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It's Christmas time and Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) investigate a series of murders where the victims were pulled up through the chimney. Sam realizes they are dealing with a sort of Anti-Santa, a demon with roots in pagan lore. Dean wants to celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way as this is his last, but Sam refuses, not wanting to accept that Dean won't be around next year.

Sam flashes back to a certain Christmas when he waited for his father to come home to give him a special gift.

J. Miller Tobin directed the episode written by Jeremy Carver.

Sam (Bret Harrison) tries to save an untalented musician (guest star Jamie Kennedy) from selling his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise) to become a rock star.

Meanwhile, Sock (Tyler Labine) is stunned when his mother (guest star Marilyn Norry) returns from Las Vegas and announces she got married. He refuses to accept her new husband (guest star Henry Nah), so he moves in with Sam.

Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym, Valarie Rae Miller, Donavan Stinson and Andrew Airlie also star.

James Head directed the episode written by James Eagan.

The girls receive tips from the Pussycat Dolls about confidence and receive a surprise visit from N'Sync's JC Chasez. The girls are once again divided into groups for this week's performance and one girl's lack of confidence begins to cause fights and tears among several of the girls. After failing to impress the judges with her signing and dancing, one girl is forced to hang up her boa.

When Chris (Tyler James Williams) discovers that his long-standing crush, Tasha (guest star Paige Hurd), likes "bad boys," he decides it's time to lose his "nice guy" image and win over the girl of his dreams.

Meanwhile, the entire family is thrilled when Julius (Terry Crews) is named employee of the month and wins a free dinner for the family at a fancy restaurant, but it turns out that the gift has a few unexpected restrictions.

Tichina Arnold, Tequan Richmond, Imani Hakim and Vincent Martella also star. The episode was directed by Debbie Allen and written by Aeysha Carr.

As an extracurricular activity, Raja (Adhir Kalyan) joins Students Against Drunk Driving and is given the job of organizing the annual event -- a fake funeral for a student who was "killed" in a drunk-driving accident. Because the chosen victim has traditionally been the school's most popular student, everyone expects Raja to select Dan Archer (guest star Jacob Blair), but Raja rebels and gives the dubious honor to Justin (Dan Byrd). When Dan Archer decides to hold his own funeral -- the "Wake at the Lake" -- Justin turns decides to go all out to attract "mourners," and the competition escalates until Justin receives a sobering reminder of what the event is really about. Amy Pietz, Lindsey Shaw and Scott Patterson also star. Sarah Pia Anderson directed the episode written by Michael Glouberman

Malik (Hosea Chanchez) asks his publicist to set him up on a date with Serena Williams. Things go well between them until Serena mistreats one of Malik’s friends at a party. He considers breaking up with her, but Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) asks Malik to hold off since she is trying to sign Serena as a client.

At Serena’s request, Tasha takes her to a Sunbeams meeting, where Serena is rude to everyone, causing Tasha to decide she no longer wants Serena as a client. However, Malik has decided he wants to continue dating Serena.

Malik schools Derwin (Pooch Hall) on the kind of girl he should be dating now that he’s a football star.

Meanwhile, Kelly (Brittany Daniel) sets Melanie (Tia Mowry) up on a date with a celebrity.

Coby Bell also stars.

Salim Akil directed the episode written by Kenny Smith.

When William (Reggie Hayes) begins to feel that he is not respected at work he considers leaving the firm, and Monica (Keesha Sharp) freaks out thinking that he won't be able to support her and their new baby. Meanwhile, Maya (Golden Brooks) is approached by a neighbor to write a column for the neighborhood newsletter, and Joan (Tracee Ellis Ross) gets offended when Lynn (Persia White) doesn't like her housewarming gift. Mary Lou Belli directed the episode written by Michael B. Kaplan.

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Clark (Tom Welling) returns to Smallville from the Fortress and tells Lana (Kristin Kreuk) that Kara (Laura Vandervoort) is gone. Clark tells Lana they should team up to bring Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) down, so she gives him all the information she's gathered so far, including a report on a man named Adrian (guest star Tim Guinee), who was infected with an alien substance.

Adrian secretly plants a bomb on Chloe (Allison Mack) and tells Lois (Erica Durance) if she doesn't get Lex to admit the truth about his experiments with 33.1, he will detonate the bomb. Chloe, thinking she is about to die, confesses to Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) that she is a meteor freak.

John Glover also stars.

Whitney Ransick directed the episode written by Caroline Dries.

Each team battles to create the ultimate comic book hero. On a field trip to the biggest convention for comic book fans, ComiCon, the Geeks must design the perfect costume, while the Beauties invent the hero's back story. One Geek struggles to adapt to the group, and a strong alliance is formed.

When Brooke (Sophia Bush) takes Owen (guest star Joe Manganiello, "ER") to New York for a glimpse of her other life, she's faced with a ghost from her past.

Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti) reels from a devastating blow to her marriage, while Nathan (James Lafferty) and Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) muster their courage to attend Dan's (guest star Paul Johansson) parole hearing.

A major record label takes an interest in Peyton's (Hilarie Burton) recording artist.

Antown Tanner and Lee Norris also star. Clark Mathis directed the episode written by William H. Brown.