"He couldn't stop the war, but he wouldn't let the war stop Christmas."
Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?
A.C. Gilbert
Mary
Charles Gilbert
Mrs. Gilbert
Frank
Sam Ryder
Newton Baker
Hiram Harris
Franklin Roosevelt
Al Jr.
Ben
Guard
Secretary Daniels
Secretary MacAdoo
Admiral
Woman in Toy Store
Second Boy in Toy Store
First Woman Employee
Second Woman Employee
First Man Employee
Second Man Employee
Messenger
Thomas Ryder
First Bully
Second Bully
Caroler
Caroler
Caroler
Man Shopper
Soldier
Son of Factory Worker
Boy Playing