Eloise at Christmastime

Plot

The Plaza Hotel prepares for the Christmas holiday season. Eloise searches the package room for presents from her mother, who is in Paris, but finds none and leaves the room in disarray. She interrupts the check-in line to ask hotel manager Mr. Salamone about packages; he tells her there are none and sends her away. Eloise returns, offering help, but is again dismissed.

She notices a suspicious man in the queue and declares him a spy, though Mr. Salamone disagrees. He asks Eloise to watch for the hotel's Christmas tree delivery and report back. Rachel Peabody, daughter of the Plaza's manager, returns from college with her fiancé, Brooks Oliver III. Eloise learns Brooks does not love Rachel and seeks her money, and that Rachel had a romance with Bill, a room service waiter, four years earlier.

Mr. Peabody had sent Rachel overseas to end that relationship. Eloise works to reunite Bill and Rachel. After her efforts, Rachel calls off her wedding; Bill enters and they reconcile. Brooks is arrested for forgery.

Mrs. Thornton, facing eviction, is granted a permanent stay at the Plaza. Eloise's mother arrives and they celebrate together.