John D. Weaver

"Meeting cute" while Jodie's son Timmy enthuses over a model train set, Jodie and the raffish but likeable Steve immediately hit it off, but she is already engaged to conservative lawyer Paul Davis. The days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, Jodie finds herself in the unenviable position of choosing between two men whom she adores equally--a job not made easier by the well-meaning interference of son Timmy.

Connie is a widow and mother whose work involves checking up on the competition for her department store employer. When Steve, a charming salesman at a competing store, recognizes her true motives but refuses to expose her, he ends up getting fired as a result. Feeling guilty, Connie agrees to buy lunch for Steve, striking up a friendship that complicates her relationship with Carl, a lawyer who wants to marry her.

Connie is a widow and mother whose work involves checking up on the competition for her department store employer. When Steve, a charming salesman at a competing store, recognizes her true motives but refuses to expose her, he ends up getting fired as a result. Feeling guilty, Connie agrees to buy lunch for Steve, striking up a friendship that complicates her relationship with Carl, a lawyer who wants to marry her.

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.

Мать одиночка Конни, растит шестилетнего сына и работает коммерческим шпионом - ходит по магазинам, покупает, меняет, ради изучения спроса. Однажды под рождество Конни покупает детскую железную дорогу с целью сдать её на следующее утро. Симпатичный продавец, выслушав её слезливую историю, оформляет ей возврат товара и теряет работу. Таким образом Конни и Стив знакомятся и проводят почти весь день вместе. Конни почти забыла, что ответила согласием своему жениху Карлу, выйти за него замуж на новый год, но до него остаётся еще целых пять дней. Стив же, прекрасно ладящий с детьми, находит в лице Тимми, сына Конни, своего самого большого друга.