Christmas Comes This Time Each Year

"Dylan. Through hard times, the secret is in just accepting who you are and where you are: that's where the freedom comes from. It gets better"

- Iris helping her son Christmas Comes This Time Each Year is the 15th episode of Season 5 of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Synopsis
Donna's mother (Katherine Cannon) puts Ray to the test; family traditions cause tension between Jesse and Andrea; Dylan gets a present from the FBI.

Starring

 * Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
 * Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor
 * Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders
 * Gabrielle Carteris as Andrea Zuckerman
 * Luke Perry as Dylan McKay
 * Brian Austin Green as David Silver
 * Tori Spelling as Donna Martin
 * Mark Damon Espinoza as Jesse Vasquez
 * Tiffani Thiessen as Valerie Malone
 * Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh
 * James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh

Special Guest Stars
 * Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio
 * Kathleen Robertson as Clare Arnold
 * Jamie Walters as Ray Pruit
 * Stephanie Beacham as Iris McKay

Recurring cast
 * Katherine Cannon as Felice Martin
 * Nicholas Pryor as Chancelor Arnold

Guest starring
 * Wings Hauser as J. Jay Jones
 * Caroline McWilliams as LuAnn Pruit
 * Michael Durrell as John Martin
 * Valerie Wildman as Christine Pettit
 * Gina Gallego as FBI Receptionist
 * Nick Angotti as Santa
 * Sam Scarber as Special Agent Cobb

Quotes
"Kelly – it's me. You don't have to be perfect, that's not why I love you"

- Brandon

"It doesn't change who you are, Kel. Not to me"

- Brandon

Trivia

 * Dylan seeks out help from Christine Pettit with retrieving his money
 * Iris calls and Dylan calls her Mom
 * Brandon tries to get Kelly to trust him enough to share her struggles following the fire
 * Felice tries to bribe Ray out of Donna's life with $10,000

Music

 * please come home from christmas | BON JOVI
 * steve, clare and david are helping nat at the peach pit


 * the christmas song | ?
 * decorating at the beach apartment


 * rockin' around the christmas tree | BRENDA LEE
 * steve and andrea at the peach pit