Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956)
This Christmas-themed fund-raising special highlights the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the need for charitable intervention, particularly for the many refugees fleeing the Hungarian People's Republic. Host John Daly introduces Vice-President Richard Nixon, who discusses his recent trip to the Hungary-Austria border and his encounters with the people, whose revolt against the government has exposed the "gigantic failure of Communism.
Annoyed at not being invited to his apartment building's Christmas party, Mr. Appopolus forbids all Christmas festivities in Ruth's and Eileen's building.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1960
12/14/1960
Approved
TV Series Episode 30 minutes
A
After the Scrooge like CEO of Reilly Enterprises (Flora Reilly) refuses to sign the Holiday bonus checks for all her employees, she is knocked unconscious by a falling Christmas tree. Later, she is visited by three ghosts who show how her miserable life will end if she does not change her evil ways.