What happens
Lou Costello spends his money on Christmas gifts for his girlfriend Ruby Pulkew, and Bud Abbott questions how he can afford it. Lou keeps asking Bud for loans, and the two bicker about the debts that build up between them. Lou then heads downtown with Bud to shop, and they visit a department store and a pet shop along the way. The episode is part of the Abbott and Costello series, which aired on NBC and ABC on December 14, 1944, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, with Connie Haines also appearing. The story centres on their attempts to find the right present for Ruby.
Christmas season, shopping in a city with a department store, pet shop and streetcar
Characters: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Ruby Pulkew, Sebastian, Betty
Listen for: Lou's attempts to borrow money from Bud and the department store shopping sequence
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.