What happens
The Harris children are eager for Christmas and hope to see Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Phil and Alice look for someone to play Santa, and a string of friends and acquaintances offer their help, each with some comic trouble along the way. Phil Harris and Alice Faye star in this 1948 NBC episode of The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show, first broadcast on December 19, 1948. Jack Benny appears as a guest. The episode is a lighthearted holiday comedy built around the family's Christmas preparations and the search for a Santa.
The Harris home at Christmastime, with a Christmas tree, a fireplace and the children's bedrooms upstairs
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie, Curly, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Julius
Listen for: Phil and Alice searching for someone to play Santa Claus, and the children's reactions when the visitor arrives
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.