Better not pout, better not cry... guess who's coming to town?
- "This is all very well, but do any of you realise how near we are to Christmas?" - Grandma Tracy"
December 2067: Grandma's right - Christmas is coming to Tracy Island! As the tropical sun shines, Scott and Tin-Tin take off for the mainland, to do the family's Christmas shopping (and it's a long list). In the Tracy Villa kitchen, Grandma and Kyrano are teaming up on preparations for a big Christmas dinner (even Brains pitches in!); while, elsewhere, Jeff is working on Christmas cards, and Virgil, Gordon and Alan are busy hanging decorations and wrapping presents.
Brains seems up to something, though; and for a mysterious reason known only to him, he's sequestered himself in his laboratory...
Publicity Stunt[]
In conjunction with Harman's Department Store, the directors of Coralville Children's Hospital arrange to drop a special container full of presents, launched by rocket from the roof of Harman's in New York - a publicity stunt which benefits everybody. International Rescue agrees to provide a special Christmas gift for one of the Coralville children...
A Special Guest - and a Special Surprise...[]
The invitation is placed inside one of the Harman's gift boxes, by Toy Packer Tanner; and the lucky winner, Nicky, is flown to Tracy Island by Virgil, aboard Thunderbird 2. He joins the family's other special Christmas guest, Lady Penelope.
"Santa" Jeff allows young Nicky to watch the launch of Thunderbird 3; and, at last, Brains reveals his special party piece: snow falling on Tracy Island!
Trivia[]
- Although unremarked-upon in this episode, it's been noted elsewhere that Lady Penelope's birthday falls on December 24 (Christmas Eve).