Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz

Infobox Television episode | Title = Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz
Series = Frasier


Season = 6
Episode = 10
Airdate = 17 December 1998
Production =
Writer = Jay Kogen
Director = Kelsey Grammer
Guests = Amy Brenneman (Faye)
Carole Shelley (Helen)
Lombardo Boyar (Delivery Man)
Jihad Harik (Sal)
Prev = Roz, a Loan
Next = Good Samaritan
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 6)"Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" is the tenth episode in season 6 of American sitcom "Frasier".

Cast and characters

Main cast and characters

*Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney – Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle

Plot outline

Christmas is approaching, and while out shopping with Roz and looking for a menorah for his son, Frasier makes a covert attempt to purchase a sweater for Roz. Just before she realises, another woman steps in and rescues Frasier by pretending that she is buying it. She recognises him from the radio, and when he offers his thanks and asks if he can return the kindness, she suggests a date with her daughter, Fay. Frasier accepts, and is pleasantly surprised when he meets her, although she is embarrassed at being fixed up by her mother. Things go well for a while between them, and Fay visits Frasier's apartment with Helen one day on their way to catch a plane to Florida. It is at this point that Frasier discovers that Fay was under the impression that he was Jewish, and although this is not a problem for her, she is worried what her mother will think. He agrees to hide the Christmas decorations and play along, also getting Niles and Martin on side. The deception proves tricky to sustain, as Eddie appears dressed in a Santa Claus costume, someone calls round trying to deliver a Christmas tree, and Daphne is busy organising a holiday revue downstairs.

Episode Title Cards

*"Oy to the world"

Memorable Quotations

"Helen asks Niles to propose a toast, and he is keen to uphold the Jewish façade"
Niles: "L'Chaim!" "Mazal Tov!" Next year in Jerusalem!
Frasier: "(quietly)" Take it down a notch, Tevye.

"This continues when Martin discovers the guests and complains that no one informed him"
Frasier: Niles, why don't you see if you can go help Dad in the kitchen?
Niles: Oh, all right, but he'll probably just "kvetch" at me and frankly I don't need the "tsuris"…
Frasier: Niles! ("mouths") Half that!

Trivia

*This episode won Jay Kogen the 1999 Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
*Kelsey Grammer received a Directors Guild of America nomination for directing this episode. His first and only nomination for directing.