As part of a school assignment, Cow and Chicken write essays on what jobs they want when they are older. Since Cow's essay won, she gets to live her dream as an astronaut, whereas the runner-up, Chicken, works at a supermarket/Chicken, Flem and Earl are camping with Flem's father. After Cow shows up, Flem's dad sings a story about a legend named Sailcat/I.R.'s Christmas celebrations go wrong when his family (mother, father and elder sister) are thawed out at Weasel's pent-house