Another Christmas Eve in Metropolis, but this one doesn't seem to end. Every day at four pm it becomes noon again and Clark finds himself dealing with the same bank robber and jumper, all the while noticing that Lois is losing faith in herself, Perry is crying over his kids, Ellen is nearing the nog and his parents are fighting. They're in a loop, and he's outside the loop watching everything deteriorate before him and being unable to help. All being caused by Mr. Mxyzptlk who doesn't want to go back to the third dimension and the only way he will take everyone out of the loop is if Superman leaves. Mr. Mxyzptlk wants to be the god of the earth, and doesn't want the supreme being around to steal any of his thunder. The only way to stop him and send Mr. Mxyzptlk back is to get him to say his name backwards, so informing Lois she's stuck in a loop and to not give in to despair Clark in lists his wife to help bring joy back to Metropolis.