Meanwhile, Higgins (Jeremy Swift) hosts a Christmas party at his house with his family, inviting the players who can't travel home for the holiday, something he does annually.
He is preparing to spend Christmas drinking and watching It's a Wonderful Life, when Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) appears outside his apartment.
After receiving a prescription to fix her breath, Phoebe goes to the home of the boy who mocked her and, in a play on a scene from Love Actually, tells him she felt hurt by his comments, that he should know better, but that she forgives him, prompting him to apologize.
Later, as Higgins celebrates with the club at his house, they find Ted and Rebecca outside singing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" with a street band.
"[3] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "Season One skipped over Christmas altogether, perhaps because Ted and Rebecca's relationship was still too frosty, and the team still too fractured.
Clearly, though, this needs to become an annual tradition, with Ted and company bringing the warmth of the holidays to these brutally hot midsummer days.
"[4] Keith Phipps of Vulture gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Done wrong, Christmastime ambition can get the better of a show, making it descend into soppiness.
It's a sweet, funny episode that explores the central Ted Lasso theme of what it means to be a good, generous person without making anyone behave out of character or getting cute about it.
"[5] Becca Newton of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Watching the characters sing, have fun, and be silly led to a couple of realizations.
In this particular Christmas episode, even though Ted is feeling blue, the team finds joy in bonding over dinner, while Roy and Keeley try out door-to-door dentistry.