Once again Christmas on The Middle was quite a treat. There’s no better time than the “heckadays” for a mother’s emotional breakdown!
At first things were going smoothly for the Hecks. They decided against rushing to church for the best seats on Christmas Eve, which always makes me laugh. My own family has the same tendency to rush us to get there early so we’re not left standing in the back. The Hecks’ church must be super crowded if they’re worried about being put in the overflow room, or as Frankie calls it, church jail! They seemed to have a pretty good thing going, dressing up and sitting down on the couch to fulfill their duties as good Christians on a religious holiday. Frankie even got snacks and juice to substitute as their communion!
Sue took advantage of a commercial break to get the whole family together in Mike and Frankie’s bed wearing Santa hats to post on Christmas morning. Everything went downhill from there. Uploading the pictures onto the family desktop proved fatal for every picture on the computer for the last seven years. They never got any digital pictures printed! I know it’s a pain associated with digital cameras to sort through hundreds of photos and remember to send them to your local drugstore or wherever to get printed. However, I make it a point to do that every few months for this exact reason. Computers aren’t going to last forever. Honestly, the Hecks are lucky if their desktop has lasted them this long without completely crashing on them! I would also like to point out that maybe Axl and Sue at least should have some of these lost memories posted on their social media accounts. We know for a fact now that they at least both have Facebook and Instagram because Axl gets final approval of the Christmas morning photo!
The real fun begins when Frankie frantically tears the house apart looking for a shoebox full of their old pictures. It’s one thing to lose all recent pictures due to a technological failure, but losing pictures from the kids’ younger years and even earlier is a shame. Mike had no reaction whatsoever to Frankie’s meltdown, whereas the kids tried everything to comfort their wailing mother. In the end, Mike pulled through and found the old photos for her. Let this be a lesson to everyone who’s even a little bit disorganized to try to be better about keeping track of important things! It’s probably best they made it to church – even if they were in the second overflow room.
Ultimately, the Hecks can chalk this up to another memorable holiday! After all, pictures can only capture so much. They will laugh about the terrible gifts and Frankie’s freak-out next year like it was nothing!
[Photo credit: Michael Ansell/ABC]
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