Canterlot is always abuzz with gossip, but as Hearth's Warming rolls around, there's one question on everypony's minds: Whose party will the princess attend?
For the longest time, Celestia had spent Hearth's Warming Eve the same way: alone. Well, that's at least until a certain purple pupil of hers comes along.
A certain pink prancing pony ventures forth into the streets of Ponyville in search of a very special parcel! She is a mare on a mission! Nothing would stop her! That was a Pinkie Promise!
Twilight united five dubiously sane mares into an unstoppable force for good... which has some implications for what they were like before she came to town.
Fluttershy refuses to let Discord simply change reality to make her rich, powerful, or immortal. But she's taught him friends do things to help each other. So if he makes everypony be her friend, they'll do it for him! Right?
Rainbow Dash has managed to get herself into yet more trouble: she's been dragooned into being the new Spirit of Hearth's Warming. Now only Starlight Glimmer, Attorney at Law, can save her from an eternity of gift delivery.
The world is in turmoil, Equestria is on its knees, monsters hide at every corner and everypony is trapped by the physical manifestation of their innermost fears. But Rarity isn't going to let such trivial occurrences stop her from delivering gifts.
Thanks to a poorly timed magical surge, Applejack has crushed a box full of Apple family ornaments. To try and save the holiday, she's recruited Rarity to reassemble and rebuild what's been broken.
Twilight is spending Hearth's Warming together with her brother in the Crystal Empire. Tempest will be there as well. This is great news. It's not like Twilight wasn't warned until hours before the event and doesn't have a present ready as a result.
Equestria's Fastest Young Flier and Equestria's Most Powerful Sorceress talk about what it's like to feel their bones grow tired, and to see the young ones take their place. And why it's such a wonderful thing to watch.
At Hearth's Warming, it's time to share in the seasonal spirit with family. Unless you can't stand your family and the seasonal spirit is like nails down a chalkboard, in which case you might find yourself wanting other, like-minded company.
Sunset, having just finished the last day of school, is prepared to spend another Christmas alone. However, as she exits Canterlot High, she's greeted by a familiar face. One who comes bearing the most important gift Sunset might ever receive.
It's the first Hearth's Warming after Twilight's coronation, and Starlight notices that Twilight has been overworking herself. She wants to make Hearth's Warming perfect, so she enlists Sunset's help...
When an interdimensional fugitive Adagio Dazzle escapes on Hearth's Warming Eve, it falls to Captain Spitfire to track her down to the most miserable place known to ponykind: Klugetown. And then things get worse.
Spitfire is tired of Rainbow Dash's ridiculous stories. Dash doesn't see the problem. The Ponyville chief of police had hoped for a quiet Hearth's Warming for once.