Barnabas gives Julia knock-off of Josette's music box and she goes postal, saying a blender would've been more considerate, and she goes to Angelique for revenge who turns Barnabas into an elf.
Roger realizes that Elizabeth really does love him when, for his Christmas present, she signs him up for the alcohol-of-the-month club.
David and Amy are possessed by the Grinch and Cruella DeVille. They lock Maggie in a secret room so she can't do her Junior Sophisticates Christmas shopping in time.
Professor Stokes reveals that he's Jewish and the ghost of Gerard Styles burns down the only Chinese restaurant in Collinsport open on Christmas.
Carolyn and Quentin shock the entire family by saying they're going to Aruba for Christmas. Carolyn's in a quandry, though, since Maggie has disappeared and never gave Carolyn the Junior Sophisticates swim-suit promised to her in time for Christmas.
Mrs. Johnson, upset that her Christmas bonus wasn't as big as she expected, decides to exact revenge by stuffing the turkey with her home-made mayonnaise...which she made more than a year ago...and kept in a jar on top of the hot-water heater. In a delirium, the family travels into the future where they're all Walmart employees forced to work the Thanksgiving "Black Friday" Eve. All have to deal with Crazy Jenny who insists on an additional 20% off.
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