Home For Fake Christmas
Updated 2007-01-28 16:00:00
Rory has returned from Christmas in London to find that, a week later, the holiday hasn't even happened in Stars Hollow yet. Man, the time change is really confusing. Lorelai has held up Christmas for Rory, so they decorate and try to do all their traditions while simultaneously laughing at Christopher's attempts to work himself into their celebration. Meanwhile, Lane is really, REALLY pregnant, and raging. She needs to rock and rounds up the band, but all the guys want to talk about is the babies. For once, Zach is the reassuring voice of reason. Luke shows up at the Inn to ask Lorelai a favor: he needs her to write a letter of reference to use in his court appearance to decide April's custody. She agrees to do it, but is really nervous -- she wants to make it great, but doesn't really know what to say. Most significantly, she keeps the whole thing from Christopher. Rory worries about that, but Lorelai assures her that everything will be fine. When they run into Luke and April at the mall, Lorelai is reminded of how sweet Luke has always been to Rory. This helps her to write the letter, and as her little family fakes up some Christmas cookies in the kitchen, she goes wistfully to into the snow to mail it off.