When successful New York marketing executive Katherine discovers her workaholic ways are taking a toll on her eight-year-old son, Zac, she decides to spend Christmas with him and her mother, Lilly in her home town on the bayou. When Caleb tries to rekindle a childhood romance and convince her to move back home, Katherine is torn between the bright lights of the big city and the quiet, gentler rhythms of her Southern roots. Only a Christmas miracle orchestrated by Papa Noel can steer her heart to her true home
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凯瑟琳是一个单身妈妈，事业狂，她从纽约带着她的8岁儿子扎克回到故乡过圣诞节。这里气候温暖，圣诞节不会下雪。妈妈和以前的男同学现在的护林员迦勒重逢，爱意萌生，但凯瑟琳却不想再一次在感情上冒险受到伤害。扎克很想念他的朋友们，因为他在新地方和当地的小朋友们格格不入。扎克有一天遇到了一个年迈白胡子老爷爷，他说他叫诺尔爷爷，他似乎有一种魔力，能当面把一杯水变成一杯热巧克力。
小城的生活继续着，扎克慢慢融入了小伙伴之间，还勇敢的表演了节目，原本打算平安夜就回到纽约的凯瑟琳最终也选择了留下来工作，并且接受了迦勒的爱情。
最后，平安夜，宛如圣诞老人的白胡子爷爷驾船从河上驶过，仿佛他就是传说中的圣诞老人，给所有的人都带来了美好的改变和新的期待。