What happens
George Burns and Gracie Allen receive a costly smoking jacket from their friend Eddie Cantor, along with an erector set and other odd Christmas gifts that set off a chain of mix-ups. George tries to build a steam shovel with his new set while Gracie becomes increasingly anxious about the jacket's price tag. The couple's mishaps grow as they try to sort out the gifts and keep up appearances. This episode of the Burns and Allen radio series first aired on December 26, 1946, on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.
The Burns home shortly after Christmas
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Eddie Cantor, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Listen for: Gracie's attempts to explain the smoking jacket's price tag and the confusion over the erector set
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.