ðə nˈaɪt bᵻfˌoːɹ kɹˈɪsməs ˈiːv, sˈæli ɪz ˌoʊvɚkˈʌm wɪð ɡˈɪlt ænd dᵻsˈaɪdz tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn ðə tɹˈiː ˈɛnɪwˌeɪ, bˌʌt ðɪ ˈʌɡli kˈɪd hɐz sˈɪns tʃˈeɪndʒd hɪz mˈaɪnd ænd ɐɡɹˈiːz tə kˈiːp hɪz wˈɜːd, fˈoːɹsɪŋ snˈuːpi hˌuː hæd ɔːlɹˌɛdi dˈɛkɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd ðə tɹˈiː tə bɹˈɪŋ ɪt bˈæk hˈoʊm ænd dˈɛkɚɹˌeɪt ɪɾ ˈɔːl ˌoʊvɚɹ ɐɡˈɛn.
The night before Christmas Eve, Sally is overcome with guilt and decides to return the tree anyway, but the ugly kid has since changed his mind and agrees to keep his word, forcing Snoopy (who had already decorated the tree) to bring it back home and decorate it all over again.