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And now, I Love Lucy.

How's it here, honey?

Uh, over to the left a little. No, no, the other way.

Now, I-I want it in the middle so the mantel won't look lopsided.

Santy Claus doesn't care if the mantel looks lopsided.

[Lucy] Oh, well.

- There you are, partner. - Thank you, Daddy.

You're welcome.

Now, when you get up in the morning, honey,

Santa Claus is gonna have that chock-full of goodies.

- Yes, sir. Now off to bed, Son. - In a minute, Daddy.

What are you doing, dear?

I'm waiting for Santy Claus.

You've got to go to bed now.

I'll go to bed after Santy Claus gets here.

But, honey, Santa Claus is not gonna come and bring the tree and the presents

and everything until you go to sleep.

- He won't? - No.

Why, Mommy?

Now, why is that, Daddy?

Why?

Uh, why?

Yeah, well, uh, you see, um, partner,

Santa Claus comes all the way down from the North Pole,

and he has all these reindeers with him,

and, uh, when he gets here,

he circles around in the sky until he gets a signal.

Now, do you know who gives him the signal?

- Who? - Yeah, who?

Who? Uh ...

I bet I know. It's the sandman.

The sand-- The sandman. That's right.

Yeah, the sandman gives him the signal. That's right.

When all the little children are in bed,

the sandman runs up to the roof and he says, "Santa Claus! All clear!"

So you gotta go to bed.

Why, honey, that's fascinating.

You see, young man, you gotta go to bed right now.

Okay, Mommy.

Good boy.

- Mommy! - What?

There aren't any steps.

How does Santy Claus get down the chimney?

Yeah. How's he do that, Daddy?

Uh, well, I took care of the why and the who, you take care of the how.

Uh, how, huh?

Well, um, now, you see, Santa Claus doesn't need any steps, honey.

He-He-He-- When he comes, he brings the north pole with him,

and he slides down like a fireman.

Oh.

Good, good, good.

- All right, Son. Off to bed. - Yeah. Come on, honey.

- Good night. - Good night, Daddy.

[Ricky] Good night.

Fred, Ethel, come on.

Come on in.

Oh, man, here.

- You got it? Oh. - Where do you want it?

- Right there, Fred. Wait a minute. - [Ethel] Here?

Oh, yeah, I'll show you. I'll show you. I think right about in here.

- There. - [Fred] All right.

Oh, it's a beauty, Fred.

- How much do I owe you? - It's from us.

- Well, that's very generous of you. - Oh, it was nothing.

Nothing? The tree cost five bucks.

Well, it's Christmas Eve, all right.

The children are tucked in their beds waiting for Santa Claus,

the stockings are hung by the chimney with care,

and we have our very own Scrooge.

- Look, honey! - Oh, that is a beautiful tree.

Isn't it?

It's a present from me and Ebenezer.

- Well, thank you very much. - [Ricky chuckles]

Will you lay off, Ethel?

Anyway, I thought Santy Claus was supposed to foot the bill for the tree.

Well, he does ordinarily, but this year we're doing it for him.

You just try and think of yourself as one of Santa's little helpers.

- Well, I'll try. - Okay.

Come on, let's get the tree trimmed.

- [Ethel] Yes. - Okay.

- Honey? - What?

- Is it right where you want it? - Back by the window a little bit.

- Oh, okay. Come on, Fred. - Come on, you help me, Ethel.

- Yes, ma'am. - Be very careful of these, now.

- Okay. - These are the only bulbs that I have.

- All right. - You take that box there.

- Oh, I love doing this. - Isn't this wonderful?

- [Ricky] Honey? - Yes, dear?

See how it looks from the front, eh? What do you think?

Well, it looks pretty good, except there's a branch on the right side

that spoils the shape.

- Which one, honey? - This one right up here.

Fred, will you go down in the basement and get your saw and cut that off for me?

- It's a little unbalanced. - Oh, now, honey.

Maybe we can hang something there.

He don't have to go all the way down to the basement and get a saw.

Now look, honey, the tree has to be balanced, you know that.

We can't have one branch out like--

I've been putting up trees with that kid for the last 15 years.

He came prepared.

That's right, Fred.

Gee, the four of us have spent a lot of Christmases together, haven't we?

We sure have.

[Ricky] Yes, and it's been great.

It's even been better since Little Ricky came along.

That's right, honey.

Oh, Fred, now that you cut that branch off it makes the other side look too full.

You better trim that branch on the other side, make it all even.

You know, honey, I've been thinking.

Our life has sure been different

since you told me you were gonna have the baby.

I almost never got to tell you.

- What do you mean? - Don't you remember?

Oh, Fred, that skinny branch on the top just looks awful.

It's gonna have to come off.

Don't you remember, Ricky? I tried to tell you all day,

and I never got a chance because you were so busy.

Oh, now the other side looks uneven.

That lower branch there.

Honey, finally, in desperation, I had to go down to the club

while you were working and give a note to the maître d' for you.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you.

- And now for the-- - Here, Ricky.

Oh, thank you. Excuse me.

Pardon me, please.

Oh, isn't this wonderful? Listen to this.

"Dear Mr. Ricardo,

my husband and I are going to have a blessed event.

I just found out about it today and I haven't told him yet.

I heard you sing a number called We're Having a Baby, My Baby and Me.

If you will sing it for us now,

it will be my way of breaking the news to him."

Isn't that wonderful? Of course I'll do it for you. Sure.

Uh, my-- Oh, wait a minute.

I got a wonderful idea.

Why don't we bring the couple up here and I'll sing it right to them?

Come on, let's bring them up on the floor. Come on, folks.

Come on! We just want to wish you luck.

Who is it?

♪ Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top ♪

No?

♪ When the wind blows The cradle will rock ♪

No?

♪ When the bough breaks The cradle will fall ♪

♪ And down will come baby Cradle and all ♪

♪ Rock-a-bye baby on the-- ♪

- Hiya, honey. - Hi.

♪ On the tree top ♪

♪ When the wind blows ♪

♪ The cradle will fall ♪

♪ When the bough breaks The cradle will fall ♪

A--

- Honey, honey. -

- Honey, no. - Yes.

- Really? - Yes.

- Why didn't you tell me? - Well, you didn't give me a chance.

- Are you kidding me? - No.

- I-- - It's me!

I'm gonna be a father.

- How about that? -

I want you to meet my mother.

I mean my wife, my wife.

- The baby song! - What?

Do the baby song!

Do the baby song!

♪ We're having a baby ♪

♪ My baby and me ♪

♪ You'll read it in Winchell's ♪

♪ That we're adding a limb To our family tree ♪

♪ While pushing that carriage ♪

♪ How proud I will be ♪

♪ There's nothing like marriage ♪

♪ Ask your father and mother And they'll agree ♪

♪ He'll have toys, baby clothes ♪

♪ He'll know he's come To the right house ♪

♪ By and by, when he grows ♪

♪ Maybe he'll live in the White House ♪

- Really? - And why not?

♪ Our future looks brighter ♪

♪ But definitely, we're having a baby ♪

- I bet he's gonna look just like you. - Oh, I hope not.

♪ We're having a baby ♪

I'll bet she'll speak with an accent like you.

- - She?

Yeah.

♪ We're having a baby ♪

♪ My baby ♪

♪ And me ♪

Silly, it happened five years ago, and I'm crying all over again.

It's okay, honey. So am I.

I'm crying too.

Me too, but for a different reason.

Fred, what have you done to that tree?

Well, I got so carried away with the story, I forgot what I was doing.

Oh, Fred, for heaven's sake.

Well, you got to admit that it's even on both sides.

Now, how do you think we're going to trim that?

Well, why can't we trim it with those branches I just cut off?

Fred Mertz, you march right down to the corner and get another tree.

Okay. But who's gonna pay for it?

I will, I will.

No, you won't. He will.

And one word out of you,

and I'll tell Santa Claus that you were a bad little boy,

and you won't get any presents.

You can't squeal on me. I'm one of his helpers.

Oh, get out of here.

[Ethel gasps] Oh.

You might as well get the lights ready, dear.

[Ricky] Okay, honey.

Gee, I just love this old ornament.

It's been on our tree ever since I can remember.

♪ ...All the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh, hey ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh... ♪

I don't know what's happened to my voice lately.

I don't seem to sing well anymore.

Lately?

Anymore?

Now, that's not very nice.

I grant you, my voice isn't quite what it used to be.

It's exactly what it used to be.

That's, uh, what's wrong with it.

Why do you say that? I used to sing quite well, as I recall.

Well, dear girl, then something is wrong with your memory.

What do you mean?

Well, a few months after you told me that the baby was gonna be born,

you wanted to sing at the club in a barbershop quartet.

Oh, I remember that. Fred and I did that with you.

- Right. - Boy, that was a terrible evening.

It was not. It turned out very well.

It was one of the most embarrassing nights of my career.

Well.

I'll never forget it.

The three of us started the number thinking George Watson

was under the sheet in the barber chair.

Little did we know that the tuneless wonder was there instead.

♪ In the evening ♪

♪ When I sit alone a-dreaming ♪

♪ Of days gone by, love ♪

♪ To me so dear ♪

♪ There's a picture That in fancy oft' appearing ♪

♪ Brings back the time, love ♪

♪ When you were near ♪

[Ethel, Fred] ♪ When you were near ♪

♪ It is then I wonder Where you are, me darling ♪

♪ And if your heart to me Is still the same ♪

♪ For the sighing wind And nightingale a-singing ♪

♪ Are breathing only ♪

♪ Your own sweet name ♪

[Ethel, Fred] ♪ Your own sweet name ♪

♪ Sweet Adeline ♪

♪ Sweet A-- ♪

♪ My Adeline ♪

♪ My A-- ♪

♪ At night, dear heart ♪

♪ A-- ♪

♪ For you I pine ♪

♪ For you-- ♪

♪ In all my dreams ♪

♪ In all-- ♪

♪ Your fair face beams ♪

♪ You're the flower ♪

♪ Of my heart ♪

♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Adeline ♪

- [Lucy continues off-key] - ♪ Sweet Adeline ♪

- [Lucy] That's enough. That's enough. - [Ricky] Yeah, that looks clean.

- That's clean enough. - Okay.

- Hey! Isn't this a dandy? - Hey, it's Fred!

- Oh, boy! - [Ethel] Oh, boy!

- Look at that, honey. - That's a beauty, Fred.

Fred, that's better than the first one.

- Yeah. - And the best thing of it is,

because it's getting so late, the guy let me have it for a half a buck.

It has just been proven to Fred once and for all there is a Santy Claus.

You bet. And he also gave me some mistletoe.

Now, don't go getting any wild ideas, Ethel.

I'll try to restrain myself.

- - Oh, Fred, this tree is just perfect.

- Absolutely perfect. - Yeah.

Except for this one little branch right here.

- Now, if you could just-- - No!

- [Ricky] Oh, no, you don't. - [Fred] Nothing doing.

- Okay, leave it alone. - All right.

Hey, Fred, let me-- Help me put the lights on, huh?

- Sure. - Let me help too, huh?

- Okay, here. - Oh, boy.

- Give me a strand. - Okay, Fred.

- There you are. - Fine. Thanks.

- Ricky? - Yeah, honey?

Won't you give me just one little hint about what you're giving me for Christmas?

You know, you're worse than your son.

You'll find out tomorrow morning.

I know, but I just want to think about it. Come on, give me one little clue.

All right, I'll give you one clue.

Good. What is it?

It's a gift.

- Oh... - [Ricky laughs]

Merry Christmas, sweetheart.

Merry Christmas, you great big, wonderful, adorable, lovable husband, you.

- Do you love me? - Mm-hmm.

- How much? - A lot.

But not enough to tell you what your Christmas present is.

Oh! Now what makes you think that's what I wanted to know?

- And what is it? - You'll find out tomorrow morning.

Oh, all right.

Freddie.

Yeah?

Go ahead.

Go ahead and what?

Oh, you know what this means, don't you?

That means you're an incurable optimist.

Oh, Fred.

Honey, I'm only fooling. Merry Christmas.

Ah, Merry Christmas, you great big, adorable husband, you.

All right, Fred. Plug in the lights and see if they work.

- Hey! - [Ricky laughing] Hey!

Fred, congratulations.

This is the only time that the lights have worked

- in the first time in 15 years. -

We usually have to spend an hour testing all the bulbs

to see which one hasn't burned--

- Out. - Out.

Okay, let's start testing the bulbs.

You know, I'm kind of glad it's happened. It makes it seem more like Christmas.

All right. Girls, why don't you get the ornaments?

Oh, yeah. Come on. This is the part I love.

Uh...

What's Little Ricky getting this year?

I don't know what Santa Claus is gonna bring him,

but we're getting him a new set of drums and a bike.

Mmm!

Yeah, we're probably spoiling him, but he won't be little for long.

Gee, it's amazing how much he's grown.

Seems like only yesterday that he was born.

Would you ever forget that night?

I had a new show at the club, and Lucy insisted that I make it,

and I was going crazy trying to be in two places at once.

Well, it wasn't any picnic for me either,

waiting at that hospital while you were doing the show.

What about me?

I thought I'd lose my mind sitting at home waiting for the news.

Of course, I was lucky. All I had to do was have the baby.

You're right, honey.

You three were so nervous that night.

I remember it was almost time for me to go to the hospital,

and you all sat and watched me like I was gonna explode any minute.

Is it really due any minute?

- How do you feel? - Are you sure you're all right?

- I think we ought to have a rehearsal. - A rehearsal? For what?

A rehearsal for when you get the signal. Everything should go like clockwork.

I don't want to lose a minute getting you to the hospital.

- That's a wonderful idea, Ricky. - [Fred] He's right.

Ricky, Ricky, Ricky. There's no problem, dear.

The room is reserved at the hospital.

The doctor's number is right here by the phone.

My suitcase is all packed.

All we have to do is go downstairs, get a cab and go.

I know, I know.

But who's gonna call the doctor?

Who's gonna carry the suitcase? Who's gonna hail the cab?

That's what we got to rehearse.

Hold it, hold it, group.

Look, you-- you split it up any way you want.

I'm gonna go lie down.

All right, honey, I think that's a good idea.

You need your rest. Here, I'll help you there.

That's nice.

Come on, honey.

- Don't you worry about anything now. - No, I won't.

- You leave everything to us, honey. - Okay.

Take it easy.

[Fred] Now listen, I'll tell you how we ought to do this.

Now, wait a-- wait a-- Now wait a minute, wait a minute.

I'm in charge of this thing. After all, I'm the baby's father.

- Take over, Captain. - All right.

Now, let's see now.

First of all, one of us has to call the doctor. Who's gonna do that?

- I'll do that. - Okay.

As soon as we get the signal, you rush to the phone.

- Okay. - All right.

- Now, you carry the suitcase. - Right.

I'll look after Lucy.

I'll get her coat, see that she gets downstairs all right.

And we'll hail a cab.

Now, let's rehearse.

- Okay. - Good.

Okay, let's go.

Now, let's make believe that Lucy just came out of the bedroom, see?

And she comes out of the bedroom and she says, "The time has come."

Go.

Hello, Dr. Harris. We're leaving for the hospital with Mrs. Ricardo now.

Goodbye.

Hey, that was pretty good. We did that in a few seconds.

Well, now let's do it again so we'll have everything perfect.

- [Ricky] Okay. - Now the main thing is to be calm

so we don't get Lucy excited.

That's right. We got to keep calm, right?

Right, put that over there, Fred, so we can start right--

Get it over there and get it all where it was in the beginning now.

- [Ethel] Go back over there. - [Fred] Right.

- Are you ready? - Yeah.

Okay.

Now Lucy comes out of the room and she says, "The time has come."

Go!

Hello, Dr. Harris. We're leaving for the hospital with Mrs. Ricardo now.

Goodbye.

- Hey, that was even better than before. - Great!

- [Ethel] Sure it was! - Yeah, that was wonderful.

- That's well organized. - Okay, now we know what to do.

Let's put this stuff right where it was so we know where everything is.

- [Ethel] All we have to do is just wait. - That was fine, kids. That's wonderful.

Oh...

Just think...

tomorrow night at this time, I'm gonna be a father.

Yes, sir. And I'm gonna be a godfather.

And I'm gonna be a godmother.

Uh-huh.

Ricky, this is it.

This is it! This is it!

[Ethel] This is it!

[Ricky] Come on, let's get going!

- Somebody call the doctor. - Call the doctor!

No, that's my job! That's my job.

- You get the suitcase! - The suitcase!

The suitcase!

I got it, Fred! You gotta give me the suitcase!

We have to hurry, Ricky.

- We have to hurry, she says! - Oh, the line is busy.

- The line's busy. - Oh, the line is busy.

Can somebody put me in a cab and then you call Dr. Harris?

Go get a cab!

Go get a cab!

- Go get a cab! - Get a cab!

- Oh, I'll get the cab. - [Ricky, Fred] I'll get the cab!

Hey, wait for me!

Oh.

For heaven's sake, why didn't we get together on this?

For the four of us, we all got the same idea at once.

We sure did.

Mommy, Daddy, is it time to get up?

He can't find four of us here. Come on, go in the kitchen.

[Ricky] Yeah.

Oh, boy!

Listen, as long as we've gone to this much trouble,

one of us ought to go in there and let Little Ricky see us.

[Ricky] Yeah, that's right.

[Fred] Boy, you got to get up early if you want to be Santa Claus around here.

[Lucy] Just a minute.

Ouch.

Merry Christmas, everybody.