Susan Sarandon igra osamljeno in ločeno založnico Rose, ki upa, da bo njena hudo bolna mama v bolnišnici čudežno ozdravela. Lepotica Nina se je pravkar razšla s svojim bolestno ljubosumnim fantom Mikeom, a ga na božični večer kljub temu pogreša. Mikea medtem zalezuje barman Artie, siromašni Jules pa upa, da bo božično noč lahko preživel v bolnišnici, kjer je med svojo mladostjo preživel najlepši božič. Življenja osamljenih tujcev se v božični noči kmalu začnejo prepletati. Razvije se zgodba o prijateljstvu, ljubezni in celjenju ran.
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.
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