In an effort to prove that he can attend to all of the needs of his brothers and sisters, Kirk buys Phoebe her first brassiere. When he presents it to her with her siblings and friends watching, she is extremely embarrassed. Phoebe plans on moving in with Elizabeth, but Kirk desperately tries to get her to forgive him. He tells her some embarrassing things about himself, such as knowing all of the words to the theme song for the television show Full House. Phoebe plots her revenge with this knowledge.

Kirk searches for a Christmas miracle when he's fired from his job, his power is cut off because the bill hasn't been paid, and his gifts are stolen. Kirk experiences major disappointments during his first Christmas season in New York City. First, he gets terminated from his job. Then, while he waits for the bus, the packages he bought with his last paycheck get stolen. Kirk takes a job as an elf to earn some extra money. While working, he meets the owner of a comic book company who hires him as a comic book illustrator.

Both Russell and Kirk come down with tonsillitis, but it's the older brother who's panicked -- particularly when he learns that Elizabeth will be his surgeon.