Angie Rossi is a first grade teacher with a large Italian family that is about to celebrate her grandparents' fiftieth anniversary at a resort in the snowy Catskill Mountains of New York. She's wrangled her neighbor into playing her date for the weekend. Only, when she opens the door she finds Joe Vanetti, a nemesis from her childhood, ready to be her escort.Joe Vanetti is a cop intent on tracking down a jewel thief from his past. He's gotten word that his suspect will be at the hotel where Angie's grandparents are holding their celebration and where a famous violinist with an equally famous emerald necklace is set to perform. Joe persuades Angie to let him be her date. This Christmas will be one neither will forget, assuming they live to see the day.