10 Lessons Doctor Who Teaches Us About Christmas
6. Make Sure Your Significant Other Comes Dressed For The Occasion
Up and down the globe, countless Christmas gatherings will be offering the first opportunity for new partners to ‘meet the parents’ - if not also the brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, the cousins and the grandparents. First impressions are important. Just ask Clara Oswald.
Clara ought to have known better and primed the Doctor on the correct etiquette before introducing him to her folks (The Time of the Doctor). It’s not like he hadn’t given her plenty of examples of his ignorance of social protocol – in their very first meeting, he’d merrily let the children she was babysitting toddle off to the cinema unaccompanied (The Bells of St. John).
But Clara, so eager to be the perfect Christmas host, couldn’t even see through her gran’s deliciously frisky reaction, let alone the holographic clothes, when the Doctor showed up stark naked.
It might be worth spending less time worrying about whether or not the turkey’s cooked right, and more time bonding (with clothes on), over a game of twister, and checking to make sure that your partner and family aren’t feeling some awkward vibes.
Probably won’t be as dramatic as a full frontal – but perhaps checking for holes in socks or at least covering up the lipstick mark on his or her Christmas outfit, might be a good idea.