An Al McWhiggin Christmas Carol

An Al McWhiggin Christmas Carol is the 31st-34th episode of The Al McWhiggin Show. The episode is based on the classic Christmas story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Plot
The episode opens up with Al McWhiggin yelling at Gilligan for messing with the thermostat. Gilligan tried to tell him that he's too cold, and the customers were complaining about the store getting cold. Al didn't care. He met a woman from the orphanage who asked him to donate some money for the orphans, but Al refuses. He soon met Tommy Solomon, where he is having a Christmas party. He asked Al if he's interested, but Al turn down the offer. Later, Al and Gilligan close the store for the night, where Al says "I'll see you to work tomorrow." But Gilligan beg him to give him the day off, so he can spend some time with his family, in which Al change his opinion.

At night, he is visited by the ghost of P.T. Boomer, where he told him that he's deceive with his own cold heart, and being let down the garden path, and had no Christmas spirit. He told him that he'll be visited by 3 ghosts, and will teaching the true meaning of Christmas.

Al met the Ghost of Christmas Past, where he shows him his childhood, and where he first met his girlfriend. He also took him to the day he lost his Christmas spirit, and the day he broke up with his girlfriend.

Al then met the Ghost of Christmas Present, where he took him to Tommy Solomon's party, where he heard that a lot of people hated him. He then saw Gilligan's family, where they are broke, and have no money to buy presents for Sid, and not enough to paid his medical insurance. Al learned that Sid will die soon if he don't pay his employee.

Al met the Ghost of Christmas Future, where he shows him what happens. Al learned that Sid died due to his illness, and he died as well, and lost everything, his home, and his store, because he has no heir to run his business. Al promise that he'll do any to prevent this incident from ever happening.

Al woke up the next day, and he asked Ken to get a hold of Gilligan, and his family so he can apologize to him. He promised Gilligan to pay him every Friday to help his son.

The episode ends with Sid quoting the famous line from the book, "God bless us, everyone."

Trivia

 * A director's cut was made the following Christmas, which has some minor edits, and includes an opening credits.
 * Al corrects P.T. Boomer about being let down the "Primrose path" is a reference to a mistake that GWR Studios pointed out in Goofs Found In The Polar Express.