Dodie gets the job of making the school announcements and uses it as a forum to reveal gossip about Lucky Junior High. When a lice scare hits the school and Dodie finds out Courtney has been infected, will she make the announcement or will Ginger be able to convince her to keep her mouth shut.

Ginger's mom has a no make up policy... She won't allow her daughter to wear any make up at all until she's a teenager. Will she wait that long when school pictures are coming up? Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey take a trip with the garbage man.

When Ginger realises she's a quarter Jewish, she starts exploring her newly discovered heritage. But when she tells Dodie she won't trim her tree with her, will Ginger be turning her back on Christmas in favor of her Judaism? Meanwhile, Carl breaks the news to Hoodsey that Santa Claus doesn't exist, so Hoodsey sets out to prove him wrong by asking Santa to bring him his one Christmas wish... a visit from Carl and Ginger's father.

Ginger is the only one that is nervous about moving on to high school while all her friends are embracing the change and deciding what their new activities will be once they make the big switch.

Note: This episode was alternatively titled No Turning Back.