All those fans of dragnet out there probably only know of one episode that they did for Christmas, The Big Little Jesus or The Christmas Story where they (Joe Friday and his partner) try to track down a possibly stolen statue of the baby Jesus from a nativity scene in a Catholic Church. This episode has even been adapted for the show macgyver. Look it up... Anyway there is a less famous, but no less impactful story that they made for Christmas, The Big .22 rifle for Christmas. It's a story more about gun safety more than Christmas, but the story is also good. A child accidentally kills his friend with his Christmas gift, a new .22 rifle. This episode has never been shown after the 50s dragnet series, probably because it doesn't really talk about Christmas. I like both these holiday episodes of the famous police procedural, but the best is The Big Little Jesus because it's about the holiday, not murder. What's your opinion?
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