Episode 54 of "7th Heaven"
s03e10 Here Comes Santa Claus
Title: Here Comes Santa Claus
Original Air Date: 12/14/1998 on WB
Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum
Writer: Chris Olsen, Jeff Olsen
Guest Stars: Anna Maria Horsford (Joyce), Ruth Buzzi (Telephone Operator), Leslie Lunceford (Girl), Joe Gieb (Joe), Amy Weber (Jenny), Curtis Williams (Boy), Daniel Landsberg (Landsburger), Heath Castor (Heath Castor (uncredited))
Plot Outline:
It's the Christmas season and Eric has his three oldest children doing charity work for the community. Mary and Lucy aren't enthusiastic about the charity work that Eric wants them to do. Mary is working in a soup kitchen while Lucy has to organize auditions for the "Live Nativity" at the church. Meanwhile, Eric has given Matt a well-paid job as Santa Claus at the mall. Also, Simon is in the spirit of wearing his VERY tight candy cane pajamas and wanting to put on lights inside the house since he's not allowed to do it outside alone. As a family ritual, each family member picks a name out of a hat of who to get for Christmas while Eric and Annie cheat. Before going on his family vacation, Jordan accidently gives Lucy a gift that was meant for his uncle's monkey (shoe shine-kit), but was supposed to give her a basketball signed 'I Love You'. Also, Mary meets a a guy, Carlos at the soup kitchen who doesn't have a place to stay for Christmas, so Mary invites him to stay over at their house. Ruthie loses the spirit of Christmas when discovering Matt was a fake Santa Claus at the mall while Simon tries to bring her spirts up. Lastly, the Camden family convinces Carlos to go back to New York on Christmas Eve to be with his family that he has missed.