The girls invite their new neighbors over for dinner but later, after they leave, two police detectives arrive with some unsettling news, the girls' new neighbors are really dealers in stolen gems.
While preparing for a friend's birthday party, the girls recall past birthdays, including Rose's surprise birthday party for Dorothy, and a surprise birthday party for Blanche.
Blanche is convinced that her beauty is fading after attending her high school reunion and discovers many of classmates have had face lifts. This leads her to decide to have major consmetic surgery.
One of Dorothy's student has been doing very well in her class, so well that she decides to submit a paper that he wrote for a contest. However, this inadvertently signals to the INS that he is an illegal alien.
Sophia's latest get rich quick scheme prompts the girls to recall other various get rich quick schemes they've had over the years including, catering, a dance marathon and a memory of Sophia's from 1954.
The girls' search for a housekeeper ends when they hire Marguerite, a woman who appears to have mystical powers. However, when they fire her, a string of events convince the girls that Marguerite has placed a curse on them.
When Rose must give a eulogy at her aunt's funeral, Rose must try to get over her biggest fear in the world, giving speeches. This also brings up Dorothy and Blanche's biggest fears.
Lorelai and Rory are stunned when Rory's father, Christopher, brings his new girlfriend, Sherry, to Stars Hollow. Sherry wants to build a meaningful relationship with Rory.
Rory panics when she realizes that she has lost the bracelet that Dean made for her. When the suspicious Lorelai witnesses Jess in Rory's room, she accuses him of stealing.
Inspired by Scotty McCreery's song, "Five More Minutes", a woman's Christmas wish is answered in unexpected ways when her late grandfather's journal turns up and reveals an untold romance. Stars Nikki DeLoach, David Haydn-Jones.
Artist Tracy lost her faith after tragedy, but begins to find inspiration, hope, and peace with a new community when she joins a grief support group at Christmas. Stars Nikki DeLoach and Brennan Elliott.
A former television star waits out a scandal in Vermont. She becomes close with the innkeeper and his daughter while she helps him direct the local children's Christmas pageant. Stars Brooke D'Orsay and John Brotherton.
A single woman with a newly adopted baby gets stuck in Bethlehem, PA. With no room at the Inn she's forced to stay with a stranger who turns out to be the miracle she needed. Starring Laura Vandervoort and Benjamin Ayres.
Sophia befriends an old man on the boardwalk whom she becomes quick friends with. However, his strange behavior signals that he has a medical condition, Alzheimer's disease.
Sophia's latest get rich quick scheme prompts the girls to recall other various get rich quick schemes they've had over the years including, catering, a dance marathon and a memory of Sophia's from 1954.