The One with the Holiday Armadillo (14 Dec. 2000)

Ross wants to introduce Ben to Chanukah. In order to entice Rachel to move back into their refurbished apartment, Pheobe must drive a wedge between Rachel and current roomie Joey.

Director:

Gary Halvorson

Writers:

David Crane (creator), Marta Kauffman (creator),

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Cole Sprouse	...	Ben Geller (as Cole Mitchell Sprouse)
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther
Terry Rhoads	...	the Maitre D'
Sean Corvelle	...	the Salesman
Barry Wiggins	...	the Man

Storyline

Phoebe brings in her late mother's Christmas memorial candy dish, shaped like a skull. Ben stays with Ross for the holidays who intends to teach his son about their Jewish heritage. He feels Ben is only exposed to Christmas traditions. Ross certainly makes his mark on Ben but the idea of a year without Santa sounds like a serious punishment. Chandler presumes that Rachel wants to stay living happily with Joey but Monica wants her to go back to Pheobes so gives Joey drums to drive Rachel out. That doesn't work so they try a tarantula which scares Joey but not Rachel who had one as a kid. Chandler's wait for a restaurant table means he might miss a theater performance; tipping the host doesn't work either as he can't find the paper money. Ross, wants to surprise Ben but can't rent any Christmas suit this late, so he invents Santa's Tex-Mex friend: the Holiday Armadillo. The Armadillo explains about Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights but Chandler appears as Santa to help out Ross. Ross ...

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | armadillo

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Monica Geller: [looking at Chandler in a santa costume] Hey, You think you can keep it another night?
Chandler: Santa, really?
Monica Geller: Yeah, is that ok?
Chandler: Did your dad ever dress up like santa?
Monica Geller: No...
Chandler: Then it's okay!

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Connections

Featured in Friends: The One with All the Other Ones: Part 2 (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
(uncredited)
Written by Johnny Marks
Performed by Cole Sprouse

User Reviews

Ross' costume is hilarious!

Ross is going to stay with Ben this Christimas and wants to teach him more about Hanukkah. The problem is that Ben is used to Christimas and he loves Santa Claus, so Ross has a lot of difficulties to talk with him. Ross rents a costume of Armadillo to call Ben's attention to Hanukkahh, but his plans almost ended when Chandler arrives home wearing a Santa Claus' costume, making Ben stay more interested in Chandler then Ross.

Phoebe is excited because her apartment is almost ready but stays worried if Rachel wants to come live with her again, since Chandler told her how much Rachel likes to live with Joey. Phoebe gives Joey a lot of stuff in the hope of making Rachel go away from his apartment, like a tarantula (that Rachel loves,since she had one when she was a kid) and Drums.

Chandler tries to give money in a discrete way to people, but he is not successful in any of his tries.