Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson host a dramatic opening night in the Christmas cookie playhouse, where four gingerbread masters craft cookie stick puppets; the bakers also build grand gingerbread puppet theaters to perform a play.

Cookiemakers who came up just short of winning will decorate cookies that call back to forgotten Christmas traditions and reveal what makes them tick with grandfather clocks.

Eight former champions in teams of two weave magic to create Christmas cookie quilts and construct gigantic stadiums worthy of the finest North Pole games.

Inspired by Warner Bros.' Christmas movie "Elf," four cookiemakers create cookies that show Buddy's magical journey, and then cobble together 3D pop-up cookie books with their favorite movie scene.

Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson ask four bakers to make cookies that reveal what Christmas is like on other planets; the cookie makers craft rocket ships.

Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson challenge four festive cookie makers to share the magic of Christmas vacation with two-sided picture postcards; the merry trip continues as the three remaining cookie makers craft 360-degree Christmas camper vans.