After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne searches for the true meaning of Christmas during one sad, strange December in suburban Virginia.

Simeon is an introverted thirteen-year-old growing up the South African hinterland. During one of his rambles in the forest he sees nineteen-year-old Mariana and becomes fascinated. But things get nasty when Mariana's boyfriend catches Simeon spying on them.

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.