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Joe is a childrens book writer and illustrator in L.A. in the second year of major writers block. His girlfriend, impatient with his lack of progress, gets bitchy, so he breaks off the relationship and agrees to accompany her brother to a small town in Wisconsin where stalwarts jump in Lake Michigan on Christmas morning. The house where they stay is isolated, and when Joes pal is hospitalized with a badger bite, Joe is on his own. He befriends a local hermit, is attracted to the mans granddaughter, and must deal with the local sheriffs dislike of anyone from out of town. Plus, the sheriff is the young womans dad - with a gun. Christmas approaches and things get complicated.