As Christmas 1958 approaches Mr James is preparing his bookshop for the festive season. But when a mysterious homeless man gives him a beautifully carved music box, peculiar things begin to develop that take him back to his childhood and to the girl he once loved. But why does the homeless man seem so familiar? and what are the meanings behind the exquisite carvings? As the long winter nights draw in, Mr James travels back to his past and tries to understand the gift that will change his life forever.