A Vision of Sugar Plums

It's not a favorite of mine either. It's okay and I like Billy Mumy. I thought he was such a cute kid. But it's not a "must see" episode for me. Like you, I usually just watch it as part of my holiday viewing.

I did think it was nice that Abner and Gladys wanted to take in an orphan for the holidays. it added a dimension to them. I've often imagined my own backstory about why Gladys was such a snoop. She wanted to have a family and she and Abner tried but had no luck. So over the years, with all that extra time on her hands, she became neurotic and nosy. She became overly involved in other people's lives.

There is one funny moment when Gladys says that she's never been a mother before and Abner tells her not to get any ideas! lol

It isn't my favorite either. But I do like that they show Samantha and company flying off into the night on her broom. Yeah by today's standards that special effect might be cheesy, hell it might have even been cheesy when it came out that first season...I wasn't born then to know. But I do like that scene.