Plot Synopsis

Based on the book by Jimmy Wayne and Travis Thrasher. Abused wife Lynn leaves her alcoholic husband Darryl with her two kids, Thomas and Sara, and moves to another town where she works as a waitress to make ends meet. In that same town, she meets Kevin, whose marketing & design company is on the brink of shutting down due to the economy. Plus, Kevin's wife Jenny is in a difficult pregnancy with twins. Thomas starts a new school and becomes the target of a bully who is threatened by how well Thomas plays basketball. Unable to join the high school team, he goes to the community center where he meets Kevin and the two of them become unlikely friends through pickup basketball games. Little do they know the tremendous impact they will have on each others families this Christmas through The Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program. Country music star Jimmy Wayne also wrote and performed two new songs for the film.