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It’s Christmastime in the village, but festivities are far from one boy’s mind. The son of a cruel landlord, deprived of his father’s affection, fears his heart is hardening. When the woods surrounding the village send the boy a dream, tempting him to wish for more than he’s been given, he lashes out at his father and is humiliated. But on Christmas Eve, a second dream sent by the woodland spirits forces the boy to see his life in a new light.

Based on O. Henry's endearing tale. Once three wise men came bearing gifts. Now a light dust of snow quiets the city streets. Christmas was upon a young couple whose sharing of lives together had just begun. A gift was needed and only a dollar and eighty-seven cents had been saved. Can the joy, the dreams, the hope for the future, the burning flame of love, be adequately expressed with only a dollar and eighty-seven cents?