The mood soon lightens when Santa (a.k.a. Teresa's mom in costume) arrives to hand out presents. The kids become the center of attention, and Melissa thanks Jesus that nothing has gone wrong... yet. Milania shows she's got some gumption when she quickly points out that Santa is clearly her grandma in drag. Teresa quickly calls her mother, who has changed, back out, to complete the fleecing. Ahhhhh, Christmas. A time for tricking little children. And arranging them in rows to take endless pictures. The sights of his children, nieces, and nephews getting along brings a flutter of joy to Joe's heart. Which quickly turns to possessive mocking when he sees Gia's Kate Middleton ring from her classmate.

The jolly mood is interrupted when Juicy starts shooting off at the mouth, saying things like, "They're family, but they're animals. Who'd wanna be that friggin' raccoon eyes over there? She's a witch." Joe hears and keeps his cool but admits that he does keep these kinds of comments bottled inside. Hence the occasional table banging incident. With that, he takes his cue to tell Teresa he and his family are heading over to Kathy's. To be continued...

Next week: Teresa is hurt. As is Jacqueline, since Bratshley didn't get her a Christmas present. Caroline and Melissa fare better. But saddest of all is little Gia, who gets a Christmas throw up bug... or just realizes for the first time the horror of seeing her dad shirtless.