During the winter solstice, aka the longest night of the year, Sabrina and her coven must save their friend Ali who was kidnapped by a frightening beast and taken into another realm. The second story delivers a flashback to when teenage Zelda and Hilda Spellman break the solstice tradition, and a ghost from their past causes mischief on the special night.

Opening with a frazzled set of parents fearing retribution from their children over a meager Christmas, they turn to a book that arrives on their doorstep, which chronicles The Lobo Xmas Sanction. The book tells the story of how the Easter Bunny hires Lobo to take out Santa Claus, aka Kris ‘Crusher’ Kringle.

It’s the holiday season in Sunnydale, and while most people are ready for a break, the vampires and demons in town are still causing mischief. When a slaying mishap costs Buffy the money she had saved up to buy Christmas presents, the Slayer gets a job at the Popsicle Parlor.