In this NBC Christmas Special from 1984, Mr. T plays a street Santa Claus who meets a young boy, played by Emmanuel Lewis of TV's Webster, who doesn't share the spirit of Christmas. Mr. T sets out to change Billy's mind, taking him around the city to FAO Schwartz, where he gets a magic lesson from David Copperfield, and then to Radio City Music Hall, where he listens to Christmas songs sung by Maureen McGovern, imagines himself as one of the toy soldiers in the Rockettes' Christmas Show, meets Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester, and finally is moved to realize the true meaning of Christmas, before being reunited with his parents.
Peggy Fleming hosts world champion and Olympic medalists for a Christmas-themed ice show from Squaw Valley. Robin Cousins skates on an outdoor, alpine surface to "Zip-a-dee Doo Dah" and tunes from Pinocchio. Indoors, Judy Blumberg and Michael Siebert ice dance to a Mary Poppins medley followed by Robin Cousins performing to "March of the Wooden Soldiers". Peggy Fleming is joined by a throng of children for "It's a Small World". Next is a lovely number by Katarina Witt. The cleverest segment of the program is "The 12 Days of Christmas", a Scott Hamilton routine in which he performs a skate maneuver repeatedly for each of the days as it comes up in the lyrics. Back outside, Gary Beacom does fancy footwork to Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Karyn Kadavy floats over the ice to Cinderella's "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes". "White Christmas" is the musical focus for Roslynn Sumners. Scott Hamilton reprises his very popular "Georgia" choreography then segues into Peter Pan's "You Can Fly".
