Paul discovers that he has his work cut out for him for the holidays when he tries to find perfect gifts for the family to make up for last year's Christmas fiasco. Kerry also finds a stray dog during the holidays. Meanwhile, Cate is overjoyed when she is asked to sing a solo at the church's midnight service, but fears that seeing her family there will make her nervous
Jack forces Nina to help with a sting operation against her contact in the hopes that he can lead them to the bomb. After Reza and Bob are taken back to CTU for further questioning, Kate pursues her own investigation. Palmer and Mike try to gage Stanton's loyalty when they investigate the chopper crash. George has a final conversation with his son. Kim and Miguel try to escape Los Angeles when they are stopped by a California Highway Patrol officer.
Daphne and Niles want to host the family's Christmas at their house, however Frasier wants to hold it at his. The constant arguing between the three leads to Martin taking a work day on Christmas because he can't handle all the arguement. Niles and Frasier decide to take Christmas to Martin and switch the fake presents under the tree at Martin's job with the real presents under the tree in Frasier's house.
