Christmas Countdown Day #7: Buffy and Joyce looking for a Christmas tree (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

It's the seventh day until Christmas and I'm posting this scene from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Amends (season 3 episode 10). In this scene, Buffy Summers and her mom Joyce were shopping for a Christmas tree. While they were shopping, Joyce asked Buffy to invite Faith Lehane over for Christmas since she will be alone for the Holiday. Yet Joyce didn't want to invite Rupert Giles over since he will also be alone for the Holiday. I guess it was due to what happened between them in the episode Band Candy (season 3 episode 6) and she was still feeling awkward about it. Was the candy the reason her and Giles had been all over each other or did they always have feelings for each other?

It's interesting that Joyce sort of dismissed Buffy's reluctance to invite Faith over. Especially after Buffy and Faith had gotten into a big fight when Faith was trying to kill Angel in the episode Revelations (season 3 episode 7). Anyway, I know it's the spirit of the season, which is why Buffy did invite Faith over even if she didn't really want to.