The Captain is playing Santa for the Kids, while his old
nemesis Long John and his henchmen plan to rob him up and take all the presents
for the boys. But the band of would be
robbers make a mess of the whole scheme.
When John does get in the house by accident he is dazed from
a fall down the chimney and quickly reverts to being a big kid, playing with
the toys he had intended to steal. While playing with the toys things get out of hand and he winds up
breaking them all, leaving the kids in tears.
Confronted by the heartbroken boys; as well as his
conscience; he sets out to replace the gifts by singing Christmas Carols with
his gang. They sing so poorly at first that people throw things at them to stop.
But with a little effort they wind up singing beautifully and the people wind
up throwing presents at them instead.
Gathering the gifts up in the sleigh the band of pirates then
return to the scene of the “crime” in the true Christmas spirit, delighting the
boys and assuaging John’s guilt. In the end all works out well and Christmas is
saved.
There were only 15 Captain
and the Kids cartoons made. This one was released in theaters on December 17,
1938.
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