George butchers the Christmas tree so far as Liz is concerned ("We've got the only Christmas tree on the block with a butch haircut"), and that only begins Liz's lament against George's lack of romance. Then she suggests they find a sleigh and round up some Christmas carolers so she borrows an antique sleigh from a local antique store and goes caroling.
Liz is taken for a sleigh ride, figuratively and literally, when she and her neighbors borrow a milkman's horse and make a jingle bell trip to the countryside for a yule log. The party bogs down when old Dobbin insists upon making all the stops on his milk route.