A I Love Lucy XMas Eve:

(The Ricardos and Mertzes are getting ready for XMas on XMas Eve by decorating the Ricardos living room.)

Lucy: “I just love this time of year. Don’t you Ethel?”

Ethel: “Yes. Too bad I am married to Scrooge.”

(Ricky laughs.)

Lucy: “I keep on thinking I am forgetting something.”

Ricky: “Lucy, you better not forget anything.”

(Ricky goes to put the stocking by the fireplace. Lucy sees this.)

Lucy: “Careful Ricky. I don’t want anything to look lopsided.”

Ricky: “Santa won’t care.”

(Ethel has mistletoe and had it over Fred.)

Ethel: “Do you know what this means?”

Fred: “It means that you are an incurable optimist.”

(Ricky laughs.)

Fred: “I’m just kidding. Merry XMas.”

(Later on at 11p, they are watching TV in the living room.)

(Lucy remembers what she forgot.)

Lucy: “Oh my!”

Ricky: “Wha happened?”

Lucy: “I forgot to tell you that the chimney is clogged.”

Ricky (yells): “WHAT?”

Lucy: “Well now. Remember I’m getting older and starting to forget things.”

Fred: “You are not as old as Ethel.”

Ricky (eerily calm): “Lucy, how is Santa going to get himself down the chimney if it’s clogged?”

Lucy: “Can’t all of us fix it?”

Ricky: “Oh boy!”

Fred: “Let’s do it. Let’s save XMas.”

(After taking a long time to get tools, it is now 11:58p.)

Lucy: “Ricky, use that stick to break it.”

(He does and gets a face full of dirt.)

Ricky: “You may have ruined XMas but you are true to form.”

Lucy: “Did you see any sky?”

Ricky: “No, I din’t.”

Lucy: “You din’t?”

(The putter patter of footsteps are heard.)

Lucy: “Oh no.”

(To be continued.)