Young William (Age 12)
Quando Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) descobre que está com câncer, mesma doença que provocou a morte de sua mãe e de sua irmã, ela perde o controle, e sua vida se torna um caos. Decidida a não desistir, ela conta com a ajuda de uma pesquisadora que está tentando provar que o câncer pode ser genético.
Christopher
While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her brother Aaron Davis and his children for Christmas. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Mrs. Thompson, a local shop keeper, and handsome admirer Deputy Strode. Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie also meets Erik, a young man abandoned by his outlaw father whom Aaron has taken in as one of his own. When Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming, Ellie agrees to watch his children, but the season’s festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing.