Drafted

This episode aired on Christmas Eve of 1951. At the end of the episode there was a tag scene in which the four regulars are dressed as Santa Claus bringing presents into the Ricardo's apartment to put under their Christmas tree. The four have a hardy laugh that they all thought of the same idea to dress up as Santa and decided to sing Jingle Bells. During the song the foursome dance around the Christmas tree and when they come out in front of it they notice it's five of them not four. After the foursome pull of their beards to reveal themselves they turn to the fifth Santa and tug his beard. That Santa gives a yelp and then disappears into thin air. The foursome embrace each other and look at the camera wishing everybody a Merry Christmas. This act would be repeated in the season six Christmas episode in 1956. This tag was not rebroadcast for syndication.

Ricky received a letter from the War Department. It had already been changed to the Department of Defense four years earlier when this originally aired.

When episode #1.11 "Drafted" first aired on Christmas Eve 1951, the show included a short Christmas Tag Scene (running just over 3 mins) which has been cut from all subsequent reruns. The Tag Scene featured the four stars dressed up as Santa Claus singing "Jingle Bells" around a Christmas tree. This scene has been restored for the DVD release of "I Love Lucy".

Edited into I Love Lucy: Lucy's Show-Biz Swan Song (1952)