Compo wonders why people do not feel blood rush to their feet when they stand up so Seymour sets up another one of his odd experiments. A few of the village women have an afternoon tea and gossip party.
In the canal, the trio find what Seymour claims to be "Georgian Silver". They experiment with different methods to recover what treasure may yet be hiding in the depths.
Seymour, Campo, and Clegg visit their friend Clem in hospital after his hernia operation, but they find the best medicine has to be snuck into his room.
Compo is given a very nice, but ill-fitting suit to attend the funeral of the suit's former occupant. On the way to the visitation, Compo searches for, and finds, his stray ferret.
Seymour, Compo and Norman dressed as Father Christmas go door to door collecting for church charity, but no one is interested. A fourth Father Christmas is acting suspiciously and runs away when ever seen by the trio. Edie is scandalized that Glenda wants a water bed. Auntie Wainwright is terrified that her shop is going to be burgled Christmas eve.
