While bringing home a Christmas tree, Nick and his companions become involved with a contraband bourbon influencing operation at a neighborhood logging to camp.
It's Christmas, and the festive holiday mood has hit most of the regulars of Molly's Reach as demonstrated by them being aboard the caroling ship which is circling the harbor. There are a few people however who are retreating from the Christmas holidays. One of those seemingly is Coug McCoy who came into town from his remote cabin to pick up supplies, but who, behind closed doors, is celebrating Christmas in his own special way. Another is Relic who is his old crotchety self, he who wants to get as far away from the caroling as possible. And yet another is a young couple, Joel and Jessica Turner, who came to Gibsons from Vancouver for Christmas to get away from their traditional family obligations. They purchased a boat to do so, despite Joel not being either marine or mechanically inclined. His lack of aptitude in these areas become problems when the boat breaks down out on the water while a just over eight months pregnant Jessica goes into labor. Even if Joel knew how to operate the
