Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them knows anything whatsoever about children or babies.
Nick decides the boys should learn the 'true spirit of Christmas' by earning money for presents with seasonal jobs. When TJ and Kyle protest they're too young, he finds worse torture: help collect and wrap gifts for 'needy kids', some neater than they expect. The older brothers eagerly apply in a lingerie shop, but find themselves mere stock-boys in a basement. Sam hides this for Amanda and does it so well he gets a chance at sales on commission, but the jealous brothers pull a fatal prank.
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Two small town boys sharing paper route. "Whitey" Black lives in poverty with his single mother and young middle class Jerry Barlow. When Whitey wants to buy his small sister a doll it all opens their eyes to the vastness life around them.
Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
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