After learning that all her immediate family members have separate plans for the upcoming Christmas, a single mother enlists her sister to help persuade them to spend Christmas Eve together.

Isabelle Gagnon is a firm believer in the magic of Christmas: the recipes, the gift exchanges, the naughty elves and the traditional family photos... Her preparations begin the day after Halloween. But this year, everything seems to be working against her. Everyone has other plans, and in these times of blended families, Isabelle will have to pedal hard to keep her gang around her this Christmas.