♪♪♪
It's here!
Here. Take this. Down the hatch, right?
It's the last non-holiday drink we'll have
once Booker's Christmas spirit takes over our lives.
How loud do you think he'll take his cray this year?
My money's on head-to-toe bells.
Bells? No, he's coming out with a full choir.
And 12 drummers drumming.
Here he comes!
[sighing]
'Sup?
I thought that'd be louder.
Hey, Booker, are you okay?
Today is Christmas Eve.
You know, the day you start ringing your bell and singing your carols
and flinging your holiday joy all in our faces?
Oh, now you want the cray?
I've been trying to make this year great against all odds,
but you guys haven't let it fly.
Independence Day Insanity!
Labor Day Lift-Off!
Thanksgiving Throw Down!
All: Nope!
I decided you guys are right.
This year is pretty much a wash.
And speaking of wash,
you guys were all wearing the same clothes in my memory, so, uh...
Do some laundry.
-♪ Hey ♪ -♪ Yo ♪
♪ Let me tell you somethin' ♪
♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪
♪ But then life had other plans ♪
♪ Tell 'em, Rae ♪
♪ It's crazy when things turn upside down ♪
♪ But ya gotta get up and take that chance ♪
-♪ Maybe I'm just finding my way ♪ -♪ Learning how to fly ♪
-♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪ -♪ Ya know I got you, right? ♪
♪ It might be wild, but ya know that we make it work ♪
♪ We're just kids caught up in a crazy world ♪
-♪ C'mon! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪
-♪ We get loud! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪
♪ It's our crowd! ♪
♪ Might be tough but together we make it look good ♪
♪ Down for each other like family should ♪
-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ When it's tough ♪
-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ We got love ♪
♪ 'Cos no matter the weather ya know we gon' shine ♪
♪ There for each other ya know it's our time ♪
[Raven laughing]
Yep! That's us.
[laughing]
♪♪♪
So, you and Ramon made it to the holidays.
And people said it would never last.
Who said that?
Nobody.
So, uh, what did you get him?
The perfect gift.
My dad knows a guy who knows a guy
who got me a Spain jersey from the World Cup.
It's Ramon's favorite team. So he's going to flip.
Wow! Nice one, Tess.
So, what do you think he's going to get you?
I could drop him some hints if you want.
Nah, I trust him. He's got class.
I mean, his name is Ramon.
-Right. -Yeah.
Hey, Book, are you doing okay
with this "no Christmas cray" thing?
Yeah, we know Christmas is, like, your favorite holiday.
We shut down your cray all year,
but we were ready to make an exception.
So go ahead,
jingle down the house.
I mean, usually the first person
to embrace my cray is Dad.
He's not here yet
and you guys would just be faking it. So...
Everything's fine.
Totally fine. You know what this is?
-Fine? -Yup, fine.
Okay, he's said fine way too many times
to actually be fine.
[whooshing]
Booker, you were right.
There's no such thing as a perfect Christmas.
[whooshing]
What did you see?
Was it something good or something bad?
Was I finally wearing different clothes?
Actually, it was just a vision proving my point.
"There's no such thing as a perfect Christmas."
[sighs]
Christmas just isn't the same without Booker's cray.
-We have to get it back. -Yeah.
Christmas just isn't the same without Booker's cray.
We have to get it back.
Yeah, Tess, you're right.
What?
Tess literally just repeated everything I said.
It doesn't matter.
We just have to get Booker's Christmas cray back.
-All right, who's with me? -Guess it couldn't hurt.
Well, it was my idea first,
but whatever Tess says.
Sure.
♪♪♪
Okay, listen, guys, we're all out of time.
But everybody have a happy holiday, okay?
Bye, bye. Oh!
Oh, Mr. Davis, I'm so sorry,
this group chat session was the only way I could fit you all in.
We'll talk about your fear of group chat sessions in the new year.
Okay? Okay, bye. See ya.
Oh, hi, Lil Z. You must be so--
You want what?
From who? Me?
By when?
For how many?
Are you out your XYZ mind?
On Xmas?
Why, Z?
You know what? No. Sorry.
Deadline for-- for orders have passed.
All right? Merry Christmas!
See, right there, right there.
Perfect example of the instant gratification generation.
Everybody's just, "I want it now, I want it right now!"
Nobody has any patience.
-Nobody plans ahead. -[video call ringing]
Nobody answers--
Answers the phone. Chels, are you gonna answer the phone?
What? Oh.
Oh, it's Garrett.
Hopefully, he's not calling to say he's lost my life savings.
Again.
[clears throat]
Raven/Chelsea: Hey, Garrett.
And Devon.
Oh, look, ghosts of marriages past.
-Why aren't you at the apartment like you should be? -Yeah.
Do you remember when we said we should get a cabin
for the whole family for Christmas?
What? What?
The one in Lake Geneva with five bedrooms on four acres?
[laughing]
Yeah. [clears throat]
Sounds kind of familiar.
Surprise! We got it. We're here! [laughs]
And do you remember when you said you would pay for half?
I-I-- Yeah, but I said that 'cause I didn't think you'd actually get it.
We got it. Surprise!
I don't like surprises,
especially when they come with hidden fees.
Like it or not, Rae, this is happening.
So bring the kids
and the deposit.
Bye.
Ex-husbands, full of surprises that I gotta pay for.
-Yeah. -All right, Chels.
Fire up the sewing machine. We got masks to make tonight.
Okay.
Lil Z, hi!
Oh, my favorite letter of the alphabet.
So how many was that?
Okay, here he comes.
Operation Boost Booker's Cray. Hands in on ten.
Ten? He's, like, a foot away.
-And break. -Okay.
You smell that gingerbread, Book?
Feeling the holiday cray yet?
Whoa! Neat, Tess.
Gingerbread men. I've never seen those before.
Wow!
Now, uh, can I go back to my room?
Well, why don't you go see what cray-ziness
Nia is up to in the living room?
-Okay. -See? See?
I told you Mom's old dress form
would be a perfectly good replacement for a tree.
Is it though?
Well, it doesn't hurt the Earth.
And it's beautiful.
Don't body shame the dress form, Booker.
And here, you just put this thing on the tippy-top.
This is a car freshener.
Right, for that fresh pine scent.
You know, like a tree?
-Or like a minivan. -Or like a tree.
Or like a minivan.
Okay, Levi, you're up.
Hey, Tess, can you go get Levi, please?
[knocking on door]
And I will get that door.
-You get happy. -Yay!
-Hey, welcome. -Hi, Nia.
Oh, is that your gift for Tess?
Oh, I'm gonna be honest, Ramon.
The gift wrapping is not giving me much confidence.
My mom did it.
It looks great.
-So, what did you get her? -I got her a bracelet.
-[loudly] You got her a bracelet? -Shh.
[whispers] Sorry. Gold or...
silver?
Rose gold?
-Rose silver? -Better.
Shoelace. I braided an old pair of hers and mine together.
Oh, Ramon, this is really nice.
And kudos on learning how to braid, but, um...
You know, most people only want to wear shoelaces on their shoes.
-Yeah, but Tess and I-- -Look, I know Tess.
And I know that she likes shiny things.
Like a locket or a bracelet. Or a locket.
I really think you should get her a locket. Get her a locket.
Yeah, you're totally right. I mean...
Man, I just wish I would have talked to you
before I spent four hours braiding that.
-Are stores even still open? -Yes.
And I will text you a list of places that sell lockets.
Definitely get her a locket.
Okay.
Uh, what are you up to?
I'm up to my eyeballs in Christmas spirit.
Go, mistletoe!
Ooh! Oh, and look who it is.
It's Levi-Claus!
Ho-ho...
Holding for applause.
I know I'm on fire but, uh... [sniffs]
Is something else burning?
[gasps] The gingerbread men!
I'm coming, fellas!
I appreciate you guys trying to help me get my Christmas cray back.
Yeah, I'm Santa's helper.
What are you helping him do?
Take out the trash, Janky-Claus?
Okay, rude. We are doing our best.
Yeah, I've got every gift for every person in this house on my back.
So I don't need you on it.
Thanks, guys, but it's just not gonna happen this year.
Christmas cray has taken its final bow.
[phone ringing]
Well, it's time for an encore.
Hold on, Mom's calling.
Hey, kids, big news!
We're going to a cabin in Lake Geneva with your dads!
Chels, we agreed that I would tell 'em.
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
I just got so excited.
-Seriously? -Yes!
-Even me? -Yep.
You just have to ask your mom, Tess.
Okay, I'll call her.
[loudly] Hey, Ma!
All right, guys, pack your clothes.
We're coming home soon, and we're leaving tonight.
Here it comes. Brace yourself for the cray.
Look it's working.
No. I just think it's funny
how you guys are getting super excited
like we're gonna see our dads
and everything's gonna be all jingle, jingle, merry, merry.
Okay. It's not gonna work out.
[sputtering]
That tastes exactly how I feel.
♪♪♪
Oh, come on, Book. You're not even gonna pack?
No. Because we're not going.
And how could you possibly know that?
Because I'm actually psychic, Nia.
This is a true Christmas miracle, Booker.
The universe literally handed us a Christmas cabin.
I appreciate you and the universe,
but this year has just been non-stop curve balls.
I'm just not ready to get my hopes up again.
Speaking of curve balls...
Look, it's snowing.
Now that's a curve ball I can get behind.
Who's up for a snowball fight on the roof?
Snowball fight?
I don't know.
Oh, okay. How about this?
You can have the first shot. One each.
Hey! I did not agree to that.
What do you say, Book?
I don't know.
I mean, I guess...
the last one on the roof gets three snowballs to the face.
I thought I said I didn't agree to this.
♪♪♪
Of all the times that my sewing machine wants to go down!
You know what? It probably needed a Christmas break.
Thank goodness I got a backup.
[crashes]
And that's why I got a backup for my backup!
What is going on with these kids?
They left a bag of garbage in the middle of the room.
Okay, why don't you grab that one?
I'll grab the one in the kitchen,
and then we'll scoot back to the store.
Wait a minute. What's in here?
What? Who gift wraps garbage, Rae?
Wait a minute.
Rae, the presents are in here. I mean, come on--
Listen, I know I'm not the best gift wrapper,
but they're not garbage.
Why would the kids put the presents in the garbage bag?
You know what? Grab it.
And we'll ship it overnight to the cabin
-so it doesn't get crushed in the car. -Okay, all right. Good idea.
Oh. Listen, uh,
since we're gonna mail them out,
I'm gonna stick my present in here for you as well.
Okay.
Hey, Rae, aren't you, uh...
Aren't you gonna get your present for me?
Yeah! Sure am.
You can't know my hiding spot. Get outta here!
-Get outta here! -Oh! You!
You! You better get back.
♪♪♪
Oh, man! Maybe I should join a baseball team next summer.
I'm surprised the snowballs weren't melting
with all that heat I was throwing.
Yeah, it's another Christmas miracle.
Yeah, you hit everything you threw at.
And all he threw at was me.
Like I said, I didn't agree to this.
Well, you gotta admit it, Book.
A white Christmas, a sack full of presents,
and a cabin getaway with our loving family.
It sounds pretty perfect.
Okay. Okay. You guys were right. I am impressed.
I might even be feeling the twinge
of the Christmas cray creeping back in.
Hey! And I'm feeling a twinge of frostbite creeping in.
Come on, let's go make some hot cider to pour over our feet.
[knocking on door]
Eh? Eh?
Oh, Ramon, it's perfect!
I would've chosen it myself.
Yeah, well, you did.
Yeah. Well, um, you did well, my friend.
Thanks. Well, now that I have bestie approval,
I'm gonna go home and wrap this thing.
I mean, I'm gonna go home and have my mom wrap this thing.
-My mom, she always-- -Sure. Cool.
Did I hear Ramon?
Oh, no. That wasn't Ramon.
Tess, that's just the thing about romance, you know?
You just hear his voice wherever you go.
Yeah. I can't wait to see what he got me.
Ramon always gives personal, thoughtful gifts.
Something that wouldn't be worth anything to anyone else.
But... it's just so us.
Yeah. Sure, but like--
Wouldn't you want a little Christmas ice?
A little blizzard bling?
You know, something like a...
[sputters] Oh, a locket!
Eh. Nah. Sounds more like you.
Ramon will know the prefect gift.
Yeah.
You know, you and Ramon are just so perfect for each other, Tess.
And to think people thought you were a mismatch.
Yo, who are these people?
Fools. Yeah, people that should stay out of other people's business.
Seriously!
Okay, you guys. I'm gonna go pack for real.
Um, just make sure all the luggage and the presents are by the door,
so as soon as Mom gets here, we can load up the car faster.
-Yep. -Where are the presents?
There's nothing here, brah.
Okay, good one.
Snowball fights and pranks? Nice, okay!
Now, where did you hide the presents?
No, something's definitely different in here, right?
Yeah, everything's in place.
We didn't leave it this nice.
Our mothers have been here.
They probably threw away the garbage and the presents.
Oh, no. Ramon's garbage. I mean, his gift.
Why would anyone throw away perfectly good presents?
I don't know. Maybe someone left them in, like,
a perfectly good trash bag.
Sorry, my Santa sack was at the dry cleaners.
Guys, all the garbage is gone.
We're gonna have to go to the dumpster room.
Wait. Nia's willing to dumpster dive to get my cray back?
I really should've got her a nicer present.
♪♪♪
[sewing machine whirring]
You know, Rae, after we're done sewing these masks for Little Z,
we should really transition into making masks
for, like, like every letter of the alphabet.
Yeah, or we can make inspirational masks.
Like, "Too strong to go wrong," or "Too blessed to be stressed."
Oh, yeah, yeah. Or like, um,
"Back off! I haven't showered in five days."
That was two days,
and it was one time.
[video call ringing]
Oh, look who it is!
Hey, guys.
Happy Chrisma-Hanu-Kwanz-uka!
Wait, you guys aren't in the car yet?
No, Devon, some of us have jobs
that involve more than pointing at a cartoon sun wearing sunglasses.
I'm a weatherman and I'm predicting flurries.
So please give yourself some extra time on the road.
We'd have extra time if we didn't have to make any extra money.
Yeah.
This place is worth every penny.
Got six fireplaces.
Do we have to pay for all the fireplaces
even if we don't use all the fireplaces?
Ha-ha, Raven. I've missed this witty banter. Really.
[fake laughs] Me too, bye.
All right, Chels. Let's get a move on.
We got 30 more to go and only a few hours till we need to hit the road.
All right. And according to my calculations, we'll be done in...
[mouthing]
Two hours ago? That doesn't make sense.
Well, Chels, that's your fitness tracker.
What? Oh! Yeah--
That explains so much.
-Right? -Yes, it does.
Yes, it does.
♪♪♪
[retching]
I have garbage in places I shouldn't.
And we still don't have presents in the place that we should.
Where are they?
Well, they aren't in the dumpster.
I swam down to the bottom. Nothing.
-Phew! -Phew? Phew, what?
Phew?
Oh, no, no. I didn't say phew. I said, um...
pee-yew. As in, we stink.
-You do. -I know.
This, this is Christmas.
And can we all agree that it stinks?
Maybe you're right.
If you guys need me, I'm gonna be in my room,
napping until New Year's.
[sniffs, retches]
Oh!
Actually, I'm, uh... I'm gonna get in the shower.
Pee-yew!
Oh, no.
♪♪♪
-[knocking on door] -That must be Ramon.
Or, it's my, uh...
my pad thai.
Um, okay. But how do you know?
I just know. You should get a plate.
Hey, uh, change of plans. You were right, I was wrong.
Here, you take the bracelet and I will keep the locket. You're welcome.
That cost me 50 bucks.
Okay, it cost my mom 50 bucks.
Well, then put your picture in it
and give it to her for Mother's Day.
And turns out, it was Ramon after all.
Hey, bae. You ready for your present?
Open mine first.
These are the shoelaces that we were wearing when we first met,
braided together into a bracelet? Aww.
Yeah, I learned to braid in quarantine.
Also learned to play the oboe.
He was gonna get you a locket but I told him not to.
-Oh, smart thinking, Nia. -Thanks!
You did good, Ramon.
I love it. Thank you. Ooh, I wanna show my mom.
Hey, Ma! Check out the present Ramon got me!
[door closes]
I flipped a coin and I decided that you need to call Auntie Rae
and tell her the presents are probably incinerated by now.
Ugh. No, no. I'm not taking that hit, Levi.
You remember how mad she was when I lost my toothbrush?
I do, and that's why I flipped the coin until it landed on heads.
Well, you're gonna have to flip it again
because I'm not taking responsibility for losing those presents.
-Yeah, you can do it. -That's all you.
No, this is all you.
Okay, okay, okay. Break it up.
I was trying to pout in my room in peace.
But... I guess I'll be the one to break the news to Mom.
I don't really have anything left to lose.
[phone ringing]
Booker, I'm on an incredible deadline right now. This better be important!
Well, if you consider losing all the presents important, then yes.
And, uh, it was just me. Don't blame anyone else.
Bring on the punishment.
Booker, the presents aren't gone.
Aunt Chels and I shipped them to the cabin.
Yeah, yeah. And who puts presents in a garbage bag to begin with?
Yeah.
It was a Chris-mistake.
Um, um, everything's great, Mom.
All right. See you soon.
Uh, do not bring on that punishment.
Yo, the presents were gone. The presents are back!
-It's a Christmas miracle! -Yeah!
I feel the Christmas cray creeping in.
-Can you feel it? -I feel it.
-Can you feel it? -Sure.
Can we feel it?
-Yeah, we do! -Yeah.
-We feel it! -Let's go!
I knew it, Chels. I knew we could finish in time.
All we needed we some hot cocoa and some candy canes to keep our energy up.
Yeah, we did it, Rae. Woo!
Woo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
Chels, how much cocoa did you have?
-Don't ask. -Okay.
Seven cups!
Two hours in the car with that?
Wow!
Uh, Rae, did you get a new white window shade or something?
It's not going up.
What're you talking about, Chels?
There's no window shade on that window.
[gasps] Oh, snow!
Oh, snow.
[emergency alert beeping]
Oh, snow.
Chicago is shut down.
It'll be fine.
No, they can't even get out salt trucks!
It's just some flurries.
We're stuck.
You guys are stuck on negativity.
It'll blow over.
Booker, you were right.
All right, there's no such thing as a perfect Christmas.
No. Nia. That was my vision.
And that's why I've been so down on Christmas.
But I was wrong and you were right.
Yeah, I just said that...
to revive the spirit of Christmas.
And a little snow is not gonna chase that away.
The cray is back, baby.
-No! -No, no, no!
The cray is back.
♪♪♪
[snoring]
No more... no more orders.
Figgy pudding, figgy...
[indistinct mumbling]
-[bang] -Chelsea: What?!
[gasps]
Rae, I just had a nightmare!
Yeah, it was like Christmas or something, and, like,
we were snowed in and away from the kids, and...
upside-down?
Chels, I think we're still in that nightmare.
We are? No, no.
No, no, no. Th-then explain to me
where my figgy pudding feet are, huh?
Explain that. Explain that.
Well, you look for your figgy pudding feet.
I need to call the kids.
-Yeah. -Nia: Oh, uh, Mom, we're fine.
Chels, I'm scared.
-Yeah. -I think the nightmare's still going on.
-I can hear voices! -I know. I heard it, too.
Levi! Levi, are you okay?
-Nia: Yeah, Aunt Chels. Uh, Levi is fine. -What?
Mom butt dialed me again.
Merry Christmas, baby!
-Hey, Mom. Merry Christmas. -Raven [on phone]: Hey, sweetheart.
I'm sorry we missed our Christmas Eve traditions
and wearing our Christmas onesies
and making our Christmas pancakes and...
[whispers]: We shipped the presents!
-[groans] -Booker must be a mess.
Nia [on phone]: Uh, no.
Actually, he is not the mess at all.
Quite the opposite. In fact, I think his cray has,
like, leveled up. Here, listen to this.
[singing]: Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
fa-la-la-la-la la-brr-ra-da-da!
Okay, well then, just,
just help me keep his Christmas cray alive, okay?
Alright. Mom says Merry Christmas, Book.
Oh, Merry Christmas, Mom! Are you gonna be home soon?
You know what, I'ma make a special pancake
just for you. It's gonna have blueberries!
Berry Christmas!
So, when are you coming home?
By the way, bring blueberries.
Okay, we'll be home as soon as possible, sweetheart, alright?
-Raven/Chelsea: I love you! Love you. -Bye.
-Wait, wait, wait! I wanted to talk to Levi!
-Oh. -Levi: Hi, Mom. I'm here.
What? Where? Where?!
Levi [on phone]: Mom, you just butt dialed me.
Hey, honey.
♪ ♪
Is it just me,
or has the city never been more peaceful?
[cars honking, crash]
Uh, I think it's just you.
Hey, guys, come on. I need your help.
Mom told me I need to, like, keep his cray up, you know?
-Okay. -Hey, Book!
How about them Bulls?
What?
I did my best. Gotta go.
-No, not on your life! -Levi: Uh,
look at how the sun glistens off of the snow.
Yes, Levi! See, that is what I am talking about!
You see, guys? Everything's gonna work out.
[whooshing]
[echoing]: Best Christmas ever?
[whoosh]
-Oh! -Oh, what'd you see?
I saw us having an amazing Christmas!
Believe it! Brr da da da!
[laughs] Yeah.
Uh, no, we believe, right?
Bah bwa bwa.
What she said.
[phone ringing]
Hey, hey, Dad! Hey, Levi's dad!
How's Lake Geneva? I cannot wait to get cabin cozy
with my festive family!
Garrett [on phone]: Oh, not to be a Negative Nancy,
but we're calling with some Negative Nancy news.
Yeah, we heard you got some early snow.
Look, nobody could've predicted that. Nobody.
Even if you can't make it to the cabin,
we're going to have Christmas no matter what.
Yeah! Yeah, we'll open up presents on video.
-It'll be fun, right? -Well,
-unless the Wi-Fi goes out. -Oh. Oh.
Look who's back. Negative Nancy.
We're gonna open presents in person.
-Believe it. See you soon. -[beep]
Alright, now who's ready to give gingerbread another try?
All: Us?
♪ ♪
Chels, I've never had Christmas without my babies.
It's okay, Rae. Listen, we're gonna figure something out.
No, we cannot stay here all day, Chels!
I've never-- I've never spent a Christmas without my kids!
You know, I used to put eggnog in their baby bottles.
I made them floss with tinsel.
I'm starting to see where Booker gets his Christmas cray from.
I know.
If only we could use the escape chute, right?
-The what? The escape chute? -Yeah,
but it's for emergencies only.
Oh! Think, Chels, think!
Chels, this is an emergency! Talk, Chels, talk!
-Where is the chute? -Oh.
It's behind the door that leads to the street.
What, you're telling me you never used it
to slide down to the street for fun?
You know, like woo! [laughs]
You know, like a-- like a fun emergency?
You're having afternoon slides without me?
You know I love to slide.
[inhales] To the chute!
Yeah!
-We're saved! -See? [laughs]
Oh no, Chels. The chute is filled with snow.
Well, maybe we can dig our way out with our hands.
Uh-uh! Girl, my hands will freeze.
No, not our hand hands. Our...
[clattering]
mannequ-hands!
[laughs] You want Jasmine or Felicia?
Mm, I'll take Jasmine. Bye, Felicia.
-[laughs, grunts] -[clatter]
♪ ♪
Wow. Look at all the work someone put into this.
Yeah, I know. How long do you think it goes?
-Oh, we're here! -Oh!
We're here! [laughs] Where is here?
What in the north pole?
This is a snow tunnel.
What? Is-is that a thing?
Yeah, that's a thing! I heard about this.
People dig snow tunnels in the city
to get around during big snow storms!
Oh!
Look at Chicagoans! [laughs]
-Making it happen! -Yeah!
-Now, all we have to do is get home. -Right, right.
Which is north, so which way is north?
Uh, okay, uh, north, east,
west, south. So,
"never eat soggy wheat." It's this way.
[clears throat] I think it's that way.
Mm, we came from that way,
-so I think it's that way. That way looks northy. -Okay.
♪ ♪
Hey! Nice craftsmanship, Nia and Tess.
Very, very festive!
Levi.
Something bothering you?
Why do you ask?
Because this
is a cookie cry for help.
Well, my mom's not here, and we aren't gonna be
-with our dads, I haven't seen the presents-- -Hey, hey,
hey, little bro!
Sounds like you've been put down by the snow.
How about we try this? How about you tell us about
the best holiday you've ever had?
Yeah, and we can, um, we can get up
-and act it out? Right? -Tess: Mm,
historical reenactments sound more like a you guys thing.
-Have fun! -If you leave now,
you leave those cookies.
These cookies?
I'm in.
Okay! I will play Levi.
Nia: Oh, okay. Just because you're a guy,
it means you've gotta play Levi?
Fine. I'll play Aunt Chelsea.
Nia, you're Levi. Tess! You wanna play Garrett?
[Cockney accent]: Good day! Righto, mate!
-[normal voice]: He's Australian, right? -Well, technically...
-close enough. -Okay, Levi. Go ahead.
Tell us the story of the best holiday you've ever had.
It was the first night of Hanukkah,
and we were in our big house on the lake.
[Cockney accent]: Too right! What you gonna do
with all this Schmop money, Chelsea?
[high voice]: All my hard work
paid off.
And paid off. And paid off.
I was wishing for what I always had wished for.
A little brother or sister.
[boyish voice]: Oh, if only I had a sibling.
[sighs] The gender of whom does not matter.
Just then, I heard my parents
talking about a new addition to the family.
Chelsea, how about a new baby boy?
-Boat. -Chelsea, how about a new baby boat?
[normal voice]: Wait, what?
Turns out, they were talking about a new boat.
We'll sail around the world together,
just me, my family,
and my Schmop money.
Dad boarded the ship called
"Chelsea's Dream" by himself.
Honk honk!
Mom and I watched him sail away,
until a police boat quickly arrested him.
Ho!
This is your happiest memory?
Yeah. Levi, where's the happy?
I'm not finished.
I know it was bad, but then eight nights later,
something amazing happened.
I found out we were gonna be moving in with Auntie Rae,
and I got not just one sibling,
-but two. -[clears throat]
And a neighbor!
Aw, Levi.
Come give Mama a squeeze.
You know, just wouldn't be the same.
Yeah. Guys,
Christmas just really is not the same without our parents.
Hey, well, well, calm down, you guys.
I'll be back in five minutes
with something you guys are gonna love.
-Okay? Alright? Five minutes! -Nia: Okay.
Now to think of something these guys are gonna love.
♪ ♪
Uh, Booker's been in there a long time.
I hope he isn't losing his cray.
Well, this is a lot of work for Christmas, Nia.
-I'm going to video chat Ramon. -No, come on, Tess. We need you.
Ho-ho-hold up, everybody!
Oh, you definitely need me.
And I need to know what's in that box, Book!
This is a special present
going out to whoever has the most Christmas spirit.
Whoever slays my cray, a little competition if you will.
It is on.
-Hold my cocoa. -Yeah, I'm no cheerleader, but I've got spirit.
My stockings are full, y'all.
-Get busy! -Nia: Okay!
-[jingling] -Oh, okay, uh, let's see.
D-D-D-D-DJ Tess is in the building!
Alright!
That box is mine!
Welcome to Club Christmas!
-[Christmas music] -Dance party! Go, Booker! Go, Booker!
♪ ♪
Oh, you know, I don't know why people
really complain about the temperature in Chicago.
'Cause after 10 minutes, you lose all feeling anyway.
What? Ten minutes?
Is that it? Feels like an eternity.
Everything's going numb, Rae. Oh!
Oh, look, Rae! A Maren's Coffee cup!
[yelps]
Chelsea, what are you doing picking up stray coffee cups like that?
What, is your name, "Donna, no fat, no sugar, no whip?"
-You know, Donna needs to live a little. -Yeah.
-But, you're right. -What?
If that's a Maren's Coffee cup,
that means that Maren's must be close,
so let's go...
-that way. -Alright. Rock and roll, Rae.
-Here we come, Chicago. -Rock and roll.
♪ ♪
Okay, okay. We're here! We're here.
I'm coming, Levi! I'm co--
Wha-- Rae, wait a minute.
We must be going in circles. We've passed by this silver guy,
-like, three times. -No, no, no, that's a different silver guy.
How many silver guys do you think are in this tunnel?
It's not a very high-traffic area for tips.
Chels, I'm telling you. That's a different silver guy.
[overlapping arguing]
Excuse me.
-This is between us, okay? -Yeah.
Thank you.
Anyway. Okay, Chels, uh, let's go...
-This way? -No, no, no, Rae. Maybe we should just
ask this person. [clears throat]
Excuse me? Excuse me.
Um, silver person?
Hi. Yes, we're just looking.
Do you know the way to Grand Street?
Oh! [laughs]
We-we're listening.
Oh, Rae.
I think he wants us to tip him.
Uh, alright. Here's a dollar.
Chels, it's Christmas!
-Give the man five dollars. -Oh, you want me to...
Okay, I'll give him my five dollars.
Look at him get it, get it! Yeah. Oh!
-Oh! Oh! Rock it out, rock it out! -Chelsea: Oh! Oh!
Both: Oh! [laughing]
-Chelsea: That way? Yes. -Thank you so much, silver person.
-Generosity pays off. -It sure does.
♪ ♪
We're doing it, Rae. We're doing it. We're doing...
I knew it. I knew it. I knew this man gave us bad directions.
And I knew it was the other way.
I'm taking my girl's money back!
-Yeah, and I'm taking my money back from her! Yeah! -Yeah!
What are we doing, Rae?
It's Christmas. We can't do that.
-[sighs] You right, Chels, you right. Give it back. -Yeah.
We are totally lost, aren't we?
Yes, we are lost.
-But I have an idea. -What?
Why don't you go this way, and I go this way?
Okay, great.
-We're doing it, Rae! We're doing it! We're doing it! -[yelling]
Come on!
Chicagoans can build an entire snow tunnel overnight,
-but can't put in one street sign for directions?! -[grunts]
What? Excuse me?
Who are you nodding at, okay? Listen.
I will melt you down to a nickel, okay?
-Don't push me, Tin Man! Don't push me! -Okay, Chels, okay.
-Remember it's Christmas, alright? Calm down. -[panting]
-What's wrong, sweetheart? -I don't know.
I'm fine. I'm fine.
It's just-- is it hot in here?
Feels a little like the walls are closing in or something.
-That's just your claustrophobia kicking in. -No, no, no.
It's not that. It-it-it's my fear of--
of enclosed spaces. You know, it's whatever that's called.
Yeah, it-it's called claustrophobia.
[panting] Yes. That's what it is.
What-what? Excuse me?
How is that possible?
Because I told you there was more than one.
Oh my-- No, how is it possible
that everybody can get in here,
and we can't seem to get out? Man,
-it's like a winter vortex! -Chels, Chels, take a breath! Take a breath!
-We can get outta here, ready? Quick! -Yeah?
-Follow that silver man! -Yes!
♪ ♪
-[pop music playing] -[overlapping cheering]
All: Alright! Okay! Yeah!
Go, Nia! Go, Nia!
[cheering continues]
[pop music continues]
[cheering]
-[phone ringing] -[music dies down]
[giggling]
Hey, Mom! Are you on your way home?
Why does it look like you're in a snow tunnel?
Well, sweetheart, that's because
we are in a snow tunnel, but it's okay!
We're on our way! Get that cocoa ready.
Okay, uh, how close are you?
We're lost! We're trapped!
We're in a tunnel,
and I don't know, there's a lot of silver men!
[heavy breathing]
My gosh. Guys, they're trapped!
-In a snow tunnel. -Ugh. I've been in one of those before. It's like a...
cold, slippery corn maze. [shivers]
I'm worried. My mom doesn't do well in confined spaces.
Your mom's with my mom.
And a little snow is not gonna keep them down,
okay? They're gonna be home for Christmas.
-We just-- we just gotta keep believing. -We've been trying,
Booker.
But come on. We're not gonna get out there,
and nobody's gonna get to us.
What do you want me to say? Best Christmas ever?
It's not.
Sorry.
She's right. Christmas cray is not going to save the day.
[sighs] I'm gonna try to track Mom's phone.
Hm. That was my vision.
But you know what, vision?
No. Okay, not this time.
This is the last possible holiday
in a year of holidays that we didn't get to have.
And I will not let you take Christmas away from us!
Alright, vision or no vision,
I still believe in Christmas!
-[knocking on door] -Moms!
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Dads? Dads!
[laughter]
♪ ♪
You're here! I can't believe it!
I mean, you're here because I believe,
but you're here. I-I can't believe it!
-Well, you kids couldn't come to us... -So, we came to you.
Dad? Dad!
-Dad? -Dad! [laughing]
Wait, this is unbelievable!
This is Christmas, baby!
Okay, so how'd you guys even get here?
All the roads are closed.
Yeah, I don't even know a guy who knows a guy
who could get a salt truck through all of that snow.
Well, Tess, since I am a weatherman,
I know a guy that knows a guy that has a helicopter.
Yeah. I'm cool like that.
Uh, where is your mother?
Mom and Auntie Rae are lost and trapped in a snow tunnel.
Ha! That's so Raven!
Come on. Let's go get them.
Uh, but they're fine and on their way home.
-Oh. -Again,
they're lost and trapped in a snow tunnel.
But they're fine, and on their way home.
He has no way of knowing that.
-And he also has no way of knowing that. -You--
This is exhausting!
I'm going to the kitchen to think it over.
My tummy is rumbling.
Uh, yeah, I know.
I heard it over the helicopter.
Come on, man, our wives are stuck in a snowstorm.
Eh, ex-wives. And are we sure this isn't just a joke?
Because that would also be so Raven.
I've been trying to track their phones. Come look at this.
[wind blowing]
I mean, we kept believing and our dads showed up, right?
So, wherever Mom and Aunt Chels are,
we have to keep believing that they're warm and safe.
I'm cold and unsafe!
We're lost, Rae!
Man, how is it we couldn't keep up with a silver guy
in a white tunnel?
That's because you slipped on a patch of ice.
I told you to leave me
-and raise the kids alone! -Chels!
I told you I'm never doing that.
We're in this together.
Yeah, we're gonna freeze together, Rae!
We are never getting out of here!
-Oh Chels! Chels, I just had a vision! Yeah, I did! -What?
-It was amazing! I saw us getting out of here. -Really?
We-we were safe. There was, uh, um, um,
eggnog and, uh, personal space,
-and a-- and a spa weekend and a-- -Oh!
a brand new set of ex-husbands, girl.
-[laughs] -[laughs] Really?
We're gonna be safe! We're gonna get out!
Really, Rae? Gosh, a Christmas vision!
What perfect timing. Just when I was really at my wit's end.
-I know. -[maniacal laugh]
A red light!
Th-th-there's a red light, Rae. Rae. [gasps]
-Was that in your vision? Yeah, yeah. -Is that gonna calm you down?
-Okay, great. Yes, it was. It was. -Okay.
I think...
I think that's Rudolph's nose.
[sparkling]
Aw.
-Yeah, it's so bright! -It is! You know what?
It's guiding us outta here.
Gimme a hand. I think it wants us to dig.
Okay.
[scraping]
Chelsea: Come on, we're almost there! Oh, look! Look!
[both screaming]
I see the light!
♪ ♪
[action music playing]
The last cellphone ping puts them here.
Now, run the low-orbit satellite footage
from the last three hours.
-[typing, beeping] -Enhance.
Enhance. Stop!
-What is it? -You see that?
That's a heat signature. Pin that.
-[typing, beep] -That's right in front of Maren's!
See? Mom and Aunt Chelsea just stopped
for some holiday muffins.
Oh, I love their scones!
Did I mention that I'm hungry?
-Nia: Okay, let's go get them. -Uh, nope, nope, nope!
Because Mom and Aunt Chelsea
are coming home just fine.
Booker, move the cray outta the way. We're going to get--
Oh, but Dad, I-I've got a good feeling about this.
It's like, um, it's like I can see it.
Oh... Got it.
I don't care what you can see!
-I'm gonna look for my-- Mom! -[gasps] Ah!
Hanukkah-lujah! I'm home!
-I'm so happy to see you! -Honey, I love you!
I need cocoa,
and I need it now!
Oh, thank you!
We were just on our way to look for you, Rae.
Oh, you were? Oh, well th--
Well, if you were on the way to look for us,
why he got a sandwich in his mouth?
Uh...
It was for you!
I thought you'd be tired and hungry and lost and--
If you're gonna act like that, I'll just eat it myself.
[sighs]
Mom, I'm so glad that you're safe.
Yeah, tell us what happened!
Okay, listen. We had to crawl our way out of a building.
Yeah, a-and into a tunnel.
I mean, we went around and around!
-And don't get us started on the silver men. -Silver men!
I need peanut brittle.
Thank you.
All of a sudden, th-this red light came out of nowhere,
and it-it-it glowed through the snow.
Rudolph! That's my reindeer!
Yeah! Yeah.
So we started digging and digging, and now!
Somebody put some cocoa in my face!
Oh, thank you.
That is the cray talking!
Tess, hit the music.
-[Christmas pop music playing] -Hey!
Oh. Oh.
Well,
looks like you were right to believe, Booker.
It all worked out.
Yeah, we got music and lights.
Parents getting along.
Don't doubt the cray.
-Happy holidays. -[laughs]
♪ ♪
Tess: Well, looks like they're ending
yet another holiday on the couch.
And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Hey, why don't you kids end your holiday
eating dessert with your moms?
-We'll take it from here. -We will?
Yes! Yes, we will. We'd be delighted.
You know, y-y-y-you volunteer me
for a lot of things.
Wow. Our exes doing the dishes for us, Rae? [scoffs]
-It's a holiday miracle. Yeah. -That work.
[clears throat] Um, I'd like to propose
a toast to the person who made this holiday extra special.
Aw, Nia! Aw, thank you!
-I'd like to thank-- -Hey, Aunt Chels?
I'm talking about Booker.
Oh. Oh, cool. Cool, cool, cool.
Thanks to you and all of your Christmas cray,
you pulled off the perfect Christmas miracle
of keeping all of our hopes alive.
And just because of that, you deserve
whatever's in that big box.
Thank you, Nia, but, um...
Yeah, funny story. That box is completely empty.
I just, uh, brought it out here to keep everyone's spirits up.
Really? Because I tried moving it earlier,
-and it weighs more than me! -Yeah,
that's not saying much, stocking stuffer.
I'm telling you. It's empty.
Here we go.
-Oh my Christmas! It's our presents! -Nia: What?
Yo, look. Th-there's one for Levi,
there's one for Tess,
-one for-- one for Nia. -Whoa.
One for me,
-one for Aunt Chels. -What?
And, uh, [laughs]
-there's one for you, Mom. -[gasps]
I'm so happy you made it home.
Aw.
Nothing would keep me away from my kids on the holidays.
And you can't spell cray without Rae.
Oh, I don't know if that's true.
-You can't. -But, uh...
Happy holidays anyway, sweetheart.
[nervous laugh] Rae,
-didn't we ship these? -Shh, just, uh,
let it happen. Let it happen.
This is crazy!
We didn't have this many.
[sparkling]
I told you guys.
All we had to do was believe.
All: Happy Holidays!
♪ ♪