A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1

When Max returns to California after a semester at college, he is met with all sorts of problems including a disaffected father, an aimless theater geek sister and a bipolar racist aunt. Despite all of this, he is frustrated to learn that somebody made money off of his book idea. This section focuses on the struggles of coming home and trying to get into the spirit of the holidays despite having a preoccupied mind.