圣诞节原本是个合家团圆的开心节日,然而文斯·范恩和瑞茜·威瑟斯彭所扮演的主人公夫妇却有苦难言。他们俩的父母都已离婚,因此在圣诞节里,他们必须去分别拜访四个分居在各处的家长。来回的奔波让圣诞节成了他们最繁忙也是最无奈的“工作日”。It's October 1914 and the war is not going well. The Germans are smashing through Belgium and the allies are in retreat. Hazel Bellamy is on a committee with Lady Prudence Fairfax to find temporary homes for the 5000 or more Belgian refugees that have come to Britain. Feeling an obligation to set an example, Hazel agrees to take in a family and expecting an aristocratic family ...。