It's the holiday season, and Archie is working at Uriah Scourge's jewelry store to earn some extra money. Archie's boss bears a striking resemblance to Mr. Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. He won't let Archie have time off, and is a skinflint - even donning an old ratty sweater so he can get a free meal at the local rescue mission. When he returns, he chases carolers away from his store. As Archie and his boss are closing up shop for the night, an un-named man walks into the store, flashes a gun and demands money.; The crook is now running out of the jewelry store, money in hand, as Archie's boss yells at him to stop the man (or the money will come out of Archie's paycheck). Archie chases after the man, and points him out to a nearby police officer. Finding himself cornered, the crook dashes off, knocking over the mall Santa. Shortly thereafter, he is captured by the officer, but conveniently acts innocent, having ditched the money.; As Archie is leaving for Betty's to deliver his Christmas gift to her, his mom asks him to take something out to the trash can. As soon as Archie gets out the door, he gets distracted by a pretty girl and ends up throwing Betty's gift in the trash can instead of the garbage. He arrives at Betty's and hands her the trash, still unaware of what's happened.; Veronica is going Christmas shopping and drags Archie along to carry her packages. They stop for lunch, then it's back to shopping. After they finish shopping, they head to the nearest bus stop. While waiting on the bus, Veronica decides to check her weight, and, after noticing that she's gained three pounds, decides that she and Archie can walk home so she can lose the three pounds from the lunch that Archie made her have (even though Archie didn't have anything to do with this).; Li'l Jinx is writing a letter to Santa, but can't decide which ending she likes best.