Holidaze

"The best gift I ever got was for Christmas when I was ten, my very first suture kit. I used it until my fingers bled and then I tried to use it to stitch up my fingers. It put me on the path to becoming a surgeon. My point is, sometimes the best gifts come in really suprising packages. Everday we get to give the gift of life. It can be painful, it can be terrifying but in the end it's worth it, every time. We all have the oppertunity to give. Maybe the gifts are not as dramatic as what happens in the operating room. Maybe the gift is to try and make a simple apology. Maybe it's to understand another person's point of view. Maybe it’s to hold a secret for a friend. The joy supposedly is in the giving, so when the joy is gone, when the giving starts to feel more like a burden, that’s when you stop. But if you’re like most people I know, you give till it hurts, and then you give some more."

- Meredith Grey

 is the tenth episode of the sixth season and the 112th overall episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Short Summary
As Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's pass, Miranda is visited by her father, William, who disapproves of her choices in life; meanwhile, Mark and Lexie must cope with the shocking arrival of a woman from his past, and Thatcher Grey questions the Chief's recent behavior as Meredith comes to his defense.

Full Summary
Episode in detail.

Main Cast

 * Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey
 * Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang
 * Katherine Heigl as Dr. Izzie Stevens (credit only)
 * Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev
 * Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
 * James Pickens, Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber
 * Sara Ramírez as Dr. Callie Torres
 * Eric Dane as Dr. Mark Sloan
 * Chyler Leigh as Dr. Lexie Grey
 * Kevin McKidd as Dr. Owen Hunt
 * Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins
 * Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd

Guest Stars

 * Kim Raver as Dr. Teddy Altman
 * Jeff Perry as Thatcher Grey
 * Frankie Faison as William Bailey
 * Danielle Panabaker as Kelsey Simmons
 * Jesse Williams as Dr. Jackson Avery
 * Hillary Tuck as Julie Jacobson
 * Nathan West as Mike
 * Leven Rambin as Sloan Riley
 * Steven W. Bailey as Joe
 * James Nardini as Anguished Father

Co-Starring

 * Matt Wheeler as John
 * Kate Anthony as Nurse Kate
 * Joshua Kai as Nicholas
 * Ewan Chung as Tech Guy
 * Andrew Mackin as Frat Guy

Notes and Trivia
thumb|300px|right
 * This episode's title originated from the song Holidaze, originally sung by Mansions.
 * This episode scored 14.07 million viewers.
 * Leven Rambin makes her first appearance as Sloan Riley. She made several more appearances throughout the rest of the season.
 * Chyler Leigh (Lexie Grey) and Nathan West (Mike) are married in real life.
 * Some cast members sing songs in this episode. They and other cast members will do that again in the musical episode.

Quotes

 * Teddy: How did Kelsey do?
 * Cristina: Er, well.
 * Derek: Who's Kelsey?
 * Bailey: Er, girl with no heart. I had to do a laparoscopic bowel repair while the poor thing was awake on the table.
 * William: Miranda, mind your manners. Even if surgery is your whole life it doesn't mean you have to talk about bowels at the dinner table.
 * Bailey: My child is healthy.
 * William: Excuse me?
 * Bailey: He may not be with me tonight, but he's healthy...
 * William: I didn't say he-
 * Bailey: He's a well loved boy, and he's a happy boy. And staying in an unhappy marriage...
 * William: Now is not the time or the place-
 * Bailey: And staying in an unhappy marriage, a marriage that I've outgrown, a marriage full of ultimatums, and numbness and resentment...
 * William: Miranda-
 * Bailey: That is not the kind of life I want to model for my child. That is not what I want him to believe married love is. And I know what's possible, I know what's out there for me because you taught me well. You and mom showed me what true love looks like, so I chose not to settle, and I'm happier for it. Even if I'm alone at Christmas. My child is healthy, and I'm happy. --You know, part of my happiness is the fact that I got to repair a woman's bowel and save her life today. And that's God's work, which makes this an appropriate Christmas dinner conversation. --I'm happy, and my child is healthy, and that's enough for me today, Dad. That's enough.