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Petri Wine brings you...

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the new adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

The Petrie family, the family that took time to bring you good wine,

invite you to listen to Dr. Watson, tell us another exciting adventure he shared with his old friend, that master detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Well, right about now, you're probably taking a little breather in your last-minute rush

to get everything ready for the big day tomorrow.

Children have to be put to bed to wait for Santa Claus, and there's the tree waiting to be decorated,

and four million and one things which must be done before morning i sure

hope you got all your christmas shopping done it's pretty hectic rushing off at the last minute to

take care of uncle charlie or aunt bertha or cousin sam but if you must get something just remember

that you can always dash over to your wine merchant and get a bottle or two of petri wine.

But better yet, a whole case of petri wine.

Petri wine's a swell gift,

and I just thought a little last-minute suggestion might be of some help. And now I'm sure our good friend Dr. Watson's waiting for us, so let's go in and join him.

Come in, come in, come in.

Oh, there you are, Mr. Bartow.

Oh, say, doctor, I can see you're going to have yourself quite a Christmas. Big tree in the corner with colored lights on it. Where did you get those? Table covered with presents? You must be mighty popular. They aren't all for me, my boy. You see, I'm having a Christmas party tomorrow for my housekeeper's little nieces. Oh. I'm going to dress up as sent a clause for him. Well, I'm sure you look very convincing in the part. Oh, by the way, Doctor, I brought you a little present. Here it is. I hope you'll like it. I know, Mr. Butler, I got one for you, too, here, Summer. Oh, you, you, uh, mustn't open it until tomorrow.

Here, here, I'm a boy. Thanks a lot, doctor. And, uh, now how's about tonight's story? Last week, you told us you'd chosen an adventure with a lot of Christmasy atmosphere. Yes, Mr. Bartell, my story begins on another Christmas Eve many, many years ago. To be exact in 1886.

At the time the adventure occurred, I must confirm... on another Christmas Eve many, many years ago. To be exact in 1886.

At the time the adventure occurred, I must confess,

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