Ella, with the help of her ex-boyfriend, Griffin, encourages her family to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa to heal their past wounds.

MAYA, has artistic ambitions - her father ED wants a dutiful daughter to run the family store. Taking her independence a step further, Maya decides to travel to Africa for inspiration and returns with a fiancé.

Amber finds herself in trouble when she promises to create the Christmas Pageant no one will forget, with the special appearance of Motown Legend Smokey Robinson. Eddie and her will go to great extent reconnecting to make it happen.