Joe and Elizabeth have led difficult lives, being neglected and abused by their mother. Joe's little sister disappears from school the day before Christmas vacation. The next morning he wakes up to an empty house; his mother no where to be found, and still no sign of his sister. Joe spends his vacation searching for his sister, while trying to survive a winter storm in an abandoned house with no utilities and an empty refrigerator, but with the help of an angel he is reunited with Elizabeth on Christmas Day.