NBC Monitor -December 24, 1961 - A moving Christmas presentation. Colonel R.L. Gould of NORAD reports on tracking Santa Claus flying down from the North Pole. Retired radio commentator H.V. Kaltenborn (speaking from WPTZ, Palm Beach, Florida) recalls Christmas when he was a boy in Milwaukee. Also Monitor from December 25, 1965 - Gene Rayburn introduces a late 1940’s recording of A Christmas Carol with Lionel Barrymore

NBC Monitor -December 24, 1961 - A moving Christmas presentation. Colonel R.L. Gould of NORAD reports on tracking Santa Claus flying down from the North Pole. Retired radio commentator H.V. Kaltenborn (speaking from WPTZ, Palm Beach, Florida) recalls Christmas when he was a boy in Milwaukee. Also Monitor from December 25, 1965 - Gene Rayburn introduces a late 1940’s recording of A Christmas Carol with Lionel Barrymore

Duffy’s Tavern - December 22, 1948 - Miracle on Third Avenue. A Christmas show. Archie is depressed after not getting a Christmas bonus until a stranger pays him a visit. Jeff Chandler is the guest star. Also the Private Lives of Ethel and Albert from December 12, 1947 - Albert overspends his budget on buying Christmas gifts for the office. Peg Lynch stars as Ethel as well as writing the scripts, and Alan Bunce stars as Albert.

Duffy’s Tavern - December 22, 1948 - Miracle on Third Avenue. A Christmas show. Archie is depressed after not getting a Christmas bonus until a stranger pays him a visit. Jeff Chandler is the guest star. Also the Private Lives of Ethel and Albert from December 12, 1947 - Albert overspends his budget on buying Christmas gifts for the office. Peg Lynch stars as Ethel as well as writing the scripts, and Alan Bunce stars as Albert.

Amos and Andy - December 23, 1947 - Annual Christmas show. Any complainers about Amos and Andy should set their feelings aside and enjoy this show where Andy takes a temporary job to get Amos’s daughter the special doll she wants. Andy’s tender explanation of the Lord’s Prayer to her daughter at the end of the show is so sweet, yet so strongly Christian, that it could never air as new material today. Amos and Andy is a reminder of how far we have come, but how much we have lost along the way. Also the Stan Freberg 1953 classic Christmas Dragnet, retitled “Yulenet” after someone without a sense of humor complained.

Amos and Andy - December 23, 1947 - Annual Christmas show. Any complainers about Amos and Andy should set their feelings aside and enjoy this show where Andy takes a temporary job to get Amos’s daughter the special doll she wants. Andy’s tender explanation of the Lord’s Prayer to her daughter at the end of the show is so sweet, yet so strongly Christian, that it could never air as new material today. Amos and Andy is a reminder of how far we have come, but how much we have lost along the way. Also the Stan Freberg 1953 classic Christmas Dragnet, retitled “Yulenet” after someone without a sense of humor complained.

Richard Diamond Private Detective starring Dick Powell - December 21, 1951 - An excellent Christmas show as the entire cast (in character) does an updated version of "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. Also yours Truly Johnny Dollar from December 22, 1957. The Carmen Kringle Matter - A touching Christmas show about an old prospector, dying in the desert, and his faithful mule "Carmen." The episode was written by Bob Bailey, who portrayed Johnny Dollar in this episode. Bailey played Dollar from 1955 to 1960.

Richard Diamond Private Detective starring Dick Powell - December 21, 1951 - An excellent Christmas show as the entire cast (in character) does an updated version of "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. Also yours Truly Johnny Dollar from December 22, 1957. The Carmen Kringle Matter - A touching Christmas show about an old prospector, dying in the desert, and his faithful mule "Carmen." The episode was written by Bob Bailey, who portrayed Johnny Dollar in this episode. Bailey played Dollar from 1955 to 1960.

Screen Director’s Playhouse - It’s a Wonderful Life - May 8, 1949 - Adaptation of the 1946 Christmas Fantasy Drama. Also a Christmas Seals fund raiser from December 11, 1948 starring Eddie Cantor

Screen Director’s Playhouse - It’s a Wonderful Life - May 8, 1949 - Adaptation of the 1946 Christmas Fantasy Drama. Also a Christmas Seals fund raiser from December 11, 1948 starring Eddie Cantor