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A Christmas Story: 1777

A Christmas Story: 1777, The Red Ske lton Hour – a different Christmas special, with two funny sketches, and a very serious Christmas at Valley Forge

Freddie the Freeloader finds the Christmas urchin outside his shack

A Christmas Urchin

One Christmas, Freddie the Freeloader finds A Christmas Urchin outside his shack in the city dump. She’s looking for a father for Christmas … Can Freddie provide a Christmas miracle?

Freddie the Freeloader and Greer Garson toast each other a Merry Christmas

The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas SpiritThe Red Skelton Hour season 16, with Greer Garson. Originally aired December 20, 1966

The Christmas Spirit – can Freddie the Freeloader put on his annual Christmas benefit for the orphans with Greer Garson? Or will the villains shut down her theater?

The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970 with Leslie Nielsen

Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970

The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970 with Leslie Nielsen, originally aired December 21, 1970 – season 20

In The Red Skelton Christmas Show 1970, Freddie the Freeloader wants to put on a Christmas show for the orphans. If he can raise the money, and if he can find performers. Can kindly Officer Ryan (Leslie Nielsen) help?

The Unwanted Christmas Tree - The Red Skelton Show, season 4 - originally aired December 21, 1954

The Unwanted Christmas Tree

The Unwanted Christmas TreeThe Red Skelton Show, season 4 – originally aired December 21, 1954

In The Unwanted Christmas Tree Red Skelton tells a holiday story to his wife, Georgia, and children, Valentina and Richard. In it, “Chester” is working for a miserly man selling Christmas trees, and takes a sad little tree to a club for young boys. Then …

Freddie the Freeloader trying to con Santa Claus in "Christmas"

Christmas 1952

ChristmasThe Red Skelton Show, season 2

Christmas is a funny, sweet, and fast-paced episode of The Red Skelton Show. It’s Christmas-themed, with appearances by Red, Clem Kadidddlehopper, and Freddie the Freeloader. It’s frankly hard to believe they squeezed this much comedy in only 30 minutes! Enjoy!

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll - The Red Skelton Show with Cara Williams, season 11

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll [The Red Skelton Hour]

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll – The Red Skelton Show with Cara Williams, season 11

Freddie and the Yuletide Doll – lonely on Christmas, Freddie fantasizes that an abandoned rag come comes to life as his companion. A sweet, and bittersweet, Christmas episode.

The Cop and the Anthem - The Red Skelton Show season 4, originally aired December 21, 1954

The Cop and the Anthem

The Cop and the Anthem – The Red Skelton Show season 4, originally aired December 21, 1954

The Cop and the Anthem” is based on a famous story by O. Henry, with Red Skelton‘s Freddie the Freeloader trying unsuccessfully to get arrested, in order to have a warm place to spend the winter. “30 days hath September, April, June, and Freddie the Freeloader!”

The Skelton at Home - The Red Skelton Show Christmas special, 1941

The Skeltons at Home [Red Skelton Show]

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The Skeltons at Home, The Red Skelton Show season 1, originally aired December 23, 1951

The Skeltons at Home is a classic episode of The Red Skelton Show. Various of Red Skelton’s most famous characters (including Clem Kadiddlehopper, Cauliflower McPugg, the inebriated Willie Lump-Lump, and the cowboy Deadeye) visit the Skelton family on Christmas Eve. They all interact with the Skelton’s “maid”, Shirley Mitchell. “Nice to meet you, Tiny Tim.” It ends with a boy’s choir singing Christmas carols and Red Skelton giving his Christmas wishes.