My thoughts exactly, and man I want the Merry Christmas ring.

Is this a two parter or am I safe watching this episode on Sat?

It's a self contained episode so your good.

DECADE! What is he?

I loved the entire episode except for the bit with Santa Claus. Seemed totally ridiculous and out of place, even for a show about bugmen riding motorcycles. Like I said though, I liked it aside from that, especially Haruto's showdown with Phoenix. That wall-running henshin and creative use of his rings (especially that quick move using Connect) made the episode for me.

I don't know, but it's all his fault.

Watched it today. It was a nice stand alone episode. I liked how it gave more insight towards Phoenix's resurrection ability. I'm expecting that in the 40s Haruto will have to find an item that allows him to remove Phoenix's ability from him.

OK so. My thoughts on the episode:

the Gate's motivation was quite heartwarming and the battle in his Underworld was awesome, but I thought the resolution was REALLY out of left field.

Also Phoenix's resurrection gimmick makes him a pretty legit villain, even if he and Medusa haven't been able to make a new Phantom in 16 eps.

Considering how critical I am towards Wizard, I'm finding that I'm a lot more accepting towards the Merry Christmas ring and the gifts all magically being restored...

I'm pretty sure the Merry Christmas ring creates Christmas presents instead of restoring destroyed ones. Which makes a lot more sense.