Kevin Ryder

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.

ＮＹのＪＦＫ空港。航空機で東欧の小国クラコウジアからやって来た男性ビクターだが、祖国でクーデターが発生し、パスポートが無効になってしまう。しかたなくビクターは入国許可が下りるまで、空港の構内で暮らすことに。英語ができないビクターだったが独学で英語を学び、空港内で仕事を見つけることにも成功。また、偶然知り合ったフライトアテンダントのアメリアと親しくなる。