On December 24th, everyone was going to the mall to get gifts.
Lucy spies on Luke, wanting ideas. He was at the mall's spa with Remy, Shane, and Oliver, getting facials and foot massages.
Sal was writing a letter to Santa, wishing Luke took him around a lot more often like he does with Remy and Oliver.
The Foxes look for gifts. "We really hurt Oliver and Emma." Pam says. "and Emma is a little girl. Did you see her face? I'm going to get her a gift."
"We need to focus on repairing our bond with Oliver. If Emma doesn't forgive us, so be it. She wasn't our real sister." Griffin says
"I can't believe that Randy beat him for us, giving us freedom." Stevie says, jealous.
They see some things Oliver would like, such as a Blendjet blender in emerald green, a Bartesian cocktail maker, new cheer shoes, a foot spa, and a few other things.
The show would be in 4 hours as the main teams had to get ready.
Alem tuber looked annoyed. "How come Brandy gets to have a special appearance and light up the star on the Royal Woods holiday tree?!" Alem tuber asked "That honor was supposed to go to me"
"I don't know, but we got to support him." Skylia says and sees his face "Try to calm down."
Lynn was getting a present for Lincoln. The twins were going to get each other some gifts.
Leni was getting Charity a birthday gift.
Luke was out rehearsing with Oliver, Shane, and Remy.
Cynthia glared. "I can't believe it, Oliver thinks girls are useless. We're going to win the show and then Oliver will see how good women are." Cynthia says.
"No way. Luke's perfect. He can't lose at anything." Ann says.
"If we don't win, those Foxes might." Cynthia says.
Meanwhile
"How is Mike still in this show?" Alem tuber asked.
"Mark and Brandon are on Oliver's level somewhat." Alex says.
Meanwhile, Luke and his friends went to get lunch. Luke wanted to win badly, wanting to make Oliver's siblings pay and embarrass them.
Lisa goes to take a nap before the show.
Luke does some exercises as he prepares for this, keeping in mind that this isn't part of the competition. It was just going to be a nice Christmas show for all of America.
Oliver sighed as he got ready as well.
Soon, the show was beginning as Gemma came on stage.
"Merry Christmas, America! It's time for the America's Next Hitmaker Christmas Special! Tonight, the main teams from the current season are here to spread some holiday cheer! But, this is not part of our current competition, so please don't send your votes in." Gemma says. "However, the team that gets the most cheers won't get eliminated in the next round of competition. The team that gets the least cheers and ends up in last place will be on the elimination block in the next episode."
Everyone gulped.
"Randy was right." Oliver gulped.
Alem tuber got ready to go first. His team was also ready.
"Coming up first, Alex, Dutkus, Debkus, and Randy Waterlash!" Gemma says. Fans cheered as Randy's cousins were good. They had performed "Jingle Bell Rock"
Oliver sighed backstage as Shane warmed up his voice.
"Good luck, cuz!" Luna says.
"Thank you…" Shane sang out.
"Coming up next is the team of Lisa, Beau, Cuphead, and Mugman!" Gemma says as fans cheered.
They came out and performed "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas", Beau's favorite Christmas song in all its variations.
Fans cheered "CUPPY AND MUGSY!" fans cheered. Mugman smiled and so did Cuphead.
They soon finish as Cynthia gets ready with the girls. They were determined to show the guys that it's not just looks that girls are known for.
"Let's do this." Kali says.
The girls go on stage and perform the Glee rendition of "Santa Baby".
Oliver looked bored.
Fans cheered. "Cynthia! Kali! Brock! Ann!" They chanted as Cynthia blew a kiss at the crowd. Boys and some girls cheered and screamed as a few fainted.
"She's not worth your time or your energy anymore, Oliver." Remy says. "We're on next, anyway. We better get ready to go on."
"Right." Oliver says and goes to get ready.
Gemma gets ready to introduce the boys as the fans are excited.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the stars of the show are about to take the stage! May I present Luke Huntington, Oliver Fox, and Remy Estevez first! And their fourth member…the one, the only, oh-so-cute and a multi-platinum singer, Rolling Stone and Billboard's Artist Of The Year, SHANE LOUD!" Gemma says.
Fans cheered as every girl in the stadium was screaming for Shane. The trio smiled at this. It was pretty clear they were in first.
They then begin their rendition of N'Sync's "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" as their ranking went up to 1st.
Shane initiated a sing along of the final chorus of the song as the crowd sang with him. Fans cheered wildly.
"I LOVE YOU, SHANE!" One girl says, holding a sign with a picture of Shane on it. Shane flashed a dazzling smile.
"Cynthia…" Kali says, noticing her look down.
"All I am is just a pretty face. I never really do anything useful on our adventures." Cynthia says and runs off upset.
"Why did I ever date that jerk?" Cynthia asked herself.
"So…my step sister couldn't make it, so I brought Pinocchio. He can actually dance and a few people even fought for him on our adventures." Angry Luigi says.
Jason looked a bit interested.
"You did great." Lucy says to Luke.
Shane was taking a few sips of water.
"Nice job, Shane." Lucy says.
"Thank you." Shane says.
"You're incredible." Remy says. Shane ruffles Remy's hair and smiles.
Savannah gets ready as Jessica was still learning and doing better.
"I'm talking more." Jessica giggled.
Tina smiles at her sister.
"Ladies? Are we ready?" Victoria asked.
They nod before going on and singing "Winter Wonderland" as fans cheered.
Jason was getting ready. He punched his fists. Honestly, he was stunned seeing Pinocchio move. Seeing Cuphead was stranger.
"I'm ready." Pinocchio says.
"Let's do this!" Colleen says.
Angry Luigi smiled and nodded as they came out. Fans cheered as they performed "Holly Jolly Christmas".
Fans cheered. "Colleen, Pinocchio! Colleen, Pinocchio!" They cheered.
"Your friends have talent." Shane says.
"I'm being outdone by a puppet?" Lisa asked.
Last place was soon announced.
Mike, Josh, Mark, and Brandon were in last as Alem tuber and Dutkus high fived.
Luke, Remy, Oliver, and Shane were getting pictures with fans. Shane signed the girl's sign, which made her squeal.
"Autographs right over here!" Alem tuber says.
"Oh this is working out for me" Dutkus says getting carried away by some girls.
"I'm starting to regret this." Alem tuber says.
Angry Luigi dropped Pinocchio home and was about to have the honor of putting on the Christmas star.
"Go, Angry Luigi!" Colleen cheered as he did so. People in Royal Woods clap as Garrett clapped, too. This was recorded on the news.
Alem tuber crossed his arms as Emma cheered for her brother. After all, most of the time, it was Luke or Oliver.
Later, Luke's group was walking as Angry Luigi, Sal, and Jason were with them.
"We should probably get back to our families." Shane says.
"Come to our place, Remy. You and your mom seem like you can use more than two people to celebrate Christmas." Jason says.
Remy didn't know what to say at first. "Really?" He asked.
"Yeah." Jason says as Remy hugged Jason, stunning him.
"Ho, ho, ho, dinner is almost ready!" Shelby tells Shane and Luke wearing her Santa sweater.
"I'll be right there!" Shane says.
"We should head back." Cuphead says as he and Mugman go to meet up with Chalice and Kettle.
"I guess I should go home as well." Colleen says as Lonnie nods.
Stephen decided to go home. When he arrives, he sees Haiku packing.
"We're going to Jason's place. I'll open a portal soon when you're ready." Haiku says.
Stephen just looks at her, then just looks away.
"Remy begged me. He says this would mean a lot if we'd come, but it's not by force. Do you want to go?" Maggie asked
"No." Stephen says.
"Then I'll stay." Haiku said and hugged him.
Meanwhile, Skylia had made Christmas Eve dinner. She worked with gabriel.
"Kids, we made dinner." Gabriel says.
At the manor, Luke was listening to Shane talk about his Grammy nominations.
"Hey, why don't you 3 move here?" Luna says.
"Yeah, oh, right, we almost forgot about Shiloh and Shelby…" Lola says.
"Cannonball!" Shiloh says but Lynn caught him.
"Whoa, there!" Lynn says.
Luke's cousins came. Olivia squealed seeing Shane.
"It's really him!" Olivia squealed.
"Hey, I am right here!" Luke says, getting annoyed as all his family members greeted Shane before Luke and was beginning to think Shane was better than him. Preston tapped Luke on the shoulder as he always greeted Luke first. Luke smiled and hugged Preston.
Shelby was spinning around.
"Huh?" Preston asked.
"She's thinking." Lori says. Shelby soon fell on the floor.
"What's up?" Lori says.
"I was thinking about staying here." Shelby says.
"We can work some things out." Lance says.
"Yes! Shane's staying!" Luke says.
After dinner…
"Tell me about this Oakley Academy." Shane says as he smiles.
Luke tells him everything he needs to know as Shane beamed.
Luna goes to her room as she and Lucy weren't hungry.
"I used to be Luke's favorite sibling." Lucy sniffed.
"Yeah, Shane and I used to be close, but now he just spends time being famous." Luna sighed, missing the good old days.
"Before ANH, life was simple. We just hung out and talked about stuff and had fun. I like performing, but I don't know. I'm exhausted." Luna says.
"From all those performances?" Lucy asked as Luna nodded.
"Shiloh, get down here!" Lynn says.
"Wheeee!" Shiloh says, jumping off the Christmas tree.
Lynn barely got him. "Look, you need to stop jumping off trees. I get it, you love cannonballs, but you need to know what is and isn't safe. I mean, you've been sent to the hospital 6 times because of this. Wow, look at me saying this when I'm the reckless one here." Lynn says as Shiloh is drifting off.
"Okay, I should put you to bed." Lynn says, carrying Shiloh to the guest bedroom.
Shelby was asleep on the floor. Luan picked her up.
"The kids should probably get in bed." Charity says with a smile.
Meanwhile, Oliver and Brandy's cousins were coming over. Oliver was looking forward to it, mostly because he had three cousins he liked.
"I wonder what your cousins are like." Emma says to Pam.
"We just have four cousins. We have Angela, Nathan, Blake, and Isabella. Oliver loves Blake, Nathan, and Isabella." Pam says. There was a knock on the door.
"Hey." Faith says
"Faith, John!" Brandy and Randy say as they hug. Emma introduced everyone.
"Can I get your autograph?" Faith asked Griffin, who happily obliged.
The Foxes' cousins soon arrived. Oliver got very excited.
Oliver sees them. "Nathan, Isabella, Blake!" He smiled and joined in their group hug.
Luan was putting Shelby to bed as Lynn was doing the same with Shiloh.
Brandy, Randy, Emma, and Faith went up to Oliver's cousins.
"Hello!" Faith says as John was just on his phone.
"Charmed to meet you all." Blake says.
Nathan waved before flapping his hands. Isabella smiled warmly at the group. Angela shook hands with them.
Soon Dutkus, Debkus, Beza, and Dagan came. As everyone is after Dutkus, Randy, Griffin, and John were playing NBA 2K.
Brandy was with Beza, not wanting to be around many people.
The next day, everyone goes to open gifts. Luke opens Lucy's gift.
"It's an empty box. Is this a joke?" Luke asked.
"That's not for you." Lucy says and gives Luke his gift, a real Sheryl Stallings action figure. He grinned and made it talk.
"He, then who's the box for?" Lola asked.
"You." Lucy said as everyone laughed.
Lana got a tool kit. Luna got Shane new headphones.
"Aw, sweet! The new Beats headphones!" Shane says.
Shelby opens her gift from Luan. It was a new Santa sweater. "Thanks, Luan!" she says.
"No problem." Luan says.
Shiloh opens his gift from Lynn. It was a helmet.
"Cool! Tomorrow is my birthday. I'm gonna be 5!" Shiloh says.
"Right, we remember." Lynn says.
"Then mine is next month. The day after Luke's anniversary. I'll be 16." Shane says. "I don't really want a big party, though. Just a chill one."
"What's wrong with you? Your birthdays should be big!" Luke says. "16 years old is a big deal!"
"Well…I suppose one big party won't kill me." Shane says.