Marc chose to distract himself from the pain of his mother's death by diving headfirst into a comfortable marriage with a charming, wealthy, older man. But when his husband also dies, unexpectedly, Marc's world is cracked wide open, forcing him and his two best friends to embark on a cathartic, life-affirming adventure to make peace with all the grief he'd been evading.

故事根据凯文·巴里撰写的《纽约时报》年度十佳小说改编，凯文·巴里亲自操刀剧本。
小说以西班牙和爱尔兰为背景，讲述爱尔兰黑帮莫里斯和查理的故事。他们走私毒品，有着长期的暴力史和错综复杂的个人生活。两人回到西班牙南部，再次面对曾经的冲突和当地危险的罪犯，为了寻找莫里斯疏远的女儿迪利。

一桩骇人听闻的谋杀案闹得芝加哥检察官办公室天翻地覆，因为该办公室的一名成员成了这起犯罪的嫌疑人，使其不得不为维系家庭而战。

The half hour CG film is based on Frank McCourt's only children's book, inspired by a story his mother Angela told him as a child. McCourt won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling memoir, Angela's Ashes. Set in Ireland in the 1910s, 'Angela's Christmas' is a funny, heart-warming and poignant story about the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to ensure everyone is safe, warm and loved at Christmas time.