"How I Met Your Mother" How Lily Stole Christmas (2006)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (creator) &
Craig Thomas (creator) ...

TV Series:

"How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

Original Air Date:

11 December 2006 (Season 2, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Lily takes away her Christmas display after she finds out that Ted called her a bad name while she was broken up with Marshall, and Barney is too sick for his Christmas plans. |

Plot Keywords:

Manhattan | Yuppie | Canadian | Friendship | Told In Flashback

Cast

Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Cristine Rose	...	Virginia Mosby
Harry Groener	...	Clint
Carlease Burke	...	WPD Worker
Marcus Folmar	...	WPD Driver
Zachary Gordon	...	Grant / Boy
Hannah Payne	...	Charity
Anne-Michelle Seiler	...	Brunette
Moon Unit Zappa	...	Stacy (as Moon Zappa)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Ramos Jr.	...	New Yorker

Runtime:

23 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:AL

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Another actor who has had an HIMYM cameo and has previously worked with Joss Whedon is Harry Groener (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) who plays Clint.

Quotes:

Ted: I promise I will never call you a... you know, ever again.
Lily Aldrin: It's okay. I was kind of a Grinch!
Boy: What's a Grinch?
Lily Aldrin: Umm... it's a word you shouldn't say!
Boy: Mom, what's a Grinch?
[Stacy spits out her drink in horror]
Kids: [Chanting] Grinch! Grinch! Grinch!
Ted: Uhh, Merry Christmas!
[Running out with his friends]
Ted: Let's get out of here!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs A Christmas Story (1983)