As Cassie Fitzgerald is about to discover, there's more to the holidays on the west coast of Ireland than mistletoe and mince pies. But the more she's drawn into the festivities leading up to her first Irish Christmas, the more questions she wants to ask about her family and about the handsome, funny, smart Shay. As Christmas Eve approaches, it's Cassie, the outsider, who reminds the locals what the season is really about. But will her own fractured family rediscover the joys of coming home?