The gift that Santa is giving him is that he finally gets a good tree. Seems simple. The look on his face is shock that something finally went right for him.
If the problem is in quinary then the answer is 11.25 in decimal or 2denifednu in quinary (whatever that means). P.S. you can find just about any sort of calculator on the internet these days.
Don’t forget the Bob Newhart “Abner Doubleday describes baseball” bit.