It's New Year's Eve, and Jughead is still trying to get a Christmas gift for Betty. That's no small task, with less than five dollars in his pocket... especially now that he's homeless and fending for himself. But he's determined to find some way to treat her... or at least acknowledge her... before the season of giving ends. Maybe the new year means his luck is about to change.

Betty Cooper is (reluctantly) on the road in a snowstorm to (reluctantly) spend Christmas in Riverdale for the first time since high school. Jughead Jones returns to Riverdale only at Christmas. The childhood friends haven't seen each other in years. But when they both decide to wait out the storm at Pop's, it just may be the best Christmas either has ever had. Slight AU.