As a kid, Darcy had no control over her family’s holidays and thus, has grown up to be a Christmas control freak — so much so that she loses sight of what the holidays actually mean. Suddenly, she finds herself magically transported into her idea of the perfect Christmas Village and learns that ‘perfection’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

肖恩（奥多德饰）是 10 岁的马丁·穆恩（Martin Moone）的想象中的朋友，马丁·穆恩是爱尔兰小镇一个家庭中最小的孩子。在一位想象中的朋友的帮助下，马丁对生活有了独特的看法。他的想象力不仅体现在他幼稚的绘画中，这些绘画通过动画而变得生动起来，也体现在他违背肖恩更好的判断而想出的荒谬计划中。在肖恩的帮助下，马丁作为最小的孩子在一个混乱、心不在焉的家庭中度过了生活。

In the series, when Shiv Sheridan returns to Dublin after years of partying in London, she is sober and full of good intentions – but being back with her family makes staying on ‘the dry' much harder than she expected. As Shiv tries to navigate this new phase of her life, so must her family and they all have issues they don't want to face.

一个刚刚移民到爱尔兰的9岁非洲黑人男孩在学校的第一天就受到了校园恶霸的欺负，不过这并不是种族歧视，只是校园暴力。然后影片开始用闪回来倒叙这个黑人男孩在非洲的悲惨遭遇：他的父亲是那里学校的一名教师，一天一伙士兵闯进学校带走了男孩，从此他成了流离失所的孤儿。
和很多短片一样，本片也设计了一个让人意想不到的结局，而爱尔兰老师严厉对待男孩就是埋下的伏笔。不过对有些观众来说，这样的结局未免有点乐观的不真实，但从叙事角度来说还算精彩。