Phil Potter (Burt Reynolds) é um jornalista que leva uma vida boa, mas que entra num período ruim depois que sua mulher o abandona para se tonar cantora e compositora de sucesso. Para ajudar a superar o trauma, ele conta com a ajuda de uma professora primária, mas nada é muito fácil, já que ele ainda está muito ligado à ex-mulher.
Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.
This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4 ghosts and is shown visions of his past life and the consequences of his life on others.