Well the Episode 9 opener is presumably a flash-forward to this upcoming Christmas, aka Episode 11. And the panty party is certainly not on Christmas Eve/Day, because people will want to be with their families, just like with Thanksgiving. So I would seriously doubt the scene of a wrecked Christmas dinner at Bella's house is actually an in-universe year from now.
My exact thoughts. I initially thought the intro for
EP.11 would be about
Bella and the dinner scene shown in
EP.9, but the preview DPC posted about
Lana makes me believe the intro will be about
Jill's family.
Which I find odd since the Christmas episode would be perfect to have
Bella's ruined Christmas dinner scene as an intro. With
James coming back at the end of
EP.11,
EP.12 would be like Crossroads Part II with
Bella choosing the
MC or
James at the end of the episode, thus ending the season.