Holiday Road

It's a few days before Christmas, and all the travelers at Portland International Airport eventually get the bad news that all the flights have been canceled due to inclement weather, the flight to Denver the last to be canceled. Many of those Denver-bound passengers have the same idea that the only way to get to Denver by Christmas is to rent a car and make the approximate eighteen hour drive. Ultimately, nine of those people - five singles, and two couples, a spousal and mother/teenage son pair - end up sharing what is the last vehicle available at the airport, a passenger van. Those nine have different reasons for wanting/needing to make it to Denver for Christmas, and different views of Christmas itself, not all positive. Of the nine very different personalities, the two most antagonistic are the organizer of the group Dana, outspoken in admitting she usually makes one statement too many, and the rental contract holder Clay, who initially was going to leave Dana behind due to the unpleasant encounters they had at the airport. Due to a multitude of different reasons, they get into one misadventure after another, some which threaten their ability to make it to Denver by Christmas. But as the nine get to know each other and slowly discover their stories including why they're heading to Denver, which for most isn't home, they may get a different perspective of Christmas, of the issues facing them in Denver, and of their lives holistically.