All I Want for Christmas Is My Dead Uncle's Cash (2000) S1.E11
Jimmy inherits money from a deceased uncle. He repays Greg the money he owes him, and then spends the rest on gifts and other items. Now, he has no money to pay the taxes on the inheritance. Kim has a holiday picture taken of the children.
Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to California by covered wagon in the summer of 1846. One by one the odds begin to stack against Margaret and her family as precious days slip away and an early winter storm closes the passes through the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Trapped without adequate food and supplies, Margaret struggles to keep her family alive.