Ringo, Leila, and Natsuki have come to the Hanasaki Shopping District, where they are preparing for Christmas. At the Shopping District, there is an old man in a Santa suit handing out fliers for the Christmas sale. His name is Ono Santarou and during the Christmas season, he hands out candy to children, does funny dances, and makes gags. His performance is enjoyed by the kids and he's really popular. The girls looked forward to seeing him every year as well. During the performance, there is a boy watching Santarou from the edge of the Shopping District.. This boy is his grandson, Ono Yukio. He is spotted by the girls who call out to him, but he runs away. It seems that for some reason, Yukio thinks poorly of Santarou being Santa Claus...

It's the grand opening for Marie's Garden, and Miya is pulling out all the stops advertising her Beautiful Night Castle, even going so far as to buy television advertising! Faced with such overwhelming PR power, Ichigo's shop is immediately off to a terrible disadvantage! Everyone seems to love the new sweets they sell, but with so few people actually even going there in the first place. what's the point? Team Ichigo brainstorms ways to increase the customer flow into their shop, like holding tastings, but the true draw has got to be the "Sweets Princes" themselves!

Eiko takes out a doll that she treasured as a child. Squid Girl is creeped out by the rotten doll's weird appearance, but Eiko says she will put it in her room for nostalgia. That night, Squid Girl can't help but notice the doll's stare from the shelf and turns the doll around. However... Cindy and the Idiot Three, who are always wandering about looking for aliens, make Chizuru their next target after Squid Girl. Her superhuman abilities has them suspecting her of being an alien. The Idiot Three immediately try to get near Chizuru to use various inventions to obtain samples for testing such as blood and hair... The members of the Lemon challenge Squid Girl to go mountain climbing with them, but she doesn't understand the fun of climbing so the path is nothing but pain. Tired of walking, she tries to extend her tentacles to cheat, but they are bitten by mountain wildlife. Squid Girl tries to shake off the wildlife who has mistaken her tentacles for bait, but...

The fight between Lag and Noir continues, and Zazie comes back to help after sending Wasiolka to report. Just then a ton of swarming type gaichuu, Lao-Lao, come to attack. Lag and Zazie do their best to fight the gaichuu, but the huge numbers and lack of dingos to back them up makes it a tough battle. But then a trusty ally appears, and finally it's time for Lag to shoot that Letter Bullet!

It's Tomoki. The sun shines down gently. The smell of a gentle breeze. The nostalgic sound of the waves. You enjoy season because your friends are there to spend them with you. This moment will eventually become a memory, but why look back on all of this now? I just want to spend more time with everyone. I want to make the most of these cheerful, irreplaceable days I have with those creatures that fell from the sky. Peace and quiet really is the best. By the way, I seem to be getting... "carried away" quite a bit lately.

A beautiful kunoichi spy named Hanare is captured for attempting to gather intel on the Hidden Leaf.