Plot

On Dec. 23, Larry eats some cookies in the kitchen. Turns out those cookies were a nativity scene that Cheryl's religious sister made. Since it's Christmas Eve, too late to get a replacement. Larry finds a live Nativity at a local church.

On December 23, Larry gets up to get a midnight snack and eats some cookies in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, those cookies were a nativity scene that Cheryl's devoutly religious sister was preparing, and now that it's Christmas Eve, it's too late to get a replacement, but Larry goes searching anyway, and finds a Live Nativity at a local church. Has the Grouch saved Cheryl's family's Christmas?—halo1k

Larry begins having problems with his housekeeper Dora (Dyana Ortelli). He is not happy that she is revealing his private information to anyone who calls his house. Dora told Larry's doctor that he was not home and was away to attend the U2 concert. He instructs Dora to just say that "Mr Larry is not home."

Larry visits a doctor about the pubic hair in his throat. The doctor says he can take it out, but that will hurt. Or Larry can swallow it & it will flush in 2-3 days. Larry decides to wait for it to flush by itself. Cheryl invites Becky & her parents' home for the holidays. She wants to do a Christmas tree in the house, While Larry is opposed to it (as he is a Hebrew). Larry says that his God may not be happy with the tree and may feel that Larry is switching.

Larry then has the chore of distributing Christmas tips to everyone. Larry thinks he tipped a waiter at his club twice & asks him for the first tip back. But the waiter insists that he was tipped only once. When Larry is not sure if the person is lying, he starts giving his strange looks, as if trying to make up his mind about the issue. Dora is upset since she thinks that Larry tipped the gardener Carlos (Gary Carlos Cervantes) twice. Cheryl suggests that Larry take Dora for lunch at the club. At lunch, the waiter seems to talk to Dora in Spanish about how Larry heckled him for tipping him twice.

While Susie was away Jeff made a phone call at 2 am to a lady friend. When Susie found the bill, Jeff lied and said that Larry was sleeping over (after a fight with Cheryl) and he made the call. Jeff says that 10 pm is the cut off for platonic friends and any call made after 10 pm is weird. Larry claims to Susie that he called Dora, because she was about to quit as Cheryl was upset with her. Susie says that this is no reason to make a call at 2 am. She is sure that one of Jeff or Larry is lying.

Susie runs into Dora at the club and talks to her about how lovely she is & that she can't figure out why Cheryl was upset with Dora. Dora quits & Cheryl finds that Susie told Dora that Cheryl didn't like her. Cheryl calls Susie & the lies unravel. Cheryl tells Susie that Larry never spent a night at Susie's place. Susie kicks Jeff out of the house.

It's December 23rd, and Larry gets up to get a midnight snack. He eats some cookies in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, those cookies were a nativity scene that Cheryl's devoutly religious sister was preparing, and being Christmas Eve, it's too late to get a replacement. Larry scrambles to find a replacement, which he does in the form of a live nativity scene at a local church. He donates $500 to the church (plus a meal for the group) to get the group to perform at his house for a few hours. The group arrives & Larry comments to the group leader, about the girl's (who is playing Mary), voluptuous body. The group leader is offended and picks a fight with Larry, which dislodges his pubic hair from his throat, just as Cheryl and her parents return home.