What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve prepares for Christmas Eve at his house, where his niece Marjorie and nephew Leroy await gifts. Bronco, Marjorie's suitor, visits, and Gildersleeve privately considers giving Marjorie his late mother's diamond ring. Gildersleeve, Bertie and Peavey discuss the gift while Marjorie seems to be hiding a surprise of her own. Later, at a holiday concert, Gildersleeve shows the ring to friends, and as the family gathers at home, Bronco asks Gildersleeve for permission to marry Marjorie. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series; this episode aired on NBC on December 21, 1949, starring Harold Peary, with Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Gildersleeve's house and Summerfield's high school auditorium on Christmas Eve, Summerfield
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Marjorie, Leroy, Bronco, Bertie, Peavey, Catherine Milford, Judge Hooker
Listen for: Gildersleeve's reaction when Bronco asks for Marjorie's hand in marriage
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.