Having simply moved again to her hometown with out her serviceman husband however together with her younger son, Gretchen Daniels finds her life in disarray as Christmas approaches. However she discovers new goal when she helps to ship a message to her neighbor, Melissa, which makes her an ally within the quest to search out the neighbor's sibling she by no means knew she had. The ladies develop into bonded not solely by the search, however by the understanding that being there for one another means they're not alone. This friendship turns into the best Christmas present of their lives. Primarily based on a bestselling novel by Donna VanLiere.