On Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday. However, John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not returned home yet, and his family are becoming increasingly worried.
A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although neither intends to get married again, they begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the "romance" never gets off the ground, and they do everything they can to keep the two apart.