Scrooge has never forgiven the elopement of his daughter Nell with Jack, even though the couple have been happily and prosperously married for a year. But even Scrooge's heart relents when he hears from Sis that there is "a grand new baby" at the young folks' house. Sis should have said "a new baby grand," for that is what her lover, Bill the butler at Jack's home, told her. When the older folks arrive at Jack's house, laden with toys, and there is no baby in sight, Sis attempts to get a substitute Infant, and that makes matters worse, especially since the substitute is Mammy Johnson's pickaninny.