Marshall plays a game of "bask-ice-ball" (a no-rules, brawling combination of basketball and ice hockey that the Eriksen family invented) with his father and older brothers while Lily helps her future sister-in-law and mother-in-law in the kitchen.
At dinner, Lily gets into an argument with Marshall and the Eriksens when she reveals she does not want to either change her surname after the wedding, nor raise their kids in Minnesota.
Ted, determined to be selfless, begins to distribute the rare food items to the needy, which results in him, Robin, and Barney being kicked out of the kitchen.
Ted pays for a homeless man to get a lap dance, which he realizes is the one act of charity he performed on Thanksgiving.
Although he was joking, this led many fans to believe that The Mother's real name was Tracy based on his kids' shocked reactions.