This Day in Jack Benny
This Day in Jack Benny
John Henderson
Trimming the Christmas Tree
33 minutes Posted Dec 24, 2025 at 4:09 am.
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December 24, 1944 - Jack Benny has some trouble while trying to decorate his Christmas tree in this Christmas Eve episode. Plus Jack gives a heartfelt Christmas speech to those fighting in the war.

References include the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas", the author Mark Twain, inventors Thomas Edison and Robert Fulton, and the movie "Hollywood Canteen".