Broken Aesop: The dead boy's father storms over to the friend's house, wanting a piece of (at least) the friend's father. However, he shows mercy and relents when he sees how devastated and remorseful the friend and his family are, and decides to give him the presents the dead boy would have gotten.
Christmas Episode: One of two during the original 1950s run, adapted from the original 1949 radio script (which was re-acted and repeated during the Christmas season during the radio run). For some reason, never re-adapted in the 1960s version (although had the show continued into the 1970s, a script would have likely been adapted for the times).
The original TV version was repeated – often alternated with "The Big Baby Jesus" after 1953 – during the holiday season during the 1950s NBC run. In syndication, many stations would pull both holiday episodes from the production order and hold them for airing as close to Christmas Day as possible.
Broken Aesop: The dead boy's father storms over to the friend's house, wanting a piece of (at least) the friend's father. However, he shows mercy and relents when he sees how devastated and remorseful the friend and his family are, and decides to give him the presents the dead boy would have gotten.