Sofia the First S1 E23

## Plot

In Enchancia, it's Wassalia Day. It's basically their version of Christmas, with a small amount of Hanukkah thrown in about lighting a special candle. It gets weird if you also watch Elena of Avalor and realize that Christmas and Hanukkah exist in this world. So it's okay to call it Christmas or Navidad there but not here? I know this show came out years earlier, plus you don't want to offend anyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas, but if it's basically that holiday in everything but name, then what's the point? What if I wanted to see Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or Ramadan celebrated, or a Chinese New Year? The name at least is probably based on the Middle English tradition of wassailing. Anyways, it's Sofia's first time celebrating in the castle. Everyone puts on cute new outfits for it. Sofia and her mom would sing carols and spent the night by the special candle, just being happy and grateful for each other's company. However, the royal family throws a big party, and Amber and James only care about the gifts they'll be getting. Miranda is excited to spend the holidays with her family. Roland had to go out to take care of some urgent business, but he'll be back before the party. Sofia heads to the stables and gives Minimus his gift. All of the other horses are sick. Royal Prep let Sofia bring him home for the winter break. It turns out that the urgent business Roland had was last minute present shopping, even though the giant tree back home already has a ton of presents. He and Baileywick take a carriage back to the castle. On the way though, the horses get scared and run off, and the carriage crashes. Everyone's okay, and a man who heard the crash offers his help. The weather's getting worse. He has a horse, but he's too old and slow to make it back to the castle before the blizzard hits. The man offers his cabin as shelter, and they can wait out the storm there. It'll be there within the hour. Roland wants to make it back home in time for Wassalia, but Baileywick tells him that it's too dangerous. Back at the castle, the family is worried about him. Miranda tries to assure the kids that it's nothing, but she has Constable Myles send someone out just in case. Sofia overhears them and wants to go too. James also wants to go. Miranda decides that they'll all go. They can take the flying sleigh and surprise Roland. He, Baileywick, and his footmen arrive at the man's cabin, and meet his wife Anna and his two kids. Minimus is the only horse who can pull the sleigh, since he's the only one that's not sick. Clover, Mia, and Robin sneak in to help Roland in case he needs it. Everyone sees the horses from Roland's coach running away. A storm is coming. Constable Myles wants to turn around, but the others want to keep looking. A whiteout forces them to have a rough landing. They have to wait out the storm in the sleigh. They could be there all night though, and Sofia is worried about her dad. Her amulet summons Aurora to help. She tells her to rely on her animal friends for help. Really, another Disney Princess? Right after the last one? And she doesn't even sing! Robin and Mia tell all the animals in the forest that the king is missing, and they start looking for him. Clover can't help on this one because he doesn't have wings. A snowy owl finds the king's carriage, and follows the footprints back to the cabin. Hedwig! Roland is upset that he won't be spending the holiday with his family. Sofia tells the others that her bird friends know where he is. Miranda says that as much as they want to believe it, they don't know where he is, but then she sees the other animals with the royal flag. The family has Roland light their Wassalia candle. Before he can, the rest of the family shows up. James finds the last minute presents that Roland bought, which he completely forgot about. It's certainly awkward, because the family they're staying with can't afford presents for their kids, who are playing with a dreidel like top. Sofia, Amber, and James give some of their presents to the kids, who love them, and James admits that they already have enough presents back home. Everyone sings a song about peace and joy.