Christmas can officially get stuffed because Harriet Smith is not feeling bright and merry this year. She hasnt for a while. So when her college-aged daughter opts for Manhattans winter wonderland instead of Christmas at home, Harriet finds herself seeking solace in a wine-soaked one-night stand.

But how Harriet will spend the holidays is swiftly decided for her after she takes the fall for some students who break into the towns old Winter Theater. To get the students off the hook, the theaters elderly owner requests that Harriet direct the washed-out stages final Christmas performance. And Harriet will do anything to help the kids . . . even work with the owners lawyer who, as it turns out, is her less than impressed one-night stand.

Directing the play with him won’t exactly change her life. But it might just reignite the Christmas spirit and remind her what makes life merry and bright again.