Mix Ups & Mistletoes

"Mix Ups & Mistletoes" is the 5th episode in Season 3 of Austin & Ally. It first aired on December 1, 2013. It was the 10th episode to be filmed in Season 3. It was watched by 3.197 million viewers on the night of its premiere.

Overview
Trish is organizing a Kids Club holiday party at which Austin and Ally will perform their original holiday song and distribute Austin Moon dolls, but a mix-up at the toy factory leads to a scramble. Meanwhile, Trish puts Dez and his arch nemesis, Chuck, through a competition to determine who will be a better Santa for the party.

Plot
Trish is organizing a holiday party at Shredder's Beach Club for a group of kids in hope of being promoted to 'Party Planner.' Austin and Ally plan to perform a special new song there, as well as distribute the well wanted Austin Moon Doll to all of the kids. Dez and Chuck compete in various tasks and activities to see who will be the party's Santa; Trish manipulates them into doing her work for her. When they do get the dolls, they come with extra long hair. They end up cutting all of the doll's extra hair off at a doll salon. Chuck and Dez have two final competitions -- who can wrap presents the fastest, and who can lug their sack of presents to the beach club first. Trish and Ally, on their way over, discover an extra Austin Moon doll; they press the button and, instead of singing Double Take, it mimics a baby before 'peeing' on Ally.

They attempt to stop the dolls from being distributed, but it is too late by the time that they get there -- all the kids are stunned and disappointed to see that the Austin Moon doll is not as promised. Chuck and Dez try to cheer them up by acting as Santa; they get into a fight and wreck the party set. However, after they have fixed the set and Austin and Ally perform I Love Christmas, the children exclaim that the party wasn't a total bust.

As she wanted, Trish gets the promotion -- the only catch is that no extra money comes out of it, only longer working hours.

Songs Featured

 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)
 * I Love Christmas (premiere)

Main Cast

 * Ross Lynch as Austin Moon
 * Laura Marano as Ally Dawson
 * Raini Rodriguez as Trish De la Rosa
 * Calum Worthy as Dez

Recurring Cast

 * John Paul Green as Chuck

Guest Cast

 * Alexa Rose Russo as Hazel
 * Alysah Pizarro as Christmas Kid
 * Nic Noviki as Larry
 * Unknown as Santa Claus

Trivia

 * This is a Christmas episode.
 * This is the second Christmas episode in the show, first was Big Dreams & Big Apples.
 * Austin and Ally perform a new song called I Love Christmas.
 * This is Chuck's fifth appearance in the series.
 * This is Hazel's second appearance in the show.
 * Austin and Ally almost kiss under the mistletoe twice.
 * Dez and Chuck compete against each other again to try to be the best Santa.
 * Trish is still working at Shredder's Beach Club
 * Trish and Hazel mention when the pig flew and landed on Ally from the previous episode.
 * Austin tried to kiss Ally three times.
 * In previous episodes Ally has been seen dancing badly but when she was performing I Love Christmas with Austin, she is seen dancing well showing she may have learnt how to dance.

Goofs

 * When Dez and Chuck have the Santa Showdown, in Family & Feuds, when Austin, Ally, Trish, DiDi, Dennis, and Donna play a trick on Dez and Chuck they are trying to break up the feud between the McCoys and the Colters, it works, and Dez and Chuck become friends.