Guests: McGuire Sisters, Burr Tillstrom (Kukla and Ollie), Marquis Chimps.
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis DaPron Dancers.
Announcer Frank Gallop.
Highlights:
Perry opens with a medley of Christmas songs including "Home For the Holidays", "Jingle Bells", "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" followed by the "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Christmas Polka", "Silver Bells", "Happy Holiday".
Perry helps Kukla and Ollie decorate their bedraggled Christmas Tree.
Marquis Chimps cavort for the kids.
The McGuire Sisters do "Sugartime", "Me and My Shadow".
Perry and The McGuire Sisters singns "Joy to the World", "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" & "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
Perry reads "The Story of the First Christmas" incliding some Christmas carols:
O Little Town of Bethlehem;
Come, Come, Come to the Manger
The First Noël
O Come All Ye Faithful;
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Silent Night
Perry introduces cast's children.
Perry closed show with "Ave Maria".
