Inspired by a shamelessly sentimental song, the storyline of this winsome TV movie follows lawyer Rob Lowe as he rediscovers the meaning of Christmas. He has a change of heart through his encounters with mechanic Hugh Thompson, music teacher Kimberly Williams and their son, Max Morrow, who is determined to buy his mommy some cherished red shoes before she succumbs to a fatal heart condition. Lowe also strives to save his marriage to Maria Del Mar, who abandons big business to substitute at Williams's school. 'Tis the season to be corny, and you won't find much that can top this mawkish, melodramatic mush.

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.