Love is the delusion of fools. Helen has watched the illogical emotion turn her sister into mindless mooncalf who ruins Christmas ever year by descending on the household with her husband and an ever-growing menagerie of disruptive children. So when her sister has the nerve to suggest that Helen is in love with her neighbor Mr. Danville, Helen sets out to prove her wrong. But Helen is not prepared for the truth—and, as it turns out, neither is Mr. Danville.