A dozen trains and their people share a dozen very different Christmases in one small Ohio town over the last half of the twentieth century. There's a Christmas present who has to hitch a ride along with the sailor who wants to bring her home; there's a broken engine who needs to reunite a broken father and son while there's still time; there's a train whose scars will always mirror those of his owner; there's a quiet little wind-up toy who helped found a museum, and eight more. They're only metal--but then, their people are only human.