Professor Pringle speaks with a man who drops the ball on New Year's Eve and discovers the perils of trial and error in coming up with a holiday tradition, why America is falling behind in the international ball dropping race, and just how much fun it is to lower a ball at the stroke of midnight.

Professor Pringle learns about deer goo, smoked cheese and bough mites, when he interviews a man who makes Christmas decorations, a sausage slinger in a mall kiosk, and a Christmas tree salesman, in this holiday special.

An actor who has played the role of Scrooge in a local production of A Christmas Carol for 67 years, enlightens Professor Pringle about the cuckolding subtext of the tale, the difficulty of finding a Tiny Tim who can survive the show's run, and the trick to doing the play nude.

A professional gift wrapper gives Professor Pringle insight on how to wrap cars, swords, puppies and genitalia.