Shortly before Christmas, Cabot Cove tycoon Alan Forsythe welcomes Charlie Davenport McCumber, fiancé of his daughter Elizabeth, into the family and as the new firm partner, which Bert Lazarus begrudges. Charlie gets an anonymous blackmail tape with a message, from a woman, in his car. Beth finds it and sees him kiss a mystery girl. At a charity raffle, a Santa shoots (but not fatally) Wanda Andrews, who works for the city, with Charlie's gun. Floyd Bigelow reveals he suspects Wanda of embezzling $400,000 from the pension fund. Jessica doubts the obvious and sets a trap to clear Charlie.
—KGF Vissers