Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

"Severed Ties" follows the trail of four lives after one of them commits murder to satisfy his sado/masochistic fetish. Brian Charles and his girlfriend Angie's fun evening together is cut short by a disturbing phone call from Victor, Brian's brother.

As various members of the Frank family come together for a college graduation party in Chicago, they find their bonds being tested -- and strengthened -- in surprising ways.