Alex Ross can't catch a break when it comes to Christmastime. With a long history of bad holiday experiences-like getting rejected under the mistletoe or playing referee to his mother's divorce-he's just trying to survive it. New in town and a stranger to everyone, he plans on ignoring the holiday altogether. That would be easier if his ridiculously cheerful new neighbor would cool it on the Christmas hype. Nicholas is annoying and loud. Worst of all, he's also impossibly attractive and nice to everyone. It's getting harder for Alex to deny his interest, especially when Nicholas leaves Christmas cookies at his door and wages a snowball fight against him on the coldest day of the year. Can Alex open up to him and get into the holiday spirit before he endures another ruined Christmas?