When two executives, Becca and William, at a top marketing firm in Chicago are sent to William's hometown of Kringle Lake to rediscover the spirit of Christmas - they begin to find it, and more, in each other.

Elementary student Cass gives an unsettling presentation on her summer vacation to Pompeii.

At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.