Secret Santa
🎞️ S6 E12 🚫 Hard pass

The Office

Is The Office S6 E12 OK for kids?

Secret Santa

Michael is upset when Jim allows Phyllis to be the office Santa for Christmas.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

The Office S6 E12, “Secret Santa”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Michael is upset when Jim allows Phyllis to be the office Santa for Christmas.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 3 themes: Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (3). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Office S6 E12:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Michael No it's not, not like penis-wise. [as Santa] Hello little boy, what's your name?

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in The Office S6 E12:

  • Michael [on microphone] Yeah, except for cheating on your wife. Adultery's a sin, look it up in the Bible people. What'd you get?

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in The Office S6 E12:

  • Dwight Whoever has been sending me the parts to this gun, I think you sent me a gear instead of a trigger.
  • Jim And if you want Michael as Santa, raise your hand. [Michael, then Dwight raises hand] Can I get you some punch?
  • Michael I'll get some punch. That looks delicious. [shoves Santa hat into punch]

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.