The timeless Bethlehem story told through the eyes of a fictional innkeeper's daughter and her boyfriend, a shepherd.

A Salvation Army volunteer finds dramatically different views on charity among a host of holiday shoppers.

Marvin, who simply wants to read the famous Christmas poem about Santa, is assaulted by family members who have their own ideas of what the night before Christmas should be like. In the end, no one quite knows the reason for the season.

Too busy to shop himself, a father sends his business associates out to shop on Christmas morning for his family's presents. But as the new possessions fail to satisfy the spoiled children, the father is left to wonder if there is anything more to Christmas than presents.