Sunset Shimmer is just struggling to recover from the Fall Formal and just trying to make means meet. However, the others, unaware of her financial situation her friends consider her a Scrooge for not donating to the school's food drive. However, during a Christmas Assembly, Sunset Shimmer's former caretaker shows up with a promise to send the school three spirits to show them why Sunset Shimmer wasn't a Scrooge.