Spread across the country, the three adult Marvin sisters are convening on the family home in Woodstock, Vermont for a two week Christmas gathering as they have traditionally done. Tradition is a big part of the family, especially around the holidays. Widowed now for three years, the eldest Megan, an executive chef, and her adolescent daughter Ivy will be flying in from their home in Austin, Texas, where they moved for Megan's now deceased husband's James' job, they probably staying in Woodstock otherwise despite the greater professional opportunities for Megan herself in Austin. While Megan likes what she does, she doesn't much like the owner of the restaurant where she works, although she is not mentally yet prepared to open her own restaurant. Middle sibling Bethany, a lawyer, has led what she considers a fairly bump-free, conservative life, she and her college professor husband George driving in from their home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bethany is in the early stage of her ... Written by Huggo