'Twas the Fight Before Christmas... (McCloud)

"'Twas the Fight Before Christmas..." is the Christmas episode of the NBC television series McCloud. Ironically, it originally aired the day after Christmas of 1976.

Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, an assassin stalks McCloud, a spurned mistress attempts suicide, a sidewalk Santa turns mugger, junkies raid a hospital pharmacy, Chris's newspaper organizes a party for orphans at Westside Hospital with Chief Clifford as Santa, and the junkies take hostages.