The Nightmare Before Christmas light entertainment while marveling at how adept Hollywood has become at these techniques. There are songs, laughs, and a little romance. In short, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" does what it intends to: entertain." Desson Thomson of "The Washington Post" enjoyed stylistic features in common with Oscar Wilde, German Expressionism, the Brothers Grimm and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". Michael A. Morrison discusses the influence of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" on the film, writing that Jack parallels the Grinch and Zero parallels Max, the Grinch's dog. Philip Nel writes that the film "challenges the wisdom of adults through
How Lily Stole Christmas sick of apologizing and the two agree to skip straight to the forgiveness. Ted takes off after his cousin's children overhear Lily say she "was kind of a grinch", and they all begin to cheer "grinch!" over and over. Joel Keller of TV Squad said it was a good episode, and an improvement over the previous year's New Year's Eve episode. How Lily Stole Christmas "How Lily Stole Christmas" is the 11th episode in the second season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother". It originally aired on December 11, 2006. Ted has decided to spend Christmas in