Horrid Henry and the Early Christmas Present

== Synopsis ==
The adventures of the eponymous mischievous boy, Christmas never seems to come early, except when you don't want it to - bah, humbug.
== Plot ==
One day, Henry runs into the living room to ask Dad if he can have his birthday present immediately. After Dad says that it's ridiculous considering his birthday is ages away, Henry then asks if he can have his Christmas present immediately instead, which Dad also says is even further away. Peter then says to Henry that Henry should save up for it with his pocket money, as Henry did with the Number Gnomes book Henry was holding. He then begins to call names towards Peter, which ends up with Dad saying he isn't getting any birthday or Christmas presents that year. Henry then screams, 'Noooo!!!', opening the title card.
Many days later, a similar scenario happens. Henry runs into the living room to ask Mum if he can have his birthday present immediately, but after Mum says that it's silly considering his birthday is ages away. Henry then asks if he can have his Christmas present immediately instead, which Dad also says is even further away. Peter then says to Henry that Henry should save up for it with his pocket money, as Henry did with the Number Gnomes toys Henry was playing with. Henry then says that he already told him to save up and once again calls names towards Peter. Mum then says that Henry won't have Birthday or Christmas presents that year. Henry then screams, 'Noooo!!!'.
Then, in October, another similar scenario happens. Henry asks Dad about his present, which Dad already knew as Henry asked him many times before. Peter then asks Henry if he had saved up his money to buy Christmas presents for everybody, alongside himself. Henry then follows that with the fact that it is only October and that it would take ages to wait. He continues to beg Dad to have his Christmas present early, which Dad isn't budging on. He then says that he should have benefitted from the presents that everyone else gave him. Henry then calls Peter more names, which ends up with Dad angrily saying that Henry isn't getting an early Christmas present. Henry, once again, screams: 'Noooo!!!'.
On Christmas Eve, Peter gives out a speech about the goodwill at Christmas to the audience, while Henry follows on why he's not being nice to his little brother and says that dispute that Mum and Dad haven't gotten him anything for Christmas, that Santa might give one. Peter then tells more about how Henry could get this present. After Henry rejects several suggestions, he decides that he should be nice to his parents. Henry then regrets the choice he chose.
During the early hours of Christmas Day, Henry still cannot think what to do for Mum and Dad and has to awaken a sleeping Peter for help. He asks what he can do to be nice to Mum and Dad, and Peter suggests that he should make some tea for Mum. Henry then has a bad memory of when he tried to make one for Prissy Polly, but Vomiting Vera vomits in it. Peter then says Henry can try and do it for Peter and how to make sure Santa can come. He then starts making it, but Fluffy scares him. and he ends up pouring the milk in. He eventually gets the tea up to a sleeping Mum, which she thanks Henry for, and they both go back to sleep.
On Christmas morning, Henry and Peter come down, and Henry finds out he did get a Christmas present, which is revealed to be a scarf, and he finds out it was an early one for the following Christmas! Dad then comes down and says why it was a present for the following year - he has to be good for a whole year! Henry then screams: 'Noooo!!!', ending the episode.
== Characters ==
* Horrid Henry
* Perfect Peter
* Mum
* Dad
* Fluffy
* Prissy Polly (fantasy)
* Vomiting Vera (fantasy)
*Father Christmas (mentioned)
== Trivia ==
* Henry screams a total of 4 times, a record for an episode.
* Henry previously got sent to his room three times in "Horrid Henry and the Tickly Treats Thief".
* Henry screams 3 times in "Horrid Henry and the Scary Scooter" and "Horrid Henry's Fun Run".
* When Henry takes Mum's cup of tea upstairs to her in bed, Dad isn't in bed next to her. He could have been working overnight though.
* Unless Prissy Polly, Fluffy, Vomiting Vera and Father Christmas being mentioned count as characters, this is one of the few episodes with just Horrid Henry, Perfect Peter, Mum, and Dad.
* Fang isn't seen in this episode only his cage is shown. 
== Errors ==
* On the DVD version, this episode is incorrectly titled 'Horrid Henry’s Early Christmas Present'.
==Videos==
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File:Early Christmas Present - Horrid Hat - Horrid Henry DOUBLE Full Episodes
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File:Henry Tries To Get An Early Present - Horrid Henry - Christmas Special
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Category:OAS Series 3