Next week's Gossip Girl, "The Debarted," is the last of the calendar year, and between the photo gallery we posted yesterday and the pair of sneak previews we've got for you below, it looks like the third-season CW series is going into its holiday break on a serious bang.

In the first clip, Blair knows best when it comes to Chuck and why he's acting strangely. It's the anniversary of his father's death, and even Chuck must have feelings ... right?

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In the second clip, after the jump, the friendship of Nate and Dan is entertaining as always as they talk about the always-pressing subject that is Dan's love life. Nate, the oracle of relationship advice, hatches a plan to help Dan snag Vanessa from that douche Paul Hoffman ...

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