When Emily breaks up with her boyfriend, it turns out he's taken the lease on their apartment. Homeless for Christmas, she's persuaded by her parents to come home to them. However, once there, it becomes apparent that they plan to go to Florida for the holidays and expect Emily to look after their house while they're away. This includes participating in the neighborhood's over-the-top Christmas celebrations, which her parents have led since she was a child. They've passed the chairmanship, however, to her childhood friend Jared, who has moved back to the neighborhood.
The production is well-crafted, and the actors are good, but the story... The natural thing for Emily would have been to borrow the neighbor's chainsaw and go on a rampage in the neighborhood. And she must have some kind of mental disorder to fall for Jared.
