Writer:	David E. Kelley
Director:	Peter MacNicol
Star:	Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal),  Lucy Liu (Ling Woo),  Courtney Thorne-Smith (Georgia Thomas),  Greg Germann (Richard Fish),  Lisa Nicole Carson (Renée Raddick),  Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal),  Vonda Shepard (Herself),  Peter MacNicol (John Cage),  Gil Bellows (Billy Thomas),  Portia de Rossi (Nelle Porter)
Recurring Role:	Melanie Taylor (Ikette #2),  Amy Castle (Young Ally),  Dyan Cannon (Whipper Cone),  Renée Elise Goldsberry (Ikette #1),  Lee Wilkof (District Attorney Nixon)
Guest Star:	Mark Linn-Baker (Sheldon Maxwell),  Terron Brooks (Go Go Dancer),  Travis Payne (Go Go Dancer),  Lara Flynn Boyle (Helen Gamble),  John de Lancie (Jackson Poile),  Richard T. Jones (Matt Griffin)

Portia de Rossi (Nelle Porter) and Lucy Liu (Ling Woo) are added to the opening credits as regulars, after recurring for the first part of this season. (edit) Featured Music:
"Silver Bells" by Vonda Shepard
"Silent Night" by Vonda Shepard
"Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow" by Vonda Shepard
"Dreaming of a White Christmas" by Vonda Shepard
"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Peter MacNicol
"Tell Him" by Vonda Shepard
"Jingle Bells" by Vonda Shepard
"Run, Run, Rudolph" by Jane Krakowski
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Vonda Shepard (edit) In an uncredited cameo, actress Lara Flynn Boyle crosses over her character, Helen Gamble, from The Practice in a scene where she runs into Ally in a courthouse. (edit) FOX repeated this episode on December 27, 1999. (edit)

Richard: You've got to remember John. You're not who you are, you're only what other people think of you. Fishism. (edit) Richard: Nelle, remember how you hate people talking about you behind your back?
Nelle: Yes.
Richard: I can't do that when you are in the room. (edit) Helen Gamble: You look like you could eat a cookie.
Ally: Maybe we could share one. (edit)

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