It’s the day before Christmas and the Gildersleeve household is decked out merry and bright. In the living room there’s holly and mistletoe and the Christmas tree glittering with tinsel and upstairs, it looks like old Saint Nick himself with his red coat and white whiskers…

Gildy is about to tell Leroy that he couldn’t get hold of the model airplane that he really wanted for Christmas when a black and white dog runs in yapping and Leroy is overjoyed thinking that Gildy has got him the dog for Christmas.

The show finishes with some lovely christmas carols.