For the first time, Syfy’s two most popular original scripted series will debut stand-alone holiday episodes…one of which is my favorite, Warehouse 13.

In this ‘long lost’ holiday episode of Warehouse 13, as the Warehouse team prepares to celebrate the holidays in snowy South Dakota, Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) are called upon to hunt down a malevolent Santa Claus. Meanwhile, in time for Hanukkah, Artie and his estranged father, Isadore Weisfelt reunite after 30 years. Award-winning actor Judd Hirsch guest stars as Artie’s father. Paul Blackthorne also guest stars as a harried workaholic who becomes terrorized by a strange series of robberies committed by a thief dressed as “jolly old Saint Nick!”

Warehouse 13 Star, Allison Scagliotti had quite a bit to say about the episode and a bit more at the recent Syfy Digital Press Tour in Orlando, Florida. Thanks to Greg Witte for going to the press tour on my behalf! Check it out:

Can you tease a little bit about what we’re going to see in the holiday episode? Are we going to see the typical Christmas scenes?
Well, over at “Warehouse,” everyone sort of has their plans for the holidays, and everyone’s plans sort of get foiled. Pete and Myka plan on going home for the holidays, but Artie straps them with a case. There’s a bad Santa terrorizing a businessman, a Mr. Potter, if you will. Yes, I just made a Frank Capra reference, and I’m 20.

(Laughter.)

Chew on that. And for Claudia, if you recall, she’s an orphan. And her brother was lost to an interdimensional space for over a decade. So this is the first time she actually gets to have a family for the holidays. However, Artie is a bit of a Scrooge, so it’s Claudia’s project to bring him some holiday cheer, hell or high water. And that’s where the idea comes from to find his father. And we have Judd Hirsch. Amazing. It was so much fun. Just to watch Judd and Saul Rubinek —

Talk about the last scene of the show when you pull back from the Christmas scene.

Yes. I can neither confirm nor deny that I utter a Hebrew blessing. And I did have to consult Saul for the proper pronunciation. But it was great. It really felt like a family dinner. It’s not a spoiler. The last scene of our holiday episode is us being a family and enjoying the holidays together. It was really — it was great. It was probably about 3:00 in the morning in our last week of shooting in July in Toronto, and we’re all in Christmas sweaters. That was really extreme acting.

(Laughter.)

Is there a new love interest for Claudia? Was that what we were seeing there in the preview?
No, that’s Claudia’s brother. Joshua Donovan comes home for the holidays, which is another way for Claudia’s just immeasurable excitement for the Christmas season.

If you had the opportunity to write any scene for your character, what would it be?
I know exactly what I want. I very much want Claudia to go undercover in an all-girl punk band in Season 3. And my pitch is that the artifact is the stage door from CBGB’s. Once you go in, you can’t go out. You’re stuck in 1977.

(Laughter.)

Done. Plus, I get to rock out on stage. Stunt casting? Debbie Harry. Done.

(Laughter.)

Is there any movement on the Allison Scag 4 Cassie movement?
Do you know, I actually — that entire Twitter movement spawned a meeting with the production company. Honestly. And I brought every aspect of that movement to them, and they were really impressed with it. I think the movie itself is in flux right now, but it’s something that I am going to actively pursue until I get a firm answer out of it. But I think the concept is really great, I mean, conventionally the studio provides the actor, and the fans have to get behind the choice from there. But, you know, hypothetically if this kind of thing were to work, I mean, it’s — it’s cool. It’s futuristic for the fans to go, “No, this is who we want to play this character that we love so much. This is who” — “we’re telling you this is going to be the box office draw. Your research doesn’t mean anything.”

Do you want to just explain to everyone else what you’re talking about?
Yes. The Allison Scag 4 Cassie movement is not an ego project, as much as it sounds like one. It was a — it’s really about this comic book called “Hack/Slash” by Tim Seeley that’s being adapted into a feature film. It’s been in development for a while. And this blogger, Sax Carr, over at comicsoncomics.com — I don’t know if any of you guys know him — basically championed me as a choice to play Cassie Hack. And it’s just spawned this great grassroots movement, and T-shirts have been made, and I — I don’t know if I should do this. No, actually, I have a bit of information that I’m actually not allowed to announce yet regarding something related to Cassie Hack. But it’s a cool sort of — you know, they’re trying to create the first fan casting. So fingers crossed.

Warehouse 13 Holiday Episode Airs Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 10/9c only on Syfy.