Two bereaved families take a holiday vacation to an exotic Caribbean island over Christmas week to escape the memories of Christmas past. The Cassidy family, father Dan (Colin Ferguson), teen daughters Fran and Jenna, recently experienced their wife/mother leaving them for another man. And the Shaw family, mother Dana (Charlotte Ross), teenage sons Reed and Tyler, recently suffered the death of their husband/father. The two families meet aboard ship on the Caribbean Christmas Cruise. Given all they have in common (their losses, a single dad dealing with teen daughters, a single mom dealing with teen sons), the parents and kids develop bonds over the course of the cruise and their two day stay at a beautiful Puerto Rican beach resort. Late Christmas Eve, Dan's ex-wife shows up to reclaim her family. What promised to be a happy Christmas filled with fresh hope and new relationships turns emotionally complicated as each character has to sort out their feelings and choose their own path. After some deep soul-searching the two families end up coming back together in love, friendship and filled with the Christmas spirit.
