The Spirit of Christmas assigns Jeremy Christmas, an elf, to rehabilitate four lazy men--Flash, Rush, Instant, and Sudden--who live on Slipshod Creek. Jeremy is given a magic star that makes him invisible and gives him magic power.; Melvin Mouse takes Holly, Jingle, and Tinsel, the figures on a music box who have come to life, to the Valley of the Small ones to reform a miser, Packard Ratte, who runs the trading post there.; Three neighbors, who are musicians and play together, rescue an elf whose beard is frozen in a creek. In return he grants each of them a wish. The first two wishes are for a house and clothing, which are granted, but the result isn't as satisfying as they hoped.; The story of the writing of the Christmas hymn "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1868. Phillip Brooks wrote the lyrics and Lewis H. Redner set it to music.; Short recap of the life of George Frederick Handel and his writing of "The Messiah" oratorio.; Short history of Christmas songs.