The Christmas Ornament

It's two weeks before Christmas. This Christmas will be the first as a widow for Kathy Howard, owner/manager of Dream Cycle, a bicycle shop, which was her and her husband Scott's dream venture opened just before Scott passed away in February. Dream Cycle is not doing well as a business, but Kathy is determined to make a go of it to honor Scott's memory, despite having an easy out of her business neighbor Mario wanting to take over her lease, and, according to her accountant Eve Atkinson, having sufficient inventory that after liquidating it she should come out at least even if not a bit ahead. A large part of Kathy and Scott's relationship was the ritual of giving each other a Christmas ornament each year signifying something important that had happened in their lives that year. As such, Kathy plans not to decorate or put up a tree this year so as not to bring up those painful memories. Kathy's best friend, Jenna Lowe, not only wants Kathy to have a Merry Christmas by taking in all that Christmas has to offer, but also to get back into the dating scene. Jenna may get her wish when Kathy accompanies her to purchase a Christmas tree, the tree lot where they meet the owner, Tim Pierce, who is as exuberant about Christmas as Kathy and Scott were. Slowly, Kathy and Tim make a connection, so much so that Tim in part may make Kathy realize what her true post-Scott dreams are. But Tim also has some emotional baggage to get over in the form of Rebecca, who was the love of his life and who left him to marry someone else just over a year ago.