Omigod people! A genuine Christmas miracle happened on the latest "Project Runway"!? Didja see it? Wasn't it awesome? Let's discuss.

So, on the previous episode of "Project Runway" we lost our last local, Chris March, when he created a "shoulder pads"-inspired jacket that would have made Joan Crawford cry. We were on the fence about continuing to cover the show, as the only local left, Jack, was really just a quasi-local, as he went to Cal. But who are we kidding? If one of the designers once stopped at SFO during a flight to Hawaii, we'd be willing to call them a local, that's how much we love "Project Runway." So we went into this episode all ready to root for Jack, rah rah, team Jack! He's already won one challenge, he's the guy to beat! Plus, there are naked photos of him on the Internets! Awesome! And there he is! Pressing some kind of cloth to his face and talking about a pimple he had a few days ago.

Wait. What?

So, Jack had what he thought was a pimple, but it got worse, and he was now afraid it was a staph infection, which he's had before....Uh oh. This doesn't bode well...

We were all prepared for the usual boring picking-of-the-models when Heidi brought out a bunch of normal looking women on to the runway wearing clothes that were both ugly, and too big for them. Turns out all of the women had recently lost a lot of weight, and the challenge would be to transform their old favorite outfits into new clothes. One of the women was wearing a huge white wedding dress which was just weird and plainly a set-up. They were supposed to be wearing their favorite outfits from their overweight days. Did she really like that dress so much that she'd wear it out all the time? (In which case, no problem. Just make the gal a smaller version of the wedding dress!) Also, it is a rare woman who would be willing to utterly destroy her wedding dress. Even if it is 10 sizes too big. Steve got the gal, and he wasn't happy about it.

Back in the studio, Tim Gunn saw a note that Chris had left everyone, and he got a little verklempt. He read it aloud, and it caused Sweet P. to start crying. But enough of that! Time to start designing! Steve couldn't stop talking about how awful the fabric the wedding dress was made of, like it was so awful he shouldn't even be forced to deal with it. Which he basically didn't, as he chose to make a black dress and add some of the white fabric as detail. We couldn't see what Jack was designing because his huge, swollen lip got in the way. Seriously, dude did not look good, and he was obviously stressing about it.

So Jack called his doctor, while explaining in an interview that despite being HIV+, his immune system wasn't and had never been suppressed; the infection was something anyone could get. He was just unlucky enough to get it twice. His doctor told him he would have to be aggressive with the treatment....After talking it over with Tim, Jack decided he would leave the competition. It was a very sad farewell, with even people besides Ricky bursting into tears.

At which point we were thinking, "God DAMMIT! What is it with this damn show and the people we choose to root for? Are our locals cursed?" Our disappointment lingered as the designers got back to the task at hand. And then Tim Gunn showed up, AGAIN, and asked all of them to gather around, as he had a surprise for them. And that surprise was...CHRIS MARCH!

Since Jack left voluntarily, they decided to bring Chris back, to insure that the "competition is high." Not really sure what that means, or just how fair it is to bring Chris back, but obviously we aren't going to complain about that. And neither did any of the designers, as they were all overjoyed to see him back. He was given Jack's client, and also had the option to work through the night. The irony of working on a design for someone who was once overweight was not lost on Chris, as he admitted he's "been on every diet known to mankind." He guessed that the weight he's lost and gained adds up to about 1500 pounds. Wow.

When Chris saw the wedding dress Steven had to work with, he thought it was great, and knew that if he had it, he'd be able to do brilliant things with it. We're kinda bummed he didn't because it was obvious what Steven was doing with it was boring, boring, boring. Tim called him "courageous" for basically abandoning the fabric altogether. Of Chris's proposed design, which was sailor-inspired, Tim worried that it might come off as too costumey, Chris's curse. That led to a hilarious exchange about 3am and bad decisions. Watch the scene below (the fun begins at about two minutes in).

Chris stayed the night, and was woken from his snoring slumber by the other designers coming in for the final day of work. Chris's design was done, but he joked that wasn't the problem; he didn't know if it was any good. Other designers, like Steve, weren't quite as prepared, and had to get help from Kevin to finish.

Runway time. Julian's dress wasn't even made from her client's shirt; she just matched the color and added some piping made from the pants. Ricky's outfit was OK, but the pants seemed to be a little tight, as there was a bit of a muffin top effect happening under that sheer shirt. Chris's outfit wasn't helped by the addition of the black choker the woman was wearing. That little addition pretty much sent the outfit over the edge into French whore territory (which Michael Kors had no problem pointing out). Kevin's design, despite the presence of leggings, was really nice; the halter top flattered his client very well. Finally, Steven's was a complete disaster. Totally shapeless and boring. How did he not think a black dress with a white collar and cuffs wouldn't end up looking like a maid's uniform? (You can see all the designs here.)

Steven was called out for not using what he had, while he maintained there was nothing he could have done with it. Come on, man. You could have made a white blouse, a Saturday Night Fever suit. ANYTHING! Hell, Nina Garcia herself was wearing a white dress during the judging! His snootiness about working with white polyester satin was his downfall. Christian won, and Steven was out.

So, thus ended the Chris-mas miracle episode of "Project Runway." Looks like the show is going into reruns for the next two weeks, so we'll see you after the New Year!

All images from Bravo's "Project Runway" site.