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Frustrated by Santa's slowness at Christmastime, Muckle the elf creates a mechanical replacement called the Deliverator and proposes a series of contests to prove that it can do Santa's job better than he can.

Mandy and James investigate reports that a campsite where riding stables once stood is haunted by a ghostly horse and rider.

Captain Barnacle Black Ear, baddest of the Buccaneer Bunnies, is ashamed of his book-loving son, Henry, until the day a great storm approaches.

Harry's legacy from his great-uncle, a talking parrot, proves to be a much more exciting gift than he ever imagined.

When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger.

Children plant pumpkin seeds, water and weed the garden patch, watch the pumpkins grow, pick them, and enjoy them in various ways.

Harold the dog and Chester the cat try to figure out why Howie the puppy dreads the arrival of Santa Claus.

When Franklin tries to decide which present he should give to the toy drive at school, he thinks that all his toys are too special to give away, but he soon realizes that none of them are special enough.

Franklin's favorite blanket is missing. He searches everywhere because he can't sleep without it.