Plot Synopsis

Isobel Gray is a young fashion designer who works at Brett Bishop Designs, her career- driven boyfriend's San Diego fashion design firm. With Christmas approaching, she is trying to decide if Brett is truly "the one" and hoping to have the storybook Christmas she's always wanted. She arranges for them to take a holiday vacation in a quaint village known as "the perfect Christmas town." When Brett is suddenly called away on business, a disappointed Isobel goes alone, bringing along her Christmas bucket list, a collection of holiday traditions she's longed to experience since childhood. She wanders around a Christmas tree lot and meets Jamie Houghton, a handsome local contractor and volunteer fireman. Immediately, chemistry develops between them. He helps her participate in the activities on her list, including decorating a Christmas tree, making a gingerbread house and taking a photo with Santa. As she begins falling in love with her festive new surroundings and begins having feelings for Jamie, Brett arrives, making it clear that he's not impressed with the simple joys of small town life. On Christmas Eve day, Jamie declares his love for her and Brett announces he must immediately leave town on business. She now must decide whether she's going to return to her life in San Diego or follow her heart and take a chance on a new life, and a new love. As she struggles over the decision, one last item remains on her Christmas bucket list.