. . . Open up, comrades. It is Santa Karl! . . .

[Description by Uncle Ricky]

This Traditional Christmas Show features the late John Belushi, who appears several times, including a rousing finale. We can't possibly identify all the voices, but the ongoing gag is Christmas Around The World, where Miss Joan takes the children on an imaginary flight to Great Britain and Germany before the plane is hijacked. We hear a cut from The First Family, the animals talk on Christmas Eve, Santa has a warning for bad little kids, The National Lampoontones have a song and so does Howdy Doody. The hilarious cold-war send-up of Christmas In Russia may be the funniest skit.

Remember, chickens get headaches, an Irish Christmas isn't all fun and games, and, to all, a very painless Marxmas, and have a New Year.