Three teams go head to head to head in this festive holiday battle as Iron Chefs are paired with Cooking Channel chefs: Michael Symon with Ching-He Huang, Masaharu Morimoto with G. Garvin and Jose Garces with Bobby Deen. Judges are Simon Majumdar, Karine Bakhoum and Ed Schoenfeld. -- Theme: Ghosts of Holiday Ingredients Past (four ingredients--Champagne, Eggnog, Gingerbread, and Fruitcake--infamous from previous Holiday battles) -- Special Condition: Three-Way Battle