It's the Christmas season and Eric has his three oldest children doing charity work for the community. Mary and Lucy aren't enthusiastic about the charity work that Eric wants them to do. Mary is working in a soup kitchen while Lucy has to organize auditions for the "Live Nativity" at the church. Meanwhile, Eric has given Matt a well-paid job as Santa Claus at the mall. Also, Simon is in the spirit of wearing his VERY tight candy cane pajamas and wanting to put on lights inside the house since he's not allowed to do it outside alone. As a family ritual, each family member picks a name out of a hat of who to get for Christmas while Eric and Annie cheat. Before going on his family vacation, Jordan accidentally gives Lucy a gift that was meant for his uncle's monkey (shoe shine-kit), but was supposed to give her a basketball signed 'I Love You'. Also, Mary meets a guy, Carlos at the soup kitchen who doesn't have a place to stay for Christmas, so Mary invites him to stay over at their house. Ruthie loses the spirit of Christmas when discovering Matt was a fake Santa Claus at the mall while Simon tries to bring her spirits up. Lastly, the Camden family convinces Carlos to go back to New York on Christmas Eve to be with his family that he has missed.
s03e01 - It Takes Two, Baby
s03e02 - Drunk Like Me
s03e03 - Cutters
s03e04 - The Legacy
s03e05 - ... And a Nice Chianti
s03e06 - And the Home of the Brave
s03e07 - Johnny Get Your Gun
s03e08 - No Sex, Some Drugs and a Little Rock 'n' Roll
s03e09 - Let's Talk About Sex
s03e10 - Here Comes Santa Claus
s03e11 - Nobody Knows...
s03e12 - All That Jazz
s03e13 - The Tribes That Bind
s03e14 - In Praise of Women
s03e15 - It Happened One Night
s03e16 - Paranoia
s03e17 - Sometimes That's Just the Way It Is
s03e18 - We the People
s03e19 - The Voice
s03e20 - All Dogs Go to Heaven
s03e21 - There Goes the Bride (1)
s03e22 - There Goes the Bride (2)
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household. This year, Eric and Annie will find their family back together in Glenoak with the return of Matt and Simon.
As is often the case when the house is overflowing with Camdens, Eric and Annie are in for a bumpy ride as their children take landmark steps in their lives. Meanwhile, Eric and Annie continue their journey as soul mates, parents and grandparents whose love and respect for each other brings them ever closer.
Through all the ups and downs, Eric and Annie have managed to keep their romance alive and their family together. Not only are they raising their own seven children, they've picked up several additional family members along the way.