The Night Before Christmas

This chapter features a reading of a Christmas poem about the night before Christmas, with stockings hung by the chimney and anticipation of Santa Claus. However, the poem takes a strange turn as it introduces a winged baboon with red stockings and a scepter, representing impending doom. The chapter also includes unrelated conversations about a potential sale of the poem, moving to New York, encountering a man in need, and discussing the concept of monitoring and invasion of privacy.