Lauren Ford comes home from college for the holidays to find her mother| Mary Ford| in love. The problem is she has fallen for the next door neighbor Mr. JosephShepard. For years the Ford's and the Shepard's have hated each other. The wives fought| the husbands fought| and the kids fought. Everyone spent years hating eachother except for the babies of each family. Reid Shepard and Lauren were too young to understand the quarrel so it did not effect them. They both are now faced withthe challenged to get all of their siblings home for Christmas so that their parents can deliver the news. After they stretch the truth they get everyone home. TBoth Mary and Joseph are convinced that there is no way their relationship can work| but Laruen and Reid think otherwise. Making their siblings feel guilty andselfish. They get everyone to buy in to fake it for the sake of the holidays and their parents. The following day while the men are out tree hunting and the womenare in the kitchen ...