From oldest to youngest, Marie, Joan, Kristi, and Savannah are four generations of mothers and daughters in the same family. While they all love one another, each respective mother and daughter has the most issues of protectiveness over and criticism of the other. They are adhering to many of their traditions this Christmas season, such as the four women alone having their annual tea to kick off the season together, the family planning on having its Christmas crawl, family gatherings of an appetizer party, a formal sit-down dinner and dessert party to be hosted by Marie, Kristi, and Joan, and all attending the Christmas Eve concert, at which they are trying to convince Joan to sing, at the theater where Savannah now works. Initially only known to some but which will become known to all, some things that will color the family interactions this Christmas season are that Marie and Savannah have new boyfriends: Jim, who is Marie's first since becoming widowed; and Rudy, who is Savannah's v