedly haunted by ghosts who only emerge on Christmas Eve—only to briefly become trapped within the dangerously mischievous spirits’ manipulative games. Aside from Duchovny and Anderson, comedy icons Tomlin and Asner are the only two members of this season-six episode’s unusually small cast, allowing for an acting showcase that’s helped make “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas” the closest thing the X-Files has to a holiday special.