CEO Ramsey Jr. ruthlessly dismisses the deserving vice president of his company, Ramsey & Co. Andrew Sloane, who has sacrificed himself for the company for decades, no longer fits his image of a determined, success-oriented manager. Sloane is to be replaced by the young Fred Staples, whom Ramsey ruthlessly promotes as the "new man." But the newcomer will inevitably follow in Sloane's footsteps and have to sacrifice his own values and morals for the job.

The old and eccentric Ebenezer Scrooge is a misanthrope and miser. His only friend was his business partner Jacob Marley, who died on Christmas Eve seven years earlier. Since then, Ebenezer has been running the business alone. Christmas is just around the corner again, an abomination for the hard-hearted misanthrope. So he not only rejects his nephew Fred, who invites him to Christmas dinner, but also everyone who asks for alms. When Mr. Scrooge comes home on Christmas Eve, he is astonished to find Jacob Marley, his deceased business partner, waiting for him. He is not the only guest; three more ghosts follow. A night that Ebenezer will never forget lies ahead of him.

Lashing rain, thunderstorms, fog and a godforsaken, eerie train station: the mood among the six travelers who have to wait for their connecting train here in the middle of the night is extremely tense. In keeping with the gloomy scenery, the station master also tells his involuntary guests the story of the ghost train ...