Burgess Meredith is host. Performers are John Raitt, Jayne P. Morgan, Johnny Desmond, Gene Nelson, Taina Elg, The Four Lads, pianist Loren Hollander, dancers Allegra Kent and Jacques d'Amboise, and the Coast Guard Academy Choir.

Four entertainers perform songs not readily associated with them: Ray Bolger sings and dances 'Slaughter on Tenth Avenue;' clarinetist Benny Goodman plays Carl Maria von Weber's Concerto in E-flat Major; Beatrice Lillie sings ballads in a comic style; and Ethel Merman sings ragtime tunes.

Polly Bergen is the host with singers John Raitt and Barbara Cook, 15-year-old concert pianist Lorin Hollander; the jazz combo Dukes of Dixieland; the barbershop quartet Buffalo Bills; and the Bob Hamilton dance trio.

Ginger Rogers is hostess of this program devoted to the music of Irving Berlin. Guests include John Raitt, Johnny Desmond, Janet Blair, Mindy Carson, the Joe Bushkin Trio, the NORAD Command Band and Chorus. AnnouncerL Mel Brandt.

Henry Fonda hosts a tribute to the late Oscar Hammerstein II.

Martha Scott, opens with a tableau set in a small town in 1909. Townspeople gradually leave their still-frame poses, coming to life to sing holiday tunes. Melissa Hayden, as the Snow Queen, and Jacques D'Amboise, as the Prince, perform the "Snow" pas de deux from "The Nutcracker," with music by Tchaikovsky. The ensemble of singers perform carols in "Grandma's house," followed by a Christmas message from Frederick R. Kappel. A church scene with the Columbus Boychoir singing "Adeste Fideles," "The First Noel," and "Carol of the Bells". Martha Scott reads a biblical passage from Luke. Gianna d'Angelo and the Boychoir close singing "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night".