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* BrickJoke: Lorelai covers up having Santa's clothes in her closet to Gigi by claiming to have been Santa's dry cleaner. Later, Rory is telling her she's not a kid who needs to be protected from knowledge of problems anymore, and Lorelai asks if she at least still believes in Santa. Rory replies in the affirmative.
-->Your best dry cleaning client? Uh, yeah!

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* CallBack: When Sookie was pregnant, Andrew pointed out that an elephant's gestation lasts 22 months. Now Lane is pregnant, and April points it out.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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When Sookie was pregnant, Andrew pointed out that an elephant's gestation lasts 22 months. Now Lane is pregnant, and April points it out.out.
** Lorelai calls Rory's shopping lists "shining haikus". She compared them to haikus in an early episode as well.
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* ComplimentBackfire: A diner tries to leave Lane a fifty percent tip. Lane angrily informs the woman that she's pregnant, not homeless.
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* StealthInsult: Michel pretends to wonder whether someone in Luke's family owns a flannel factory or something.
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** Lane claims to be fat rather than pregnant.
** April came up with an elaborate ruse to get to spend time with her father without her mother finding out.

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** Lane claims to be fat rather than eight months pregnant.
** April came up with an elaborate ruse lie to get to spend time with her father without her mother finding out.



* CaptainObvious: The woman worling at Weston's does her best to convince Lorelai that Christmas is over.

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* CaptainObvious: The woman worling working at Weston's does her best to convince Lorelai that Christmas is over.



* ChristmasEpisode: Subverted. Rory spent actual Christmas in England, so they're celebrating it in January instead.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Subverted. Rory spent actual Christmas in England, so they're Lorelai insisted on celebrating it in January instead.



** April feels Luke talks about her like she's Film/PearlHarbor.

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** April feels that Luke talks about her like she's Film/PearlHarbor.
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* ChristmasCarolers: Lorelai and Rory claim it would be cruel of the to sing to people, but Chris nevertheless breaks into a HollywoodTonedeaf rendition of ''Gloria''.

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* ChristmasCarolers: Lorelai and Rory claim it would be cruel of the them to sing to people, but Chris nevertheless breaks into a HollywoodTonedeaf rendition of ''Gloria''.

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* ChristmasCarolers: Lorelai and Rory claim it would be cruel to people for them to sing to them, but Chris nevertheless breaks into a HollywoodTonedeaf rendition of ''Gloria''.

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* ChristmasCarolers: Lorelai and Rory claim it would be cruel to people for them of the to sing to them, people, but Chris nevertheless breaks into a HollywoodTonedeaf rendition of ''Gloria''.''Gloria''.
* ChristmasEpisode: Subverted. Rory spent actual Christmas in England, so they're celebrating it in January instead.
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** Gigi asks why Lorelai has Santa's clothes in a box and Lorelai stutters that she does Santa's drycleaning. Subverted since Gigi is like three.

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** Gigi asks why Lorelai has Santa's clothes in a box and Lorelai stutters that she does Santa's drycleaning.dry cleaning. Subverted since Gigi is like three.



** Lorelai claims to have hid a Maserati behing the bed.

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** Lorelai claims to have hid hidden a Maserati behing the behind her bed.



** Lorelai guesses that ''Lie of Omission'' is a Creator/AshleyJudd and Creator/MorganFreeman movie.

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** Lorelai guesses that ''Lie ''Lies of Omission'' is a Creator/AshleyJudd and Creator/MorganFreeman movie.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Christopher claims the Christmas trees are subpar and that if you look up "tree" in the dictionary you won't find a picture of any of them. Lorelai wonders why he would look up "tree" in the dictionary.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
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Christopher claims the Christmas trees are subpar and that if you look up "tree" in the dictionary you won't find a picture of any of them. Lorelai wonders why he would look up "tree" in the dictionary.

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* ProductPlacement: Maserati. Alcmere 3000 breast pump.

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* ProductPlacement: Maserati. ProductPlacement:
** Lorelai claims to have hid a Maserati behing the bed.
** Gil talks up
Alcmere 3000 breast pump.



* ShoutOut

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* ShoutOutShoutOut:
** Rory swears she was a complete [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooge]] on the inside while celebrating Christmas in London.
** Christopher sings ''Gloria''.
** Lorelai associates ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' with the White House.



** TheGrinch
** Music/{{Muse}}
** Music/TheSmiths were an influence on Zach's latest song.
** Creator/SharonStone
** Music/SonicYouth
** Music/MickJagger

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** TheGrinch
Lorelai went totally TheGrinch on the Rory-less Christmas.
** Music/{{Muse}}
Lorelai needs a Music/{{Muse}}, or maybe Creator/SharonStone.
** Music/TheSmiths were an influence on Zach's latest song.
** Creator/SharonStone
** Music/SonicYouth
** Music/MickJagger
song.


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** April feels Luke talks about her like she's Film/PearlHarbor.
** Zach argues that Music/SonicYouth and Music/MickJagger have kids and are still rock'n roll.
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** Rory says they should make books out of something lighter, but Lorelai thinks paper is light enough.


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* GiftGivingGaffe: Luke used to give Rory towels or unicorn marionettes.

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'''Season 7, episode 11'''

!!Santa's Secret Stuff



* CatchPhrase: Lorelai claims her mind goes: "Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, underpants."

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* CallBack: When Sookie was pregnant, Andrew pointed out that an elephant's gestation lasts 22 months. Now Lane is pregnant, and April points it out.
* CaptainObvious: The woman worling at Weston's does her best to convince Lorelai that Christmas is over.
* CatchPhrase: Lorelai claims her mind goes: "Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, monkey underpants.""
* ChristmasCarolers: Lorelai and Rory claim it would be cruel to people for them to sing to them, but Chris nevertheless breaks into a HollywoodTonedeaf rendition of ''Gloria''.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Christopher claims the Christmas trees are subpar and that if you look up "tree" in the dictionary you won't find a picture of any of them. Lorelai wonders why he would look up "tree" in the dictionary.



* ProductPlacement: Maserati. A breast pump.
* {{Pun}}: Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy in her letter to the court, and she thinks it makes him sound like a comedian.

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* ProductPlacement: Maserati. A Alcmere 3000 breast pump.
* {{Pun}}: {{Pun}}:
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Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy in her letter to the court, and she thinks it makes him sound like a comedian.comedian.
** Thinking of ''Casablanca'' makes Lorelai think of the White House.



** Creator/LennyBruce
** Creator/WoodyAllen

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** Creator/LennyBruce
** Creator/WoodyAllen
Lorelai thinks Creator/LennyBruce steals jokes from Creator/WoodyAllen.


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** Music/TheSmiths were an influence on Zach's latest song.


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** Lorelai guesses that ''Lie of Omission'' is a Creator/AshleyJudd and Creator/MorganFreeman movie.


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* YouJustToldMe: Lorelai accuses Rory of smelling of Christmas cookies. Rory says she can't possibly, because that was six days ago.
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* CatchPhrase: Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, underpants.
* EmbarrassingNickname: And birthname. Macon the Bacon.

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* CatchPhrase: Hockey Lorelai claims her mind goes: "Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, underpants.
underpants."
* EmbarrassingNickname: And birthname. Gil's son Macon the Bacon.



* {{Malaproper}}: "We made cookies by scratching"

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* {{Malaproper}}: Gigi tells her father: "We made cookies by scratching"scratching", being unfamiliar with the expression "making something from scratch".



* {{Pun}}: Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy.

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* {{Pun}}: Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy.guy in her letter to the court, and she thinks it makes him sound like a comedian.
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* CatchPhrase: Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, undeepants.

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* CatchPhrase: Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, undeepants.underpants.



* Pun: Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy.

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* Pun: {{Pun}}: Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy.

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Rory comes home from England. Lorelai saved Christmas for her. Luke asks Lorelai for a reference letter to assure the family court he is fit to be a father.

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Rory comes home from England. Lorelai saved Christmas for her. Luke asks Lorelai for a reference letter to assure the family court he is fit to be a father.
father. Lorelai and Rory go to a mall to buy Christmas gifts for their delayed Christmas and run into Luke, who is there to exchange April's rock polisher for a microscope. Lorelai is reminded of how good a surrogate father he was for Rory and finds inspiration to write a glowing letter of recommendation to the family court.



* BabyFactory: Lane hates being treated like this instead of like a person.



* EmbarrassingNickname: And birthname. Macon the Bacon.
* HollywoodAtheist: April claims the reason Christmas isn't a big deal for her is that she is 60% atheist and 40% agnostic.
* {{Malaproper}}: "We made cookies by scratching"
* ProductPlacement: Maserati. A breast pump.



* SnowMeansLove: Lorelai held Christmas off by keeping it from snowing, she claims.

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** Music/SonicYouth
** Music/MickJagger
* SnowMeansLove: Lorelai held Christmas off by keeping it from snowing, she claims. It snows by the end of the episode.
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Rory comes home from England. Lorelai saved Christmas for her. Luke asks Lorelai for a reference letter to assure the family court he is fit to be a father.

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* BlatantLies:
** Gigi asks why Lorelai has Santa's clothes in a box and Lorelai stutters that she does Santa's drycleaning. Subverted since Gigi is like three.
** Lane claims to be fat rather than pregnant.
** April came up with an elaborate ruse to get to spend time with her father without her mother finding out.
* CatchPhrase: Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, undeepants.
* Pun: Lorelai can only think to describe Luke as a "stand-up" guy.
* ShoutOut
** Creator/LennyBruce
** Creator/WoodyAllen
** TheGrinch
** Music/{{Muse}}
** Creator/SharonStone
* SnowMeansLove: Lorelai held Christmas off by keeping it from snowing, she claims.
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