I Love Lucy
Christmas Show
Season 6, Episode 11 · Aired 1956-12-24
Synopsis
Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel reminisce (via flashbacks of previous episodes) as they trim the tree on Christmas Eve. The flashbacks were all from season 2, include Lucy telling Ricky about her pregnancy in Lucy Is Enceinte, Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel singing in a barbershop quartet in Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song, and Ricky, Fred and Ethel franctically preparing for Lucy's impending labor in Lucy Goes to the Hospital.
In the series
This episode is part of I Love Lucy (1951–1957) on CBS.
The template for multi-cam chaos, physical comedy gold, and a star marriage the public thought it owned.
Key cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo
- Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo
- Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
- William Frawley as Fred Mertz