Winter's Gift

"Winter's Gift" is a Christmas-themed episode of the Disney Junior seires Sofia the First, which aired on December 12, 2014.

Plot
It's Wassailia, and when Sofia wakes up she finds a present on her bed. Inside, it's just Clover. Sofia thanks Clover and shows him the gift she made for Cedric: A wand case for his wand. But when she goes up to give it to him she hears him ranting about how he wants a special gift. A depressed Sofia leaves thinking her gift isn't special enough. When she meets Baileywick and he tells her about ice lilies. Hearing this, Sofia decides to get Cedric some for Wassailia.

She and Clover head out into the forest and meet up with Whiskers the Fox. He agrees to take them to the ice lilies. On the way, they meet a faun named Winter. Winter tells Sofia the reason she's out in the Icicle Forest is because she's also looking for ice lilies to give them to Glacia the Ice Witch. A year ago, Winter gave all the wood crystals she could find to Glacia, who does spells for people who bring her gifts every year on Wassailia, in exchange for the ice touch because she heard about a princess with cyrokenetic abilities and thought cyrokeniesis would be a cool power to have. Glacia granted her request and gave her the ice touch. At first, Winter thought it was a nice power until she froze one of her friends by mistake. She now wants to find a gift for Glacia and ask her to remove the ice touch. Sofia agrees to help her new friend find the perfect gift for Glacia.

Together they manage to find the ice lilies and Clover and Whiskers get them for the girls. But he falls out of the tree and Winter catches him, and froze him solid in the process by accident to Winter's horror. They head for Glacia's palace but Glacia is unimpressed with the gift because she already had hundreds of ice lilies and refuses to remove the ice touch. A saddened Winter runs off into the woods with Sofia going after her.

Sofia is at a loss of what to do when her amulet starts to glow. The frozen Clover recognizes this means a princess summoning is happening and Tiana appears. Tiana, through a song, tells Sofia that the difference between a good gift and a bad gift is whether or not it comes from the heart. This inspires Sofia to tell Winter she should use her music and make one of her songs a gift for Glacia. Winter does so and Glacia is happy enough to remove the ice touch and undo all the freezings. Glacia reveals that the reason she was so bitter is because she was tired of receiving trinkets from selfish people who only see her when they want something and that Winter's gift was the first gift from the heart she has ever received. Winter and Sofia both go their own homes to celebrate Wassailia with their families, including Clover and Whiskers. Finally, Cedric and Sofia both give each other gifts.

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
 * Wayne Brady as Clover
 * Anika Noni Rose as Tiana
 * Jess Harnell as Cedric the Sorcerer
 * Tyler Merna as Prince James
 * Alyson Hannigan as Winter
 * Phylicia Rashad as Glacia the Ice Witch
 * Nick Offerman as Whiskers
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Tim Gunn as Baileywick

Songs

 * From the Heart

Goofs

 * Near the end of this episode, Amber's right arm is missing.

Trivia

 * This is the second Christmas-themed episode, the first was "Holiday in Enchancia".
 * Tiana is the ninth Disney Princess to appear on the show.
 * The first was Cinderella in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
 * The second was Jasmine in "Two to Tangu".
 * The third was Belle in "The Amulet and the Anthem".
 * The fourth was Ariel in Sofia the First: The Floating Palace.
 * The fifth was Aurora in "Holiday in Enchancia".
 * The sixth was Snow White in "The Enchanted Feast".
 * The seventh was Mulan in "Princesses to the Rescue!".
 * The eighth was Rapunzel in Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy.
 * Sofia's ponytail hairstyle and earrings from "Baileywhoops" returned in this episode! This time the messy motif in her left side is fixed.
 * Sofia's blue nightgown is pink in this episode, and this is the second episode which Sofia wears a different nightgown, the first was in "The Baker King" after King Roland accidentally wished he was a village baker.
 * This is the third time Sofia is seen wearing nightgowns in Season Two.
 * This is the eighth time Sofia doesn't wear her signature outfit for the whole episode.
 * Among the episodes in this series that feature a Disney Princess right after the previous episode that also features a Disney Princess, this is the second. The first is Sofia the First: The Floating Palace and "Holiday in Enchancia".
 * Tiana is the second Disney Princess to wear a winter outfit, the first was Aurora. She is also the second Disney Princess to sing a whole song by herself, the first being Rapunzel.
 * Sofia, in this episode, does not say Tiana's name after she was summoned. Instead, Tiana introduces herself to her.
 * Winter mentions a princess with ice powers which could possibly be referring to Elsa from Frozen. However, Elsa is currently Queen.
 * Cedric's Family Wand from "Mystic Meadows" makes its second appearance in this episode.
 * Mama Odie is mentioned in this episode.
 * This is the second time Princess Amber wears a necklace the first was in "The Amulet of Avalor" (third if you include the Amulet in The Curse of Princess Ivy).
 * This is the first time Amber wears different earrings.
 * This is the fourth time Amber doesn't wear her signature gown.
 * Amber is wearing the same gown she wore for the royal wedding, which is shown in a flashback in "Mom's the Word".
 * This is the third episode to have a different closing credits sequence and the second to be christmas-themed.