Charles Dickens'ın "A Christmas Carol" adlı hikayesinden uyarlanmış bir modern zamanlar masalı. Cimri, aksi, bencil bir adam olan Frank Cross (Bill Murray)bir yılbaşı gecesi zaman içinde tuhaf bir yolculuğa çıkar. Gece sona ermeden ziyaretçileri arasında geçmişten New York'lu manyak bir taksi şöförü, günümüzden. geveze bir peri ve son olarak da gelecekten yedi ayaklı, başsız bir haberci yer alacaktır.
Cole, a teen grieving the loss of his dad, forms an unlikely bond with Bea, a ghost. As they navigate life and death, they must break an ancient curse.
Kocası Jolly'nin ölümünden üç yıl sonra, Kay, nişanlısı Rupert'in ısrarıyla eski evlerine taşınmaya cesaret eder. Ancak kısa sürede en kötü korkusu gerçek olur: Sadece geçmiş anılar değil, Jolly'nin hayaleti de peşini bırakmaz. Yeni ilişkisini onaylamayan Jolly, sadece Kay'ın görebildiği bu hayalet haliyle düğünü sabote etmeye çalışır.
Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on the reservation list. However, she is granted the chance to return to Earth as an "angel in training" with the requirement to help a soul in need. Sarah has the 12 days before Christmas to secure her place on the list leaving her in the race for her after-life.
Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.