 In Christmas Eve, Lex is in a dangerous neighborhood in Granville, Kansas, dealing dirty means to cut Jonathan Kent of the race to the senate. He is shot twice when a couple of junkies steal his car, and he dreams on having a possible middle class lifestyle with a pregnant Lana and their son Alexander. In his near death experience, Lex is a simple man beloved by the people of Smallville and best friend of Jonathan and Clark. Meanwhile, in the real world, he is submitted to a life-threatening surgery ordered by Lionel to avoid he becomes crippled. Chloe asks Clark to deliver many Christmas gifts to poor children, and Clark meets a sad and disappointed Santa Claus near suicide. In the end, Lex concludes that his love is cursed, based on the fate of Julian, Lillian and Lana, and power and money are the most important values in life.