Happy Christmas
What do you do when you lose everything and have to start all over again? Ten-year-old Lucas, the middle child of a wealthy family, lives in an expensive neighborhood in a large house, equipped with every luxury. Everything changes completely when Lucas, while searching for his Sinterklaas surprise, finds a large box of unpaid bills. Father Maarten turns out to have enormous financial problems and the family loses everything. The family is evicted and, with the help of their cleaner Nina, finds shelter in an old office building among other new poor people. While father (Jeroen Spitzenberger) and mother (Hadewych Minis) have a hard time with themselves and each other, and big brother Thomas (15) and sister Emma (7) have a terrible time getting used to the new situation, Lucas tries to make the best of it with the highest goal: a Merry Christmas for the whole family.
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Seasons
Season 1 of Merry Christmas appeared on 6 december 2014.
1.Wonderful Evening
06-12-201410mLucas makes the most disgusting surprise ever with the help of guinea pig Rihanna's droppings, but unfortunately, Sinterklaas eve ends up being considerably less cheerful for the V...
- Ep 2
2.The bare necessities
06-12-201410mLucas is taken off the tennis court by treasurer Bovenlander due to non-payment. The Vrolijk family will have to leave their house within twenty-four hours, leaving behind the enti...
- Ep 3
3.Sleepover
07-12-201410mThe Vrolijk family is thrown out of the house and Lucas, with the help of guinea pig Rihanna, successfully sabotages a sleepover at the Hubbinkjes.
- Ep 4
4.Madhouse
08-12-201410mLucas is locked up in the secret recesses of the anti-squat building where their Colombian worker Nina lives. He manages to arrange living space on his own terms with the eccentric...
- Ep 5
5.Rihanna is homesick
09-12-201410mWhile searching for guinea pig Rihanna, Lucas meets the other extraordinary residents of his new home and is amazed by the ingredients of that delicious Polish 'borscht'.
- Ep 6
6.In a mouse hole
10-12-201410mLucas meets the other residents of his new home. He likes sharing a bathroom, but his mother can't possibly poop in a toilet that doesn't have a door and has a nervous breakdown as...
- Ep 7
7.Pudding bun day
11-12-201410mThursday is pudding roll day. But how do you get that when you don't even have heating, phone credit and a bike? Time for action!
- Ep 8
8.Forty Love
12-12-201410mThanks to his loyal tennis friend Jan-Willem, Lucas discovers that you can play indoor tennis in an anti-squat building.
- Ep 9
9.Soap soup and macaroni
13-12-201410mMother Eva drinks a bit more than one glass of wine with the Hubbinkjes. Lucas learns from Nynke that Google Translate comes in handy when you want to call Polish bullies to order.
- Ep 10
10.A good chat
14-12-201410mMysteriously, a Christmas tree disappears from the Hubbinkjes' garden. Maarten and Lucas strengthen their bond with each other over fries with double mayo. An illuminating family c...
- Ep 11
11.The gerbils
15-12-201410mThere is no room for the desert rats from school at the inn. Lucas flees to his old home. While he is preparing a surprise dinner there, he hears from an unexpected source that his...
- Ep 12
12.Squatted
16-12-201410mLucas tries to protect the house where he was born from creepy American tenants. He locks himself in the bathroom and in doing so brings his parents a little closer together, unint...
- Ep 13
13.Fear of Failure
17-12-201410mLucas seems to be the only one who doesn't think his father is a failure and wants to help him improve his image. Until the police get involved.
- Ep 14
14.Doctor Phil
18-12-201410mLucas finds Mr. Wammes more dead than alive and secretly calls on the help of his uncle Philip, who appears to take the bankruptcy of the Vrolijk family completely differently than...
- Ep 15
15.Mistletoe
17-12-201410mLucas begins to find the friendly contact between his father and Nina somewhat threatening and does everything he can to get his mother back home. Emma exchanges her dirty ski suit...
- Ep 16
16.Interriejoordekkoreetors
19-12-201410mThe Vrolijk children, led by their mother, go wild and give the anti-squat building a complete Christmas makeover with the help of toilet rolls and fire blankets.
- Ep 17
17.Act normal
20-12-201410mEva tries to find herself in the Hubbinkjes' Swiss chalet and Lucas discovers that sometimes you have to push yourself beyond your own boundaries to firmly indicate those same boun...
- Ep 18
18.Jingle Balls
21-12-201410mLucas discovers that his new world doesn't mix very well with that of the Hubbinkjes and the Ruitenbeekjes. But is that so bad?
- Ep 19
19.Home
21-12-201410mThe Vrolijk family is getting ready to spend Christmas with Uncle Philip and Aunt Noor, but they come to their senses in time, because of course you celebrate Christmas at home. An...
- Ep 20
20.Christmas Eve
22-12-201410mLucas and his family and all their new friends are getting ready for a merry Christmas Eve in the anti-squat building. An evening to never forget.
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