 | Ed Jurist Directed by |
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Airdate: Dec. 21, 1967
Originally Sponsored by Quaker Oats
Guest cast: Charles Lane as Mortimer, Don Beddoe as Santa
Claus, Martin Ashe as Hawkins, Rosalyn Burbage as Margaret.
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Darrin plans to decorate the tree on Christmas Eve with Samantha. At the office he finds Larry with a new client, J.W.
Mortimer, of Mortimer's Instant Soups, who loves only his
soups and his clocks. Mortimer, who hates Christmas, insists
that they work out the campaign at his house. When Darrin
leaves, because it is Christmas Eve, Mortimer threatens to take
his account to another agency. Later, when Darrin is home
asleep, Samantha nose-twitches herself into Mortimer's bedroom and takes him to meet Santa Claus at the North Pole.
Forcing him to help Santa pack, Samantha warns him to be
careful with a unique Betsy Brusily doll (changed to Suzy Bruisey in the actual show). Samantha, Mortimer
and Santa ride in the sleigh to the home of Hawkins, Mortimer's
old butler, who has had to sneak out to play with his grandson
Jamie. When Hawkins' daughter calls Mortimer a skinflint, the
butler defends him as a lonely old man. When Samantha returns
Mortimer to his mansion, he can't understand what has happened. In the morning, Mortimer arrives at the Stephens' with
a case of his soups for a Christmas present and accepts an invitation to dinner. Samantha freezes everyone when Santa comes
down the chimney and gives Tabitha the Betsy Brusily doll.
Later, Mortimer doesn't know why he recognizes the doll.
Samantha smiles at him and wishes him a Merry Christmas.