Holiday Wars

In the first qualifying round, the three teams of cake and sugar artists must showcase an unlikely understudy who dreams of winning a spot to pull Santa's sleigh. Two teams move on in the competition, and the judges send one team home.

In the second qualifying round, three teams are challenged to showcase Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in a way the world has never seen before: by completely reimagining the iconic Ghost of Christmas Past, Present or Future.

In the final qualifying round, three teams have to showcase how two animals that don't ordinarily get along can celebrate Thanksgiving together in the animal kingdom.

With the qualifying rounds complete, six teams of masterful cake and sugar artists face off in a challenge to imagine the perfect way to win the ultimate snowball fight.

The five remaining teams of cake and sugar artists are challenged to imagine friendly aliens celebrating their own holidays on another planet. At the end of this intergalactic face-off, the field of competition narrows with one team's elimination.

Nothing says holiday cheer quite like a group of carolers a-wassailing. The four remaining teams of master cake and sugar artists are challenged to bring the story of an iconic carol to life in the most delicious way imaginable -- with cake!

In the penultimate battle, three teams of master cake and sugar artists bring Dr. Seuss' iconic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" to life by reimagining the world-famous story as a big-screen epic in a whole new movie genre.

With $25,000 and the title of Holiday Wars Champion at stake, the last two teams of cake and sugar artists must showcase the wildest, most-powerful modernization imaginable for Santa's new ride.