Kim’s shouting loudly about Teresa who's standing three feet away from her. Jacqueline interrupts her and tells her that the party is about family members getting along. Lauren calls Kim pathetic, and Caroline steps in and tries to set her straight.

Any normal person would back down to Caroline, but Kim continues on. Chris, a friend of Kim G.’s son, escorts her out of the party. Gotta love the Manzos! Everyone has now come outside to see the showdown, and Melissa is quite impressed by Caroline and Co.’s actions, saying that her boys better do the same thing for her when they’re older.

At Caroline’s radio show, she brings her friend Dolores in as her on-air wingman. The topic of the night is divorce. Jacqueline and Chris pour themselves some wine and sit down to listen to the show. Chris calls Caroline about her tumultuous relationship with Ashley, asking how they can make their relationship stronger. Caroline tears up when she realizes it’s her brother talking to her. Aww! Now let’s see if Ashley does anything…

It's now Christmas Eve, and Teresa's got her girls in their fanciest Christmas hair bows while they play a little too close to the candles. At the Gorgas, Melissa's wearing a really pretty blue velour tracksuit as she explains Christmas to her kids. Joe lets Melissa know that he doesn't want to stay at the Giudice party for too long, because she still has “issues” with the rest of the family. She has a bad feeling about the party. But it's the first time the entire family has been together since the christening fiasco, so what’s there to worry about?

Caroline is preparing Christmas Eve dinner, and the woman has turned into a machine while cooking the extensive spread. I can almost smell it through the television. Once everyone’s sitting at the dinner table at the Manzo’s, everyone goes around the table and says what non-material things they want for Christmas. An almost tender moment is created when Ashley says she wants Chris to like her. He explains that he wants her to behave more responsibly, and things just get awkward when Ashley explains that she’s been "trying" for the last three or four years.

When the Gorgas arrive at the Giudice’s, Teresa notices that Melissa’s "boobs are out," and yet Teresa's wearing a too-short-for-the-Lord mini-dress. Oh, well. Audriana looks like an angel. Teresa and Joe’s mom dresses up as Santa and brings all the kids presents, and it’s all really cute until Joe Giudice starts calling the Gorgas "animals" and calls Melissa a "raccoon.” Sigh. And they were doing so well!

Next week, just as it looks like Christmas is over, the fighting continues as the families try to make Teresa make peace with Kathy. Oh, and Ashley doesn’t get Jacqueline a Christmas present. She totally deserves that new car, right?

Karen Malmquist is a junior at La Salle University, and the head writer and star of In Other News, a comedy series airing in Philadelphia.