- "Together Again for the First Time" tells the story of a blended family reuniting on Christmas Eve. It's the first time they've all been in the same house at the same time since the parents' marriage seven years before--which wouldn't be a problem if they all liked one another. But they don't. And matters only get worse with the unexpected arrival of an ex-boyfriend, an unannounced live television broadcast, and the revelations of well-kept family secrets. This is a comic, touching movie about what it means to be a family--even when you don't like one another very much.—Anonymous
- Roger is flying home to Spokane for Christmas. He is bringing his English girlfriend Brenda. At the airport, they meet Roger's brother Jason, who is kind of nervous and gets nosebleeds easily.
Roger's mother Audrey is a popular radio host who hopes to get a TV show. The family has not been together in years, but Audrey's audition for the possible series is a live Christmas Eve broadcast showing the family enjoying Christmas together. This will be quite a challenge. Plus there is an open house at the family home at midnight. Audrey has been married several times and Max is her latest husband. Audrey is very demanding, having to have everything just right, and she goes all out in her decorating. Poor Max has to follow her orders and is generally submissive.
On another plane are two of Max's daughters. Sandra is a spoiled brat and Kaye is normal. Their bubbly airhead sister Chinelle has bad news for Sandra: she is engaged to Sandra's ex Carey, who is Polish and for that reason gets subjected to plenty of offensive humor.
When the family all gets together in one house, it's pretty much what one would expect. Lots of fighting and disagreements, but there's love and caring in there somewhere. Carey doesn't help matters when he says he doesn't eat refined sugar and, essentially, neither should anyone else. Not a good thing in this Christmas paradise.
So you can imagine what the live Christmas broadcast is going to be like. But it's even worse than that.
At long last this family proves they love each other, and even Sandra manages to redeem herself.
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