Angel of Christmas

Susan Nicholas, a copy editor at the New York Courier, aspires to write her own stories for the newspaper, but its editor, Yvette Collins, turns down every pitch of hers, stating that none of them have any of Susan's own personal passion behind them. With an open spot, Yvette gives Susan one last chance to provide a pitch in two days for a holiday story to appear in the Christmas Day edition in three weeks. The problem: Susan might not have the passion to write a Christmas story. She is no longer a "Christmas person", having turned her back on the holiday and on love in general when her last boyfriend Steve unexpectedly broke up with her on Christmas Day two years ago. Susan is encouraged by her parents, Heather and David Nicholas, to write a story about a family memento passed down through the generations: a wooden angel tree-topper carved by Susan's long-gone great-grandfather, Owen Thomas. Although it is usually passed to the next generation after someone gets married, Heather and David give it to Susan now to provide inspiration both professionally and personally. The only thing they know about the angel is that Great-Grandfather Owen carved it specifically for an actress in her likeness with whom he fell in love--and who was not Susan's great-grandmother Maggie. It is family folklore that the angel possesses powers of love. Yvette accepts the pitch, and now Susan must discover the story behind the angel, the "conclusion" being a condition of the story being printed. In the process, Susan could be able to test the power of the angel itself. Her head may tell her that the angel is pointing her in the direction of Derek Hamilton, an advertising executive at the newspaper who isn't a Christmas person either--but her heart might truly beat only for Brady Howe, an artist she's constantly running into despite wanting to avoid this annoying Christmas person. until he vows to help her rediscover her Christmas spirit so she can put her heart into her story.