The Buckley family, parents, Pam and Ralph (Alison Akin Clark and Brian Neal Clark) and their four sons, Simon, Mathew, Peter and John, (Anson Bagley, Jacob Buster, Josh Reid and Cooper Daniel Johnson), have a family Christmas tradition called “Elving” where they select a family going through hard times and perform some anonymous gift-giving, of food primarily.
As the Buckley’s had a new baby on the way, more of
the burden of “Elvin” fell on the boys
shoulders, but Mum selected the family to be “Elved”, and that year it was the
Hagbart’s, unfortunately the boys were all too familiar with the Hagbart’s as
they were the school bullies.
The story revolves around the second eldest son, Matthew,
who has daily struggles with the family and in particular Finn (Gabe White) and
doesn’t understand why they should be “Elved”.
That year’s annual “Elving” coincided with the
arrival of the Goodman’s into the neighbourhood, Monica (Caitlin E.J. Meyer),
Juniper (Grace Hallows) and Allen (Evan Clark) who are very soon roped into the
ritual, which is good for Matthew as he quickly develops a crush on Juniper.
So as the arrival of another Buckley draws near and
the holidays approach Matthew finds that with charity comes insight, and his
feelings about Finn soften.
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