It’s Chrissy’s first Christmas away from home and she’s feeling a bit down about missing her family. A fun fact about this episode is that Chrissy’s full name is revealed: Christmas Snow.

Jack: “Christmas Snow?”

Chrissy: “My father was a big fan of Bing Crosby.”

Anyway, what Chrissy is most upset about is missing the party that her family always has. Jack steps in and tells the girls that they’re going to have a Chrissy Christmas party. And Janet reminds him they won’t bother the Ropers with the noise since they’ve gone away to Mrs. Roper’s brother’s for the holiday.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to their upstairs neighbors, the Ropers come home early. And Jack, Janet and Chrissy are having problems getting anyone to come to their party. Because everyone is going to the Stevens’ party next door. Then Mrs. Roper comes upstairs and invites the kids down to their apartment for a get together. No sooner does she leave Jimmy Stevens calls and invites them to their party. But Chrissy reminds them they just agreed to go to the Ropers. Janet mentions that Mr. Roper will probably be asleep by nine-thirty and then they could leave and go to the Stevens’ party.

Meanwhile the Ropers aren’t overly excited about having the kids in for a visit either. The kids reluctantly go, have a little scotch, partake in a lame card trick from Mr. Roper and Jack tickles the ivories while Mr. Roper sings. Janet realizes that Mr. Roper is far from ready for bed when he pulls out his trumpet. The kids use the time as an excuse to leave and head out. And Helen gets angry at Stanley for being so boring. But he reveals that there was a method to his madness. That he had to get rid of the kids because they have been invited to the Stevens’ party.

The final scene shows Jack, Chrissy and Janet helping Mrs. Roper get Mr. Roper back to their apartment because it appears Mr. Roper had a little too much cheer at the Stevens’ party. Or maybe Stanley is just overcome with surprise at having seen the kids at the party as well.

In this second Christmas episode of “The Beverly Hillbillies”, the Clampetts experience their first Christmas at home in Beverly Hills. And discover artificial snow. Or “Beverly Hills” snow as Jed refers to it.

As Ellie May, Jethro and Granny begin to open their gifts, there seems to be a reoccurring theme to them: water. Ellie May receives a hair dryer, which she thinks is a hat with a hose attached to it to “let the water drain off” her hat when she’s walking in the rain. Jethro opens a “new suit” made of rubber, which is a skin diving suit. And Granny gets a new TV, which she thinks is a fancy electric washing machine and the antennas are the clothes drying rack.

The Clampetts give Mrs. Drysdale what she wants most for Christmas: a mink. A LIVE mink. Jed states that Mrs. Drysdale wanted a “full-length mink” and Ellie May replies that “it’s as long as they come”.

But the Clampetts have yet to see the biggest gift of all: a boat parked in their driveway, complete with a chimp for a “skipper”, much to Ellie May’s delight. All the gifts are a ploy from Mr. Drysdale to try to keep the Clampetts in Beverly Hills.

The Drysdales go over to visit the Clampetts and try to clear up all the confusion. Granny gifts Mrs. Drysdale a smorgasbord of hillbilly foods such as “candied catfish and owl burgers”. Ellie May then informs Mrs. Drysdale that she’s lost her gift, greatly upsetting Mrs. Drysdale, who is under the impression that the gift is a diamond. If only she knew.

This touching episode would be the first of several “Little House” Christmas episodes that would air over the nine-year run.

It’s the first Christmas for the Ingalls family in their new home at Plum Creek. Weighing on the young ‘uns minds are what gifts to buy Ma and Pa and how to pay for those gifts. The same goes for Ma and Pa themselves.

During a visit to Oleson’s store, it is discovered what is everyone’s heart’s desire: Caroline admires a stove, to which both Charles and Laura notice, both Mary and Caroline fondle some fabric, both thinking it would make a great shirt for Charles and little Carrie is fascinated with a star.

Everyone sets out in their own ways to earn the money so they can buy what they want. Mr. Oleson mentions to Charles that he has a customer who needs new wheels for his wagon. Charles takes on the task of fixing the wheels to earn some quick cash.

Mary is ecstatic when she gains an opportunity to help the town seamstress out. It gives her the chance to also make the shirt she wants to make for Pa.

Caroline is selling more eggs than usual to Olsen’s Mercantile in the hopes of making the same shirt for Pa.

Laura is left with the dilemma of wanting to buy her mother the same stove Pa is intending to buy with his money from the wheels. She unselfishly barters her pony Bunny, a pony Nellie Oleson has had her eyes on for a while, in exchange for the stove.

Meanwhile Carrie finds a penny and goes with her sisters to Oleson’s and buys the star for the Christmas tree. Although the star normally goes for five cents, good ol’ Mr. Oleson sells it to Carrie for her penny.

Next Charles goes back to Oleson’s to buy the stove for Caroline only to learn that it’s been sold.

The day before Christmas Mr. Oleson delivers a large box to the Ingalls’ home and says it’s for Caroline. Of course Charles thinks that Mr. Oleson came through for him and managed to get another stove.

Christmas morning is filled with surprise. Charles opens his gift from Mary to discover a shirt she has been tirelessly making. Caroline successfully hides her look of shock/disappointment at the very gift she was going to present her husband with. Being the kind of mother she is, she compliments Mary’s handiwork and discreetly hides her gift under the tree skirt.

Laura opens her gift to discover a saddle Charles has spent weeks making for her pony Bunny. The very Bunny she has bartered.

Caroline opens her box and is beside herself to find the stove. Charles looks pleased with himself, until Caroline opens the card to discover the stove is from Laura.

As Mr. Oleson and Nellie arrive to collect Bunny, the rest of the family learn how Laura was able to afford the stove.

As Carrie excitedly opens her gift of the star and Charles helps her place it on top of the tree, the true meaning of Christmas is felt all around.

FUN FACT: This was the only Christmas episode for “The Andy Griffith Show”.

It’s Christmas in Mayberry and Andy is planning a great party with Aunt Bea and tells Barney he has to play Santa Claus. But because there currently are prisoners in the jail, Barney tells Andy he can’t attend because someone has to watch the prisoners. So, Andy makes the executive decision to release all the prisoners for Christmas.

Just as he does in walks Ben Weaver, a grumpy spirit store owner, with Sam Muggins, a citizen that Ben has caught making moonshine and cutting in on his business. He insists Andy arrest him and put him in jail. Ben states he’s going to watch the jailhouse and if Sam isn’t kept in his cell, he’s going to report Andy to the state.

So Andy is forced to place Sam in a cell but decides since it’s Christmas, he deserves to be with his family. Enter Sam’s wife and kids who also stay with him in the cell. And since Andy and Barney can’t go to the Christmas party at Aunt Bea’s, Aunt Bea and the Christmas party come to Andy at the jail.

Meanwhile Ben is watching everything. And secretly wanting to be a part of it. So much he tries to break the law in an attempt to get arrested himself. Andy catches on and hauls Ben in with his suitcase. Which just so happens to be filled with odd and end gifts for the children.

In the end Andy wakes Sam and tells him to go home with his family. Sam asks about the evidence of the moonshine and it turns out that Andy had placed the moonshine in the cell with Ben, who ended up drinking it.

You can never go wrong with an episode of “The Golden Girls”. Especially a Christmas episode.

The Florida heat has gotten to everyone and nobody wants to shop any longer, putting everyone (except Rose) in a foul mood. To make matters worse, Stan, Dorothy’s ex-husband, shows up looking for a handout to jumpstart his new “business”, a “research and development lab”. He just needs $1000 from each of the ladies. Of course they say no and send Stan packing.

Dorothy then suggests that because of the intense heat and fact it’s only two days until Christmas, instead of each of them going shopping for each other, they just each pick a name and buy for that one person. Of course Rose asks who’s names they will be picking and Dorothy sarcastically replies “The Oak Ridge Boys”. Blanche isn’t keen on choosing names because she doesn’t like Rose’s gifts. But exchange names they do and to her displeasure, Blanche’s gift giver is Rose.

Surprisingly on Christmas morning Blanche is surprised with her gift from Rose.

Blanche: “It’s a beautiful blouse.”

Rose: “I hope it’s alright. Dorothy said you’d like something crotchless.”

Rose then announces that she has to get ready to go to the church to help serve dinner to the homeless. The other offer to volunteer, although Sophia does seem perturbed to be missing out on watching “Scarface”.

While serving the food, a man dressed as Santa Claus approaches Dorothy. It turns out to be Stan.

Dorothy later confides in Stan as he’s eating and asks him what he’s doing there. She learns that Stan has hit hard times, that he was just trying to swindle money out of them with his “research and development lab” story and his wife has thrown him out of the house. He mentions how he was relying on a shipment of toy firetrucks from Germany to come through for the holidays and they had just arrived the day before so he had no means of selling them in time.

Dorothy becomes angry at Stan for lying to her and for being the jerk that he’s always been. Then while she’s dishing out pie with Blanche, Sophia comes in and tells Dorothy how Stan is out there bringing everyone else down. Dorothy goes and talks to him, they reminisce about old times and she reminds him how he’s always been an innovator. In the end, Stan comes in as Santa with his sack full of the fire engines he no longer has any means for and passes them out to the children that are there.