 Transcribed the craft foods company presents Willard Waterman as the great gilded sleeve Just about this time each week. We usually bring you some hints and ideas about using some of those fine craft foods But we just don't have time to do that tonight because Christmas is in the air and The craft carers are waiting with a traditional carol Excitement and anticipation that attends the yuletide season There's the hurried search for the last-minute gift the elaborate preparations for the big family dinner and people are saying Merry Christmas to people have never seen before Some folks like to put up the tree very early and enjoy its fragrance and beauty But it's traditional with the great gilded sleeve to decorate his tree on the day before Christmas Leroy don't just jump up in the air and toss things on the tree Tinsel on top here. Let me hang it up there. Okay. I Can't reach the top either. I got an idea. Oh, who's me up to the chandelier. I'll swing past and drop things Leroy you're not a monkey, but I can do practically anything a monkey can do. Yeah, well, let's leave well enough alone Okay, a tree doesn't need many decorations. Anyway, just presents. Yes I Can't get enough stuff on the top birdie. Did anybody think about using the kitchen stool? Why didn't I think of that? Because you're not as smart as birdie That's a risky thing to say before Santa Claus comes. Hey, excuse me. I beg your pardon. I'm sorry. I'll get the stool He's on good behavior today birdie. Yes, sir. You think we have enough lights strung on the tree Oh, yes, sir. I wouldn't change a thing If I It's too bad miss margin. Mr. Bronco ain't here this time. Yeah, but they'll just miss it. That's all They're tough luck. No mail from them this morning. No, they're not thinking about us Well, I'm a little surprised that we haven't even had a card from them Well, birdie better get back to her kitchen. Just cause there's only three of us birdie's not gonna go slow down King birdie I Guess you'll have to birdie. I'm up in the tree Eggman modernist Cooley Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. I came to the front door because I'm not here on business. Hello birdie Come in Cooley. Merry Christmas Thank you. I brought something for your tree. Hello Leroy. Hi. I find it pays to remember my customers this time of year Hello customer gilder sleeve Oh, hello, mr. Cooley, that's very nice of you. What did you bring? Leroy, it isn't like to ask. Well, that's all right. I brought the water commissioner an egg poacher an egg poacher That's nice. I always give a lot of thought to my Christmas presents Well, thank you very much. Now. Let's see what we have for mr. Cooley. What are you gonna give him a gallon of water? I You'll have to come up with something besides water on the farm. We have our own well birdie Where is our gift for mr. Cooley? Here it is. Mr. Cooley. Well, thank you I'd better get back and look at that oven the card says do not open until Christmas. It's a necktie Well, he told us about the egg poacher Glad you told me Leroy. I wouldn't like to lie awake tonight wondering about it Well, I'll take my loot and go home. You'll have a nice holiday Cooley. Thank you, sir I suppose you're expecting all the family over for Christmas Well, Marjorie and her family are out of town this year. It'll just be Leroy and me. Yeah We're gonna have a ball. I'll betcha. It's too bad. You won't have all your family together We're having a house full. Yeah, that's nice All of my folks will be there and they'll be mrs. Cooley's sister from Kalamazoo and her brother from the Chicago Zoo Oh No kidding he works there Well, if you get a little lonesome mr. Gillers leave bring Leroy out to our house. Well, thanks, mr. Cooley, but we'll be fine Yeah, who's gonna be lonesome? Merry Christmas Merry Christmas. Yeah Well, you know, I guess the tree is ready Why does everybody feel they have to have a lot of people around just because it's Christmas? I haven't the vaguest idea. I guess they're just not as self-sufficient as we are. That's all I Don't know anybody who's gonna have a nicer Christmas. Do you heck? No, that's what I've been telling myself Right. Yeah, right Remember when there were so many of us it took all Christmas morning to open our presents. Yeah, I remember it well But this time it'll be different. I can open a present. You can open a present Heck, we'll have all that stuff over within half an hour I Suppose it would be nice though to see Marjorie in Broncos. Yeah But if they were here with the twins and the in-laws, what a clam bake. Yeah, Christmas is no time to bake clams Yeah, what are we laughing at? I don't know Much of a Christmas for Leroy Well, I'll drop in the pv's and get an extra surprise for you Hello, Mr. TV. Hello, Mr. Guilnessy Merry Christmas. Oh you marry Christmas. What can I do for you today? TV? What Christmas presents do you have left? Yeah, I'm just about cleaned out Say you don't have much do you? Christmas business was so good. I dipped into some of my leftover Easter star I Really I took the cotton tail off the bunny rabbit put it on his chin and sold it for Santa Claus You didn't you know where I could what color rabbit do you want? No, no, I'm looking for a gift for Leroy. I thought you'd already bought him a bike and football and new skates Yes, but this is a bonus gift. It's something to fill his stocking. Yeah, and what about a chocolate moutain milk? No, pv. I'm looking for something unusual. That's pretty unusual Yes, yes pv come up with an idea well, I presented Mrs. Pee-Bee with a rather unusual gift this year We did I gave her a train ticket back to her mother I Wanted to spend part of the holidays back there. Oh, I see then we're giving our parents some canary seed for Christmas But that wouldn't do for Leroy Well, I see I'm getting nowhere here PD. Let's do this leave in the spirit of Christmas I'd suggest that you try to find something at Hogan brothers You're not even gonna try to sell me. No right now. I'm trying to do is to get you out of the store What I want to lock up for an hour and go here the craft car says you all say they're singing around the community Christmas tree in the square I'm here to tell you I just may go down there and help my little jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride in the one horse open sleigh My goodness pv, you're the one who should eat the canary seed Hogan brothers is booming I think I'll look in the sporting goods department. Well, I George. I'll find something to brighten Leroy's Christmas I can get to the counter in this crowd. It pardon me madam miss coming through He watched that umbrella lady Hmm. I was almost shish kabob What a time one at a time I've been waiting. Oh, no, you haven't I saw you push through the crowd pushy Oh See here, I'm the water commissioner and I'd like to see something nice for a boy. How about a girl? Smart alec, why don't you just look around in a moment? I'll be glad to help you But would you like a gift wrap madam? Yeah, now? Let's see. There's some basketballs punching bag Table tennis. Yes, young man. I'd like to buy this fishing rod. Well, I'm afraid that rod isn't for a boy Well, that's Leroy. I don't want it for a boy. I want it for my uncle Oh That rod is quite expensive. That's okay. My uncle isn't gonna have much of a Christmas I've got to cheer him up. Well, this you do it. What a boy. Let me see how much I got now one dollar two dollars Leroy Spending his pennies on me. I guess I don't have enough. Oh, we have some cheaper one Leroy Excuse me, there's a lady at the end of the counter waiting some money at me. What are you doing here? Well, I might ask you the same thing. I asked you first Leroy, I know why you're here. I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the clerk Where were you? Yeah, I was looking at the punching bags How about having lunch on me? I'm loaded loaded No lunches on me my boy. Come on. We'll shop later You bet nothing like Carol's at Christmas. So wonder he isn't up on it Yeah, and there's dr. Petty born with his boy home from school Everybody's here except Margin Bronco Stiff upper lip Leroy. Well You're gonna sing again. He will be right back Well Christmas is so close the bells. You just heard might very well be Santa's sleigh bells But before that jolly fellow comes to you This is John Heaston on behalf of all the folks at craft Wishing each and every one of you the merriest jolliest Christmas of them all Well, the great Gilda sleeve and Leroy are facing a situation They've never before had to face an empty house at Christmas time Each is trying to give the other the best possible Christmas and the water commissioner is sure he has come up with the right answer Birdie yes, sir Leroy isn't home is he no sir. Oh good What you got there miss kill see more presents for Leroy more presents Yeah, open the closet door. Will you birdie the closet's full? You better dump them here in the den and lock the door Good idea Watch it birdie. Oh, just look at that. What'd you do buy off the store? Yeah, I'm just about yes Oh, Leroy We better get out of here and lock the door He's made two trips Leroy no word for Marjorie and Bronco, huh? Nothing so far. Of course, you know how the meal is a Christmas. Yeah, that boy needs cheering up Leroy, yeah, I suppose you noticed I locked the den door. No, I didn't Well, I did and don't try to find out why I locked it. Okay Aren't you curious well, I guess it's something you don't want me to see Piggies, I suppose so unless you want to stay here with birdie and me Well, I haven't a swell time down to piggies. They got a house full Long Goodbye my boy by Leroy He doesn't seem very interested in his gifts birdie. No sir You got out of the house and hurry Mr. Gills me Leroy wants to be where there's something going on Well, perhaps I should invite some people over for Christmas. Now you're talking George why haven't I thought of this before? Why don't I ask my girlfriend? You bet her family isn't here and there's PV. He said Mrs. PV was going away for the holidays all Leroy likes Mr P. He sure will have a crowd here. Yes, yeah, I'll get busy right away. Yes, very Christmas birdie This is a great idea And this wish it was working Miss Tuttle would be out of town visiting relatives. Oh, well, it'd be a lot of fun to have old PV Oh Did you find something for Leroy at Hogan Brothers? Oh a few things PV, but Leroy and I want you for Christmas You want me gift wrapped or can Santa Claus just drop me down the gym Yeah, PV, we want you to come over and spend the day enjoy our Christmas with us Well, I appreciate the invitation. Mr. Gills leave, but I I've decided to go with Mrs. PV to see her family Oh, Mrs. PV and I wouldn't enjoy spending Christmas apart. Oh, I see. I'm sorry your family can't be together this year Excuse me, Mr. Gills leave. I'll wait on little Mrs. Potter. Oh, she's still buying every pretty pill she sees Hey, just about Merry Christmas, Mr. PV. Thank you. The same to you Merry Christmas, Mrs. Potter. Merry Christmas. Who is that? It's Commissioner Gildersley. Oh, it's you, sonny. I didn't recognize you My glasses are all fogged up, but you're coming through now Well, good Mr. PV, I'm still looking for a gift for a friend of mine. You don't change. She's so hard to buy for She's never ill Of course, this is the mustard plaster season So it is. If she doesn't use them this year mustard plaster keep well Well, it is something she could wear if she's lucky enough But then she couldn't show off my gift Mrs. Potter, have you thought of a nice atomizer? That's a thought. I Take one, Mr. PV. If you put a gaily colored gargle in it Well, I have several suitable shades red green lavender. I take the red. It's Christmas, you know I'll cast them ribbon on. See, Leroy likes Mrs. Potter. She might come over Mrs. Potter. Yes, honey. How about coming over and spending Christmas day with Leroy and me? We've got a big tree. We'll have a lot of fun. Oh, Mr. Gildersley It's nice of you to think of me and I know I'd enjoy it. Yeah But I'm spoken for The party I'm buying the atomizer for invited me and I couldn't miss that her husband's a doctor Well, sorry, you can't be with us Oh, would you I want to hurry back to the square to see the rest of the Christmas program Oh, did you hear the craft core stirs, Mrs. Potter? Oh, yes And did you see the magician dressed like Santa Claus? No, no, I missed him. He kept making things disappear in his beard Yes, I noticed that he ate lunch in here He's so clever. Yeah, he is Mr. Gildersley, he's the same fellow we hired for the YMCA kids picnic. Oh, Leroy didn't get to go to that Say Leroy likes magicians. I wonder if I could hire him to entertain Leroy tomorrow I bet if you show him $20, he'll make it disappear Why George anything for Leroy? Like a beautiful Christmas morning You better get downstairs and see what Leroy's up to Don't think I'll tell him a magician's coming. I'll surprise him. You do whooping and hollering I only went up Why George, this is the first Christmas I can remember that I've been awake for the kitties Kitty What's the matter with that boy? Leroy? Leroy get up confounded. It's Christmas No matter plug in the tree lights. I could look cheerful in here. You wonder why they always put light sockets behind couches Yeah there Martinous guilty. Good morning, birdie. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Where's Leroy? He's on the way down. I Had to wake him up birdie. That ain't like Leroy Yeah, this isn't like our usual Christmas. No, sir. Hurry up Leroy We've been waiting for you my boy Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, honk. Merry Christmas Leroy. Merry Christmas, birdie Yeah, now I'll be Santa Claus and distribute the gifts. Okay Leroy do you want to be the first and open that big package? I know what's in it. I can see the bike pedals sticking through the paper Is that all you have to say? Oh, sorry young thanks Birdie here's something for you. Thank you, sir. What's in here? Leroy what you suppose I got? I don't know Well, I'll move some of these packages so I can get under the tree Oh, be careful of the one on top on it's a music box. I got it for the twins Yeah, I'll I'll be careful Who dropped it? You're sorry to play Maybe I better unwrap it and cut it off. Oh, that's so pretty. Why don't you let it run down? What a play on that silent night Sure is silent around here this Christmas. No, Birdie Sure miss miss margin them little twins Wonder what they're doing this morning. You know, let's not let it spoil our Christmas The fine is just beginning Oh, we kidding onk. This isn't Christmas well Just doesn't seem like it because we're alone. I mean Little family isn't all together Yeah, here's another package for you birdie. Yeah, and a big box for Leroy. Let's put it by the bike. Oh My goodness, I sure wish the twins was home to hear that music box. Please buddy. Let's not dwell on the subject I'm not dwelling on it. I'm just wishing they was here. Oh Oh You know birdie last Christmas the twins were riding me piggyback. They sure were Calling the uncle Leroy There's never kid my age who's lucky enough to be an uncle a lot of good. That's doing us today. Yeah Shall we open more presents? Oh, mr. Guilty. It ain't just getting presents It's one to give them and being with people you want to give them, too No, that's true buddy, but that's Christmas and this ain't it No, I'm birdie Wait a minute This isn't all there is to Christmas. I have a surprise coming. Yeah, what is it? Yeah, I'll give you a hint my boy. You know how you've always liked magic magic. You mean I'm getting a magician's kid No, no, you just wait and see you like this. I'll go the door. You know nobody I'll get it I think it's my surprise That magician couldn't have come at a better time Merry Christmas, Mr. Gillis leaves Marjorie Bronco Hi, Bob, come on in Linda Merry Christmas Linda Bless you my dear Come on, I'll give you a horseback Christmas say where's Ronnie. Oh, he's still sleeping in the car. I'll get him in a minute. Mr. Gillis leave you're looking bigger and better all the time. Well, thank you, Bronco, especially bigger Great to see you folks. Oh, wonky. We wouldn't think of spending Christmas away from home. Oh miss Margie All of you sure I'm looking well. Oh, thanks, Bertie. Well, bye George. Let's all go in and gather around Yeah, we have some presents to put on Yes, my boy you sure figured out a swell surprise me couldn't be better. Well No, I have to Bertie Now how do I make a magician disappear Here I am mr. Gilda sleep with my bag of tricks. Yeah, well, here's your money. Why don't you take the day off? You mean it you bet? Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Just a little Christmas magic my boy The fine craft coral group the gilda sleep family and our friends wish you all a very merry Christmas Great gilda sleep was presented tonight transcribed Tonight play you bet your life