While Christmas shopping with his mother, Kevin discovers that his gym teacher, Coach Cutlip (Robert Picardo) has another job as the mall Santa Claus. Back at school, Kevin's treated like royalty from the much kinder gift-giving "Ed" Cutlip so he wouldn't give up his secret to the rest of the class. But Kevin accidentally tells Doug Porter he saw Cutlip working at the Brightlin Mall. Doug then tells Randy Mitchell, who tells Tommy Kisling (Jay Lambert), so they gather a mob to the mall and try to find their strict gym teacher.