Part of the Wilkinson collection, this film features the Wilkinson family in the lead up to Christmas and on the day itself: putting up decorations, receiving presents and showing what they have to eat. Mrs Wilkinson provides a commentary. The film begins in the family front room where David and John are hanging things on a small Christmas tree. David puts up balloons and other decorations. Next they are outside carol singing, before they put out their pillow cases with notes on and lay...

Part of the Wilkinson collection, this film features the Wilkinson family in the lead up to Christmas and on the day itself: putting up decorations, receiving presents and showing what they have to eat. Mrs Wilkinson provides a commentary. The film begins in the family front room where David and John are hanging things on a small Christmas tree. David puts up balloons and other decorations. Next they are outside carol singing, before they put out their pillow cases with notes on and lay them in front of the fire. The clock shows midnight, and their father, dressed as Father Christmas, places presents into their pillow cases. He then eats the mince pie placed on the fireplace. The clock then shows 7.30 and the two boys are up and dressed. They then get busy unwrapping their presents. Among the presents are a fort with soldiers, a model airplane and a watch each. The next door neighbours and relatives are also there. The two boys sit at the dining table pulling crackers, with the TV on in the background, needing the vertical hold adjusting, showing Pinky and Perky. Having had Yorkshire pudding first, dad then carves the turkey. Mother then dishes herself out some Christmas pudding. The two boys wake their sleeping father using party blowers, and the family sit around for tea, with a big Christmas cake and trifle (the teapot was made at the firm where John Wilkinson worked, Brahmers), and the film ends showing the table full of teatime food.