It’s Christmastime in the handsome, pocket-sized village of Briarcliff Manor.  Multicolored lights cast a merry glow, the scent of fresh evergreens infuse the air, Christmas carols are heard on each street corner and stores are bursting with jolly, gift-buying shoppers.  

With the yuletide spirit in full swing, life in this Rockwellian setting seems picture-perfect.  But not everyone feels the holiday cheer.  Nor do the seasonal sights, sounds and pastimes make much of a difference for them.  

While most go about their joyful holiday pursuits, young Charlie Riverton is restless.  His good-natured, twelve-year-old heart is especially concerned for the lonely and forlorn.    

At the same time, he’s a red-blooded American boy and unofficial leader of a particularly close-knit group of sixth-grade buddies.  Each day, they ramble through the full range of pre-teen hijinks, including how to navigate their new and nerve-wracking interest in girls.  

Meanwhile, there’s an unusual and curiously gifted newcomer in town, recently arrived on the tailwinds of a surprise Thanksgiving Eve snowstorm.  Charlie felt a special affinity with the handsome stranger from the moment they met.  

Together, they set out to craft a God-honoring Christmas gift for the whole community.  Along the way, lives are changed and people begin to look at Christmas a little differently.  

Come spend this Christmas with a most memorable ensemble cast of characters in this feel-good, coming of age story and period piece set in small-town America during the early 1970s.