--- description: Try not to think of that glorious 'Gone Girl' scene title: Watch Neil Patrick Harris' Festive First Oscar Promo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte45a85aa64c05774/698777450b72e31d9b6dcd6e/neil-patrick-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Neil Patrick Harris' Festive First Oscar Promo by [Teresa Jue / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Teresa Jue / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 26, 2014 4:25 PM CUT  Neil Patrick Harris at the 68th Annual Tony Awards in New York City on Jun. 8, 2014. Neil Patrick Harris at the 68th Annual Tony Awards in New York City on Jun. 8, 2014.Mike Coppola—2014 Getty Images by [Teresa Jue / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Teresa Jue / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 26, 2014 4:25 PM CUT As the flurry of holiday season winds down, Neil Patrick Harris is telling you to give your kids a cost-efficient gift: watching him host the Oscars. The host advertises, well, himself, in these new Christmas-themed Oscars promos, as an alternative gift this holiday season. “Instead of traditional presents, give the gift of simply telling them to watch me host the Oscars,” Harris says. Watch Harris above—and try not to think of that [glorious _Gone Girl_ scene](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/12/best-of-2014-gone-girl-desi-death/ "undefined"). The Oscars air live Sunday, Feb 22 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/26/neil-patrick-harris-oscar-promo/?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3647479/first-oscar-promo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3647479/first-oscar-promo/"},"headline":"Watch Neil Patrick Harris' Festive First Oscar Promo","datePublished":"2014-12-26T16:25:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:08:22.763Z","description":"Try not to think of that glorious Gone Girl scene","url":"https://time.com/3647479/first-oscar-promo/","keywords":["movies","Neil Patrick Harris","oscars 2015"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte45a85aa64c05774/698777450b72e31d9b6dcd6e/neil-patrick-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Teresa Jue / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte45a85aa64c05774/698777450b72e31d9b6dcd6e/neil-patrick-harris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Neil Patrick Harris at the 68th Annual Tony Awards in New York City on Jun. 8, 2014.","caption":"Neil Patrick Harris at the 68th Annual Tony Awards in New York City on Jun. 8, 2014.","creditText":"Mike Coppola—2014 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3647479/first-oscar-promo/","name":"Watch Neil Patrick Harris' Festive First Oscar Promo"}}]}] ```