洛宅的圣诞气氛其实是Vic的助理带起来的。这个地方越来越拥挤了，mandy老娘marshall大概在自己家喝闷酒喝腻了，这边又有人又有菜，更有酒——还不要钱，为什么要离开？女儿的家，亲的！亲家公母能住，我当然也能住！他们第一桶金，一万美元，还是我向Vic妈宣传换来的！
当然也没人在意她是走还是留。
家里规矩，每个人都必须要有贡献，包括marshall——烧菜，不会？做家务，不会？讲故事，不会？（mandy的脸很黑）唱歌跳舞画画钢琴……都不会？
在惊骇的目光中，Vic的助理提醒她，圣诞节要到了，您负责圣诞装潢和过节流程吧。
这个可以有！marshall很高兴，我天生就是个party planner！
在孩子们的陪伴下，mandy母女横扫Fairbanks大街小巷商场杂货店，大包小包，彩灯鲜花彩带气球，她还让人（老申、老洛）砍了颗树放在客厅里。在圣诞前夜，那颗树下堆满了盒子礼物。
一顿中不中西不西的圣诞大餐之后，孩子们拆开了礼物，欢声笑语一片。笨外婆终于明白了怎样讨好孩子——根本不要用贵贱来衡量礼物好坏，孩子们只要好玩的、新鲜的、简单的快乐。
由于说好了只给孩子礼物，大人们两免，所以peter和Vic并没有用钱来砸场子，给孩子们送了些书本、汽车人、火车、飞机人和各个系列的公主就算是过节了。
Vic和peter宁可在阿拉斯加过圣诞也不肯回家，这使大家都有些不自在。好在因为有语言壁垒和阶级隔离的存在，互不理解是正常的，但两个年轻人并未感觉受到了歧视，排斥或者怜悯。有小孩子的地方永远不会冷。
阿拉斯加的雪有时候真能厚到让人懊恼，路封了，停电，或者风吹翻了房顶……突发情况不一而足。这就是为什么这房顶上还有一个平台的原因——便于维修、望远、观星……或者方便空降兵落地。
亚麻人并无守岁一说，反正又不是过年，也没人说明天上教堂去，如此稀里糊涂算是过了个圣诞版冬至。
夜深人静了，洛可嘉静听孩子们上床睡觉，还一人抱一个礼物不肯放手。洛老爹和洛妈在房间里叽里咕噜一会也睡了。may和Nichole、oscar三个小孩睡一个屋，解放了申豹和涂敏。他们也不怕冷，没羞没臊地放飞自我好久，这使得耳目灵敏的洛可嘉脸有些热。mandy和她妈睡一屋，两个人基本上不怎么说话，mandy先洗漱，岳母看了会儿网络电视。轮到岳母洗澡了，mandy则溜到洛可嘉屋里说会儿悄悄话。
今天洛可嘉和mandy都喝了点酒，两个人躺在床上议论了一会儿oscar的唐诗，may的英语和Nichole渐渐灵巧的身手。mandy搂了搂洛可嘉就要回到楼上，腰肢忽然被抱住不让走了。
mandy lowered her head and saw a very red face. She noticed something weird...... something hard was angrily sticking against her underwear.
Lock Jar's wicked fingers were fiddling around her thighs and mandy suddenly came up with an incredible enlightenment .....
what was that supposed to mean ？there should be no time to waste. Nothing lasts.
She seated herself upon the fiercely trembling hot chili pepper， and asked questions beginning with when and how.......
Lock Jar shook his head，for he didn't like to talk when he was busy、happy or agitated.
Vic had already proved something could be cured， with photos of his thing posted all around in his text messages.
mandy literally had wished Lock's functions could be back one day ......
obviously， after such a long “vacation”， the celebration was not to be ended in a short while. She got pensation so unexpectedly and soon she was exhausted riding the waves.
Even at such circumstances， Lock still pretended to be handicapped， but he wanted to please himself as well. he found some special acupuncture points and pressed on them and soon mandy was out of her mind.
Lock called her near her ears and received no response. Now he was free to play what he was good at...... he stopped with satisfaction at dawn of christmas.
what an unusual night！
这个晚上唯一过得不幸福的是penelope，她又来了，埋伏在洛宅门外一公里处，这里完美避开了守卫的因纽特人帐篷，又能透过山石用望远镜或者单反镜头看到洛宅的大门口。
自从她泄露了这个地址后，跟报社打了个招呼，弄了点费用，就开着车不远千里又跑了回来，在洛宅门外候着。她已经等了三天，一无所获。
她第一天就发现家里多了一个女人，peter偶尔也会露个面，只是不知道那个Vic是不是还住这儿，一直没有出门。
今天是圣诞夜，哪怕是冰天雪地的极地，也到处洋溢着过节的气氛。马路上时不时地会有车辆播放着强大节奏的音乐，偶尔能看到圣诞老人驾着狗拉雪橇驰过。
恐怕分子啊，你们再不出手，我就要冻饿而死了。penelope哀叹。
就在此时，凌晨四点，五辆房车从penelope身边疾驰而过向洛宅奔去。
终于来了。
penelope用手机拍下了车牌号，发到报社邮箱，然后跳下车，抱着相机向洛宅跑去，老娘这回真要发了。