Season 2 - Episode Guide

Santa Claus visits the Neighborhood and befriends Daniel. Daniel is excited to have a new friend because that was his wish for Christmas. Santa Claus talks about gifts with X , Friday, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde.

Celia Franca finds a treasure in the attic of Daniel's clock. It is a crown for dancing. She promises to return with two of her dancing friends to entertain Friday.

Celia Franca and her two students dance for Friday, X and Henrietta.

Daniel meets a tame scarecrow who happens to be an excellent portrait artist.

Eric Artist, a tame scarecrow, is commissioned to paint a portrait of Friday and his pet bird. He also paints the houses in the Neighborhood and presents the paintings as a gift to Daniel.

Friday calls Celia Franca and the Scarecrow-Artist to the castle and orders them to wear mittens. After Celia has difficulty finding a pair of mittens, she and the scarecrow decide to put their hands in the same set of mittens when they enter the castle. Friday asks them to waltz together and tells them they only needed mittens because the ballroom is drafty.

Lady Elaine confuses an acting teacher, Norman Welsh, for a spy. When the Neighbors discover his true identity, they ask him to help them put on a play in the Neighborhood.

The Neighbors, along with Norman Welsh, put on a play about a moth prince finding a kind-hearted butterfly to marry. Music: "Butterfly, Butterfly, What Can I Say?".

Donna Miller visits the Neighborhood and presents everyone with homemade fudge. X shows her an alphabet book that he made.

Friday's servant, Edgar Cooke, fell and broke his arm. The Neighbors have been helping by cleaning and cooking at the castle. Donna Miller urges Friday to visit Edgar and thank the Neighbors for their help.

Mr. Zoogle comes to the Neighborhood in search of Edgar, a former cooking school classmate. Mr. Zoogle had been trying to bake a cake, but his flour turned to modeling clay. Edgar told him that the recipe was for modeling clay, not cake, and asked Mr. Zoogle to make enough modeling clay for all of the Neighbors.

Mr. Zoogle, Octopus and Daniel make a singing game out of their names.

X shows Donna Miller an alphabet book that he made.

A magician arrives in the Neighborhood and enjoys a tea party at the castle with the Neighbors.

The magician visiting the Neighborhood produces a rabbit at Friday's request.

A new bird arrives in the Neighborhood and calls itself "Weaverbird." Mr. Zoogle is impressed until X points out that the bird does not look like a weaverbird. The bird admits his falsehood and says that he admires weaverbirds so much he wants to be one. X understands and says that he wanted to be an eagle. The two birds talk about learning to be comfortable in their own feathers.

Mr. Zoogle teaches Friday how to decorate wrapping paper.

X works on "treework" for his Sunday school class. Donna Miller sings "Sing a Song of Sunday."

Josie Carey visits her old friends in the Neighborhood.

An organ grinder loses his monkey, Yukon, in the Neighborhood. He finds Yukon at the castle dancing for Friday. Yukon wants to be in a film produced by the organ grinder's twin brother, but he decides to return to his regular work of dancing on the cart.

A famous motion picture director, Francis Manitoba, comes to the Neighborhood to film a short silent film of Friday. An organ grinder's monkey, Yukon, forces himself into the scene. Manitoba loves the shot and Friday comes up with the name of the movie: "Monkey Business."

Friday has developed an interest in photography. Josie Carey visits him and takes a picture of him and Henrietta.

Josie Carey visits the Neighborhood, delivering Christmas gifts.

Friday prepares a list of the Christmas gifts he is giving everyone. A fisherman visits the Neighborhood in search of a good fishing spot.