Holiday Gift Tags

Used to personalize gifts in holiday occasions, involved in specific scenes.

2 appearances

Purpose

To identify gift recipients and convey short holiday greetings; to label and accompany wrapped presents.

Significance

They interrupt and diffuse a heated ethical dispute, introducing a domestic, holiday note that momentarily shifts mood. One card's content is voiced aloud, anchoring who receives which present and prompting social gestures (signing, handing over) that contrast political conflict with private rites.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Drawing the Line: Principle vs. Pragmatism

Holiday gift cards and wrapped presents are handed to Leo, their tags read aloud (revealing 'Elizabeth'), and then they are packed up and carried in and out—serving as visual counterpoint to the ethical battle and underscoring the personal costs of public service.

Before: Brightly wrapped and arranged in Margaret's arms or on desk, with tags attached and waiting for Leo's signature.

After: Packed up by Margaret and partially returned; some remain in Leo's office where he stares at them with visible displeasure.

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S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Leo's Tail: A Christmas Eve Dressing-Down

A gift tag from the cluster of holiday gift cards is read aloud by Margaret and triggers a brief, humanizing exchange about 'Elizabeth' that contrasts the office's domestic warmth with the moral heat of the reprimand. The cards punctuate the scene's holiday setting while underscoring the intrusion of work on private life.

Before: Affixed to a wrapped present in Margaret's hands as she enters the office to have Leo sign gifts and cards.

After: Collected back into Margaret's armload of presents after she steps out and then returns; the tag remains unreadjusted but now sits against the charged context of the confrontation.

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