It's Christmas time and JT feels that he can going skiing with his mates now that he is 18. However, the trip doesn't quite go as expected. Bad-tempered Aunt Edna comes for a visit, much to Frank and the children's displeasure.

Cody starts directing a movie with the kids as actors but forgets to write a script first. Dana begins dating a 36-year-old man but it doesn't quite go as she planned after meeting his friends. Carol starts eating weird food combinations.