Jack Benny - December 2, 1951 - Christmas Shopping - The best Jack Benny Christmas shows were his shopping shows with Mel Blanc. In this episode Jack decides to buy cuff links for Don. But it can’t be that simple, can it? In the second Jack Benny show this hour from December 5, 1954 Jack goes Christmas shopping for oil paints for Don Wilson.

Jack Benny - December 2, 1951 - Christmas Shopping - The best Jack Benny Christmas shows were his shopping shows with Mel Blanc. In this episode Jack decides to buy cuff links for Don. But it can’t be that simple, can it? In the second Jack Benny show this hour from December 5, 1954 Jack goes Christmas shopping for oil paints for Don Wilson.

Lady Esther presents Orson Welles - December 22, 1941 - Welles does some dramatic readings from the season including “The Happy Prince”. Also Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel from December 23, 1949 with Heavyweight Boxer Joe Louis reads “The Night before Christmas”.

Lady Esther presents Orson Welles - December 22, 1941 - Welles does some dramatic readings from the season including “The Happy Prince”. Also Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel from December 23, 1949 with Heavyweight Boxer Joe Louis reads “The Night before Christmas”.

Screen Directors Playhouse - Miracle on 34th Street - December 23, 1949 - The Christmas motion picture classic about the department store Santa Claus who thought he was real thing...and proved it! Edmund Gwenn reprises his Academy Award performance, joined by Willard Waterman and Natalie Wood. Also Lum n Abner from December 24, 1953 as the old boys decorate the Christmas Tree for the children’s Christmas party.

Screen Directors Playhouse - Miracle on 34th Street - December 23, 1949 - The Christmas motion picture classic about the department store Santa Claus who thought he was real thing...and proved it! Edmund Gwenn reprises his Academy Award performance, joined by Willard Waterman and Natalie Wood. Also Lum n Abner from December 24, 1953 as the old boys decorate the Christmas Tree for the children’s Christmas party.

Theatre Royale - A Christmas Carol starring Sir Lawrence Olivier - December 24, 1953 - Harry Allen Towers recorded the Theatre Royale series in London for independent syndication. NBC acquired rights to the series and broadcast this version of the Dickens classic on Christmas Eve 1953. Also an episode of the Treasury Department radio show Guest Star from December 16 1951, “Stand in for Santa” starring soon to be Days of our Lives star MacDonald Carey, with Frank Nelson and Gerald Mohr.

Theatre Royale - A Christmas Carol starring Sir Lawrence Olivier - December 24, 1953 - Harry Allen Towers recorded the Theatre Royale series in London for independent syndication. NBC acquired rights to the series and broadcast this version of the Dickens classic on Christmas Eve 1953. Also an episode of the Treasury Department radio show Guest Star from December 16 1951, “Stand in for Santa” starring soon to be Days of our Lives star MacDonald Carey, with Frank Nelson and Gerald Mohr.

Lum n Abner - December 19, 1948 - The annual Christmas show. Lum, Abner and Grandpappy Spears travel East to visit a family in need, seeking shelter in a barn...and with a young baby. Also a 15 minute episode of Lum and Abner in which Lum tries to drop a hint to Abner that he wants a Leather Desk set for Christmas.

Lum n Abner - December 19, 1948 - The annual Christmas show. Lum, Abner and Grandpappy Spears travel East to visit a family in need, seeking shelter in a barn...and with a young baby. Also a 15 minute episode of Lum and Abner in which Lum tries to drop a hint to Abner that he wants a Leather Desk set for Christmas.