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S6.E11
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The I Love Lucy Christmas Show

  • Episode aired Dec 24, 1956
  • GG
  • 26m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
519
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
39,736
6,038
The I Love Lucy Christmas Show (1956)
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On Christmas Eve, the Ricardos and the Mertzes recall past events in their lives, as seen in clips from past episodes.On Christmas Eve, the Ricardos and the Mertzes recall past events in their lives, as seen in clips from past episodes.On Christmas Eve, the Ricardos and the Mertzes recall past events in their lives, as seen in clips from past episodes.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
519
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
39,736
6,038
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    • Directors
      • James V. Kern
      • William Asher(flashback segments)
    • Writers
      • Madelyn Davis(flashback segments written by)
      • Bob Carroll Jr.(flashback segments written by)
      • Bob Schiller
    • Stars
      • Lucille Ball
      • Desi Arnaz
      • Vivian Vance
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • James V. Kern
      • William Asher(flashback segments)
    • Writers
      • Madelyn Davis(flashback segments written by)
      • Bob Carroll Jr.(flashback segments written by)
      • Bob Schiller
    • Stars
      • Lucille Ball
      • Desi Arnaz
      • Vivian Vance
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    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)
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    Top cast

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    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    • Lucy Ricardo
    Desi Arnaz
    Desi Arnaz
    • Ricky Ricardo
    Vivian Vance
    Vivian Vance
    • Ethel Mertz
    William Frawley
    William Frawley
    • Fred Mertz
    Richard Keith
    Richard Keith
    • Little Ricky
    • (as Keith Thibodeaux)
    A. Cameron Grant
    • Santa Claus
    • (as Cameron Grant)
    • Directors
      • James V. Kern
      • William Asher(flashback segments)
    • Writers
      • Madelyn Davis(flashback segments written by)
      • Bob Carroll Jr.(flashback segments written by)
      • Bob Schiller
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This episode is referred to as "The Lost Episode" because it was not included in the syndication package. It was not included because of its Christmas theme and because it mostly consists of flashbacks to previous episodes. This episode remained unseen until the year Lucille Ball passed away and was aired by CBS on December 18, 1989. In December 1990 CBS aired a colorized version of the episode.
    • Goofs
      After Fred sets the Christmas tree in the Ricardo's living room, Ricky asks how it looks. Lucy tells Ricky that "there's a branch on the right side that spoils the shape". Ricky asks her which one and she walks up to the tree, grabs the branch with her fingers and, with Ricky and Fred both watching, tells Ricky that's the branch she's talking about and asks Fred to get a saw and cut it off. Fred whips a saw out of his pocket, walks up to the Christmas tree, and proceeds to cut off a totally different branch.
    • Crazy credits
      From all of us at Desilu Season's Greetings to all of You
    • Alternate versions
      CBS reran this episode in 1990 with the new parts colorized and the flashbacks in black and white.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Jacket (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)
      Written by Eliot Daniel
      Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra

    User reviews4

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    The "lost" episode
    Christmastime with the Ricardos, the Mertzes and Little Ricky. Little Ricky wants to see Santa. Naturally Lucy dresses as him to surprise the little boy.

    Basically this isn't a new episode--it contains plenty of flashbacks to previous seasons. I heard this was considered lost and was found under Desi Arnazs' bed after his death. It was restored and aired (just once) on CBS in 1989. It's not great but just seeing the old gang in a somewhat "new" episode was plenty of fun. This is probably still out of syndication because of the flashbacks but worth catching if you're a Lucy fan.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • I Love Lucy Christmas Show
    • Filming locations
      • Ren-Mar Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Desilu Studios
      • Desilu Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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