At the show's studio, everyone was ready and willing to spend Christmas—the happiest day of the year—at home, but Sr. Manguera informs them that, by contract, the 31 minutos crew is obligated to put on a show. special, so they have to put one together in record time. Bodoque is in charge of looking for the gifts at Rosario Central, but he succumbs to Tío Pelado's temptation to bet them on the horse races.

"This Christmas will be very, very hot"