Having set up a new base on Knowhere after the events in Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), the Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) try to settle in on the edge of the Galactic Rim. But when Kraglin, the Xandarian, shares a story of a Christmas gone wrong for Peter Quill, aka the Star-Lord, Insectoid/Celestial hybrid Mantis and Drax the Destroyer embark on a time-sensitive mission to give Peter a merrier holiday memory. However, the Earth is a strange, complicated place. Will Mantis and Drax surprise Peter with the best Christmas gift ever?—Nick Riganas