To Jack Carter (C. THOMAS HOWELL), family is everything. A once aspiring writer, Jack was forced to set aside his dreams of becoming a best selling novelist in order to take care of the family bakery. His focus on the family business, however, has caused his family to drift further and further apart. With his basketball obsessed son soon off to college and his teenage daughter unable put down her smartphone, Jack decides that this Christmas its time to take the family on a much needed holiday. Along with their dog Buster (Voiced by BURT REYNOLDS), Jack and his family head to Jacks old Christmas vacation stomping grounds, Fatherly Pines, for some relaxing, social media free family time.