Market researcher Joy Holbrook is on the verge of a big promotion at her job in D.C. when she gets an urgent phone call to return home to Crystal Falls, North Carolina to help her Aunt Ruby recover from surgery. What she doesn't expect is to run into her former crush Ben Andrews. Forced to work together on the town's holiday festivities, Joy finds her career-focussed heart start longing for family and home. This movie is based on the 2016 novel Christmas Joy by Nancy Naigle.