"The Christmas Story" was the Christmas episode of the NBC series Dragnet, aired in the show's seond season. It was a remake of an episode from 1950s series called "The Big Little Jesus". The original episode had been produced in both the radio and television versions of the program. It is the only episode in the series' run that was not based on an LAPD incident (in actuality, the incident inspiring this tale occurred in San Francisco) and the only episode remade from an earlier episode. Bartell and Webb reprised their roles from Big Little Jesus.