A recently released thief trying to go straight wanders the streets on Christmas Eve. He stops a lonely young woman from jumping in the river to commit suicide and in the process makes a couple friends and learns the spirit of the season.
A priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to shut down a dying parish...and becomes entangled in the lives of the town's eccentric characters while learning the power of forgiveness and redemption.
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.