The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysterious stranger (Bridges) befriends a small-town eccentric (Mulligan) and confides in him that he is from another planet.
The girls accidentally vandalize a nativity scene, Jesse goes to see his dad, Scott gets back together with his ex just as Bethany bonds with Shannon, and Carrie literally becomes ill when her parents leave town for Christmas.
A man is accused of adultery with his wife's twin; a man falls short on his alimony payments; seasonally depressed Jeffrey files for divorce from Denise.
