The film opens similar to the first movie, with Hiccup providing a narration about the upcoming Snoggletog festival being one to remember now that the war between the Vikings and the dragons has come to an end:
"This is Berk, boasting the kind of balmy, fun-in-the-sun climate that will give you frostbite on your spleen. The one upside is our annual holiday. We call it Snoggletog. Why we chose such a stupid name remains a mystery. But with the war long over and dragons living amongst us, this year's Snoggletog promises to be one to remember."
Hiccup is promptly woken by Toothless, making sure to grab his helmet and head out flying with his friend (almost slipping on the ice along the way). They practice a trick they've been working on for some time during their flight as the other villagers are putting up Snoggletog decorations with the help of the dragons. While Stoick proclaims how this'll be a wonderful Snoggletog, all the dragons in the village seem to hear something in the distance and suddenly take off. Hiccup and Toothless are just coming back from their ride, when the storm of dragons fly past them, knocking off Hiccup's helmet into the ocean. Although Toothless attempts to get the helmet back, Hiccup decides it is best to return home to figure out what is going on.
After landing, Hiccup is immediately bombarded with questions about where the dragons have gone, but he had no idea. Stoick calls everyone to the Great Hall to discuss further plans and Hiccup and his friends walk outside. Astrid tries to keep up the Snoggletog cheer, Tuffnut remarking how it must be nice for Hiccup to have a dragon that can't go anywhere without the rider. Hiccup looks at Toothless staring sadly out on a cliff.
The next day, Astrid has come up with a new drink called "yak nog", a version of egg nog which she hopes to become a new Snoggletog tradition. Snotlout, trying to get on her good side, decides to try some and is almost sick, prompting everyone else to shy away from the offer. At the blacksmith workshop, Hiccup is building something for Toothless, a new tail which would allow him to fly by himself. After almost yakking up the yak nog he accepted from Astrid, Hiccup attempts to put it on Toothless. After a few words, Toothless quickly takes off, leaving Hiccup saddened at his sudden departure. Hiccup tries to get to sleep later that day, hearing a rumbling outside on the roof. Thinking it was Toothless, and falling on a patch of ice again, it turns out that the rumbling on the roof was Stoick.
Hiccup tries to obtain some supplies to fish his helmet out of the sea when he runs into Fishlegs, who's been acting pretty suspicious the past few days. Observing him carrying a basket full of fish, Hiccup remarks it's enough to feed a dragon. He follows Fishlegs to a shack where Fishlegs' Gronckle, Meatlug, is being chained down to prevent him from leaving. Meatlug is chained up, but as soon as the door opens, he immediately flies out, taking Hiccup along with him to parts unknown. Fishlegs, Astrid, the twins, and Snotlout see Hiccup fly away, heading into the shack where Meatlug was being held captive. To their surprise, they find out that Meatlug had laid eggs, making "he" into a "she." Astrid has an idea to wrap up the eggs and put them in the other Vikings' homes for another Snoggletog tradition.
Hiccup eventually is taken to an island full of their dragons, quickly realizing they come here to lay their eggs. A Gronckle is seen to push her eggs into water, hatching into little baby Gronckles with a light explosion. Hiccup notices a missed one, which promptly explodes in his face, knocking him back. Commenting it's a good thing those don't hatch in Berk, he's unaware of Astrid's plan back home. They have just finished putting the last eggs and are talking about how this was a great idea, until one of the eggs explode and hits Fishlegs on his head. It doesn't take long until every other egg starts hatching and setting fire to some houses and the big makeshift Snoggletog tree.
Hiccup looks around the island for a bit and finds Stormfly (Astrid's Deadly Nadder), Hookfang (Snotlout's Monstrous Nightmare), and their own babies. He persuades Hookfang for a ride as the other dragons start following with their hatchlings in tow. They all manage to fly a little while, but the wind blows them back to the island. After a few seconds of thinking, Hiccup remembers something from when he flew to the island and gets an idea about what to do.
In Berk, repairs are being made, Stoick rants about how this is a horrible Snoggletog until everyone stops working, staring off into the distance. They see a huge cloud of dragons with Hiccup, carrying an old Viking ship Hiccup saw on the way there. The ship carries all of the dragons' hatchlings, allowing them to safely return home. Everyone congratulates Hiccup on a job well done, and reunite with their respective dragons. Soon, they are all celebrating in the Great Hall on Stoick's statement of the fact that they finally have something to celebrate considering this year's rotten luck at Snoggletog.
Hiccup looks around, smiling at the returned dragons and the babies, but still can't see Toothless amongst them. Astrid comes and sympathetically congratulates him as well, giving him a quick kiss and a hug. He asks her about Toothless just as she sees the Night Fury trying to sneak behind Hiccup. Astrid starts teasing him about how she wouldn't want be him at the moment, seeing as how he's brought back everyone's dragon, except for his. Hiccup replies sarcastically, until Astrid turns him around to see Toothless, who he promptly runs up to and hugs. He scolds the dragon for a moment (who gets distracted by Hiccup wagging his finger) until he notices something in Toothless' mouth. Toothless turns it around in his mouth a bit, then spits it out, getting Hiccup wet with drool, but revealing that he managed to find the Viking's lost helmet. Hiccup gives him another hug in gratitude as Astrid exclaims, "Happy Snoggletog!"
The next morning, similar to the opening, Hiccup wakes to find Toothless pushing his old tail and saddle out towards him in the snow. Hiccup starts saying how Toothless has a new and better tail now, but Toothless keeps persisting. Eventually, the dragon looks back at his new tail and starts smashing it into the snow, ignoring Hiccup's protests as he throws it far away behind him. Toothless nudges the old saddle towards Hiccup again. Realizing that Toothless would rather fly with him, Hiccup is all too happy to go out for another flight. The two of them perform another daring trick as Hiccup ends the story with another narration:
"Winter in Berk lasts most of the year. It hangs on with both hands hands and won't let go. And the only real comforts against the cold are the those you keep close to your heart. 'Turns out, that was the best Snoggletog ever. That year, I gave my best friend a pretty great gift. He gave me a better one."
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If you like How to Train Your Dragon, then you'll like this Xmas Special (I know it's not Christmas but you'll still like it). just press the play button then sit back and relax and enjoy
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