Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), is a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, who decides to escape to the quaint town of Glastenbury, Vermont for the holidays, following an uncharacteristically bad company floatation.
She chose Glastenbury for her getaway because
of its reputation as a great Christmas Town with many traditional activities and
a famous festival.
And as she is not the kind of person to do
nothing she books in as a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore, which entitles her
to run the Store for the duration of her stay.
However upon her arrival, Claire finds
Christmas celebrations have been cancelled by the town after a devastating
autumn flood and the bookstore in a dire state of disrepair.
Unshaken she immediately takes on the
challenge to revitalize the store, but clashes with the owner, Andrew (Jamie Spilchuk),
who initially rejects all her proposed improvements, though she finds an ally
in his Aunt, Mrs. Tumulty
(Jane Alexander).
Gradually
Claire wears him down with her infectious optimism and revives his yuletide
spirit and inevitably romance blossoms, until Claire discovers that Andrew is
planning to sell the bookstore in the New Year.
Which begs the question “Will the spirit of
Christmas be enough to change Andrew's mind and encourage him to follow his
heart?”
