The Danfield Womens Volunteer Fire Fighters do the play Cleopatra for their annual thearter group play. Lucy gets cast as Cleopatra and no man in town wants to be in the play, except for the director who plays Caesar, Viv ends up playing Anthony and the show is interupted by a fire in another part of town.

Lucy Carmichael's 1st Christmas in California. Part 1 has Lucy expressing determination not to spend too much on presents & Christmas tree in a typical tete a tete with a dubious Mr. Mooney. She succeeds in mixing up all of Mr. Mooney's gift tags for his wrapped Christmas presents. Part 2 takes place as Lucy shops for a Christmas tree withe the scene ending with Lucy knocking lots of the inventory over with her new large tree. Part 3 has her recruit Mr. Mooney to sing bass with the children's choir at a charity event at the bank.