Harry Duck is reluctant to play the drummer boy in a Christmas nativity until Sally Duck and Burly Bear give him an important lesson about the real meaning of Christmas. Harry learns that the greatest Christmas gift he could ever receive was already paid for and could never be purchased with all the riches in the world. This gift was delivered to earth long ago wrapped in swaddling clothes-not pretty paper and bows-then it was placed in a humble manger-not under a tree. A gift so valuable and so precious that is meant for everyone to open.