After her political campaign for city council ends in a landslide loss, Julia returns to her hometown for Christmas to drown her sorrows.

Julia has just lost a by-election in Boston. To recharge before starting her campaign for the next election she returns to her parents' home for Christmas. Around the neighborhood she runs into Parker, her old nemesis from school years; he's now principal at their old school. When she realizes that he is up for election for a new mayor unopposed, she declares her candidacy for the election. It's back to the old rivalry from schooldays, but the short campaign also means that they must spend a lot of time together and she realizes that there's more than just rivalry between them.—Devnull