Alex takes the case of a pastor running a homeless shelter who receives an eviction notice from the city just before Christmas, and Whitney agonises over choosing Christmas presents for his three vastly different ex-wives.
As Christmas approaches, a single mother (played by Reba McEntire) struggles to raise her son and keep up the payments on her Oregon ranch, which is difficult since she's heavily in debt. But she's a tough cookie, and proves that a steadfast attitude and an open heart go a long way in surviving the cold hearts and greed of the Scrooges around her.
A baby gets misplaced by a worker at a adoption agency during the Christmas holiday. /// A bumbling courier at a private adoption agency botches the delivery of a baby to its new parents in time for Christmas when he misplaces their baby en route.
Town barber Dexter Miles is surprised to overhear, while cutting the hair of police chief Vance Corgan, that the body of a woman he murdered a few days before has been recovered. He had hoped that the body would not be found until spring...