Seven year old Tommy Becker, who lives at Westridge Orphanage, is happy to spend Christmas with Gladys and Abner Kravitz. Ten-year-old Michael, also an orphan, derides Tommy's belief in Santa Claus. When Samantha and Darrin bring him home for the holidays, their efforts to get Michael to share in the festivities of the season fail.

The Stephens' hire a maid named Naomi who turns out to be a major klutz.