Black Friday[]
[Brian, Rhonda and John are at the mall shopping on Black Friday]
Brian: "Black Friday should be a better shopping day, as opposed to it shouldn't be worse."
Aftermath[]
Rhonda: "Well, we got that shopping done so fast."
John: "We'll have the best Christmas ever."
Faith the Elf on the Shelf Arrives[]
Rhonda: "Kids, meet Faith the Elf on the Shelf. She has been assigned by Santa Claus to keep an eye on you."
Stevie: "That's nice."
Rhonda: "Show some respect, Stevie."
Stevie: "Sorry."
Building snowmen at the park[]
[Peter and Brian are building snowmen when they notice Stevie, Amber, Amanda and Stacie knocking down some snowmen]
Brian: "Stay here with your snowman, Peter. I'll be right back."
[Amber knocks down Peter's snowman with a sled]
Peter: "Dad, Amber knocked down my snowman."
Amber: "Who cares, Peter? I don't like snowmen."
Brian: "Amber, you do NOT knock down snowmen, and neither do Stevie, Amanda or Stacie."
Stacie: "Like either of us care."
[A few minutes later, Stevie, Amber, Amanda and Stacie ring the neighbor's doorbell and take off running, the neighbor, Austin comes outside]
Austin: "Hello? You hooligans better not do that again!"
Baking Christmas cookies[]
[Brian puts Christmas cookie shapes on a cookie sheet pan, ones of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, bells and stars]
Brian: "Well, they should be in the oven ready to bake."
[A few minutes later, after the cookies are done, John and Peter help frost the cookies]
Christmas Movies[]
[The kids watch Home Alone]
[The adults watch Love Actually]
Breakfast time[]
[Brian gets done making gingerbread men and puts them on a plate]
[Stevie, Amber, Amanda and Stacie spot gingerbread men on the plate and Stevie tries to take one, but Brian takes it out of his hand]
Brian: "No, Stevie. No, no."
Stevie: "Come on, Dad, it's just one gingerbread man."
Brian: "Not before breakfast, Stevie."
Stevie: "You never let me do anything."
Brian: "You can have a gingerbread man after breakfast."
[Stevie sulks]
[Brian goes to the bathroom and Stevie spots a gingerbread man and takes one]
[A few minutes later, Brian comes back to the kitchen and finds the gingerbread men gone]
Brian: "What happened to my gingerbread men? Stevie! Amanda! Stacie! Amber! Come here at once!"
[Stevie, Amber, Amanda and Stacie approach Brian]
Brian: "What did I tell you four about eating gingerbread men for breakfast?"
Stevie: "I don't know, and I don't care."
Brian: "Don't use that tone of voice with me, Steven Daniel Beckett. You four ate the gingerbread men for breakfast after I specifically told you four not to. Stevie, Naughty Chair. Amber and Amanda, Naughty Swivel. Stacie, Naughty Tuffet."
[Brian escorts the four kids to their naughty spots]
Brian: "As a result for being disobedient, your stuff is taken away for the rest of the day."
Stevie: "You can't be serious."
Brian: "I am."
[Brian confiscates Stevie's Barney plush, Amber's cell phone, Amanda's iPhone, and Stacie's iPod]
Christmas shopping at the mall[]
Peter's Christmas play[]
Christmas concert[]
Decorating the house[]
Brian: " "
Rhonda: " "
John: " "
The Christmas lights[]
Christmas music[]
The Christmas party[]
Aftermath[]
Going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Christmas[]
[Grandma and Grandpa's cat Lorenzo reclines on the window sill]
Christmas eve[]
Christmas Eve dinner[]
Bye Bye Faith the Elf[]
Christmas morning[]
Opening presents[]
Christmas dinner[]
Holidays Aftermath[]
Brian: "What have we learned from this experience?"