 Phoebe brings in her late ma s Christmas memorial candy dish-skull. Ben stays for the holidays with Ross, who intends to teach his son about their Jewish heritage, especially Hanukkah, which is drowning in Christmas traditions- they certainly made their mark on Ben yet, the idea of a year without Santa sounds like a serious punishment. Chandler presumes Rachel wants to stay happily with Joey, Monica that she wants to return to Phoebe, who gives Joey drums to drive Rachel out, but only Monica and Chandler complain; next try, a tarantula, scares even Joey, but Rachel had one as a kid. Chandler s restaurant table reservation is taking too long to make the theater performance; tipping the MD  doesn t work, especially if you can t find the note; even practice with coins at Central Perk and later Ben goes wrong for Chandler. Ross can t rent any Christmassy suit this late, so he invents Santa s Tex-Mex friend: the Holiday Armadillo, who doubles for and explains about Hanukkah, the Festival of Rites- then Chandler appears as Santa, his disappointment Ross wants him to leave is overcome when Monica asks him to keep it on for the bedroom, but Ben insists Santa stays, who now orders the Maccabees story; then Joey bursts in as Superman... Once told the truth, Rachel goes with Phoebe visit the renovated apartment, but its  now single-bedroom...