The ostrich tells Eliza that hopefully they'll have hatched before the end of the day, so Eliza figures she should be able to get the camera warmer back to present it to her parents. Without being noticed by the others (except for Donnie), Eliza sneaks the camera warmer out and brings it to the nest, placing the ostrich's eggs inside it like an incubator. She then asks Darwin to help the ostrich sit on the eggs ('I better not hear any of you laughing in there') while she goes back to the commvee.

Eliza tries wrapping her scarf around the eggs, but the wind blows it away. Just then, they encounter a mother ostrich who can't get her eggs warm enough to hatch due to the cold wind. Then, as Nigel begins preparing the Christmas dinner, Eliza and Darwin then go down to the Skeleton Coast to find some seashells and a starfish to decorate the tree. While Nigel and Marianne look on the other side, Eliza and Debbie open the storage unit in which they've been keeping their present for their parents - a battery-operated camera warmer.ДЄfter Eliza finds a new hiding place for it inside the commvee, the Thornberrys start decorating the commvee and a nearby tree ('It'll be easier to decorate than last year's cactus'). When he goes to get the decorations from the commvee's storage kit, Eliza and Debbie say they're in a compartment on the other side. Marianne suggests to Nigel that it's time they start decorating. The Thornberrys are spending Christmas Eve in the Namib Desert in Africa, and have just received a box from Nigel's mother, containing the kids' Christmas presents (dolls for Eliza and Debbie, and new clothes for Donnie) and a Christmas goose to have for dinner (complete with her own recipe).

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