While most of the celebrity housemates wished for uber expensive Christmas presents like an HDTV for Gaby, a posh sound system for Mariel, laptops for Baron, Jon and Will or a piano for Riza, Ruben asked for his mom, granny and aunt to be reunited after their last meeting in the 70's. He almost felt envious yesterday when Ethel finally received her SLR digital camera but the long wait was truly worth it once he saw his loved ones on Christmas Eve.

Unbeknownst to him, the trio was already here in Manila even the night before that. His mom Mrs. Judith Gonzaga (accompanied by his partner Jessele Cabal) came all the way from Davao, his lola Mrs. Florencia Pugay from Cebu and his aunt Judith Famarin from Batangas. They stayed in different hotels and were even sent some home-cooked Pinoy meals for their noche buena courtesy of Ruben's culinary expertise.

Ruben described his tear-jerking experience, "Hindi yung materyal na bagay ang nagpapasaya minsan sa buhay ng tao. Yun din pong totoong regalo na galing sa puso mo na binigay mo sa ibang tao lalo na sa mahal mo sa buhay."

Prior to that though, they were treated to a 100-second celebrity homecoming of their ex-housemates, who brought various goodies for them. Whatever misunderstandings they had before didn't matter anymore as they warmly hugged the people who have become second family to them. First off was Zara, followed by Mcoy, Megan, Donnie, Marylaine, Jen and Victor. The bubbly ex-26K Girl didn't even missed a chance to land Will a smack on the lips! On the other hand, Gaby's secret crush sadly noted that he couldn't watch them on TV for it still hurts him not to be with them.

Christmastime was such a perfect affair for our housemates except that Baron made a spectacle of himself for the second time! Against Big Brother's instructions, he still indulged on too many booze to the point that his housemates grew worried once more towards his wild behavior. Had he acted unforgivably this time? What will be his punishment for violating his penalty not to drink alcohol until the end of the program?

To perk the celebrity housemates this Tuesday morning, Big Brother decided to throw a familiar house game with a twist. Kuya called the task "Michael Jackstone" which referred to the fun children's game we know as Jackstone. The game may be a common game and it's mechanics very simple. But what made this task different and more complicated was that the ten "stars" that they used in the game were much bigger than what are usually used. Upon throwing the small rubber ball in the air, they would have to grab one big star at a time until the whole round is finished. If one star falls, the player would have to repeat the round all over again. Not only that, each player, after getting all the ten big stars, needs to show an "exhibition" move. The more creative and complex the exhibition move, the better.

Upon the signal of the "Pappy, Pappy" dance theme, all the players assumed the game mode. The first team composed of Yayo, Marylaine, Gaby, and Riza. Gaby took charge of the tiny ball while her teammates all helped out in picking up the big stars. At first, their play went smoothly, but as they tried to get as much stars as they need to, the game proved to be much challenging. They eventually moved one star, which meant that they lost their turn. The second team with Megan, Baron, Will, and Ruben then followed. But before they all could get the hang of the game, Will accidentally moved one star, hence, their team lost their turn. Then the team of Jen, Victor, and Donald played the game. Jen held the ball, but just like the second team, they also accidentally moved a star.

The game then went on as each team figured out a way on how they will coordinate with one another to perfectly go through all the rounds. Each member of the team took turns in handling the ball too. In the middle of the game, though, Big Brother decided that only one member of the team will drop all the stars before every game. The HMs then tried their best to pick the stars by set without moving the other stars.