该电视改编自英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的经典同名作品《圣诞颂歌》。一个痛恨圣诞节的老头通过几个圣诞鬼魂看到了他的过去和现在，在圣诞鬼魂的指引下，他懂得了圣诞节的真谛。他也意识到，自己的将来就把握在自己的手上，弃恶从善就要从改变自身的行为开始。
　　Made for television version of the Charles Dickens classic of the same name. An old man who hates Christmas is taught the true meaning and spirit of Christmas by ghosts who show him his own past and present. He is also shown what the future holds for him if he doesn't change his behavior.  Written by Jason Ihle

　　故事发生在车水马龙的大都市巴黎，巴黎圣母院的科罗德神父（奈杰尔·德·布鲁里亚 Nigel De Brulier 饰）收养了加西莫多（朗·钱尼 Lon Chaney 饰），安排他住在一幢钟楼里，因为样貌格外的丑陋，他被人们称作为钟楼怪人。
　　科罗德神父虽然看上去一本正经饱受教徒们的尊敬，实际上却是一个非常贪婪好色的男人。一次偶然中，科罗德神父邂逅了名为艾丝美拉达（帕奇·鲁斯·米勒 Patsy Ruth Miller 饰）的吉普赛少女，深深被后者的美貌所迷住的神父指使卡西莫多掳走了艾丝美拉达，所幸骑兵上尉队长菲比斯（诺曼·克里 Norman Kerry 饰）出手相救，艾丝美拉达因此深深的爱上了他。

　　罗尼（文斯·沃恩 Vince Vaughn 饰）和尼克（凯文·詹姆斯 Kevin James 饰）是一对关系十分要好的死党，从大学时代一路陪伴进入职场，他们似乎是世界上最熟悉彼此的存在。不仅如此，罗尼的女友贝丝（詹妮弗·康纳利 Jennifer Connelly 饰）和尼克的妻子吉妮瓦（薇诺娜·瑞德 Winona Ryder 饰）也是一对无话不谈的好朋友。
　　故事要从罗尼在街上偶遇吉妮瓦的那一天说起，要命的是，那一天和吉妮瓦亲密的站在一起的却并非她的丈夫，亦是罗尼的好友尼克，而是另一个他并不认识的英俊男人。这件事情成为了罗尼的心结，在友情和道义面前，罗尼不知该如何选择。更让罗尼震惊的是，他逐渐发现尼克竟然也有着不能对他倾诉的秘密。

　　The setting is Vienna in 1914 before the outbreak of war. The aristocratic and somewhat jaded Prince Nicki, pursued by all the ladies, begins a flirtation with Mitzi, a crippled harpist who works in a suburban wine-garden, and who is in turn idolized by Schani, an uncouth and violently jealous butcher. Their first encounter significantly takes place in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral on Corpus Christi day, with Nicki among the emperor's cavalry regiment. Later, in the refracted light of falling apple blossoms in the wine-garden--scenes of a distilled, ethereal beauty--Nicki gradually wins her faith and love. Meanwhile, amidst the sumptuous and corrupt milieu of the family palace, Nicki is drawn into complicity against his will, as his unscrupulous mother informs him he must marry Cecelia, the daughter of a wealthy commoner, in order to revive the family fortune. Mitzi has a vision of The Iron Man (a symbol of the declining power and position of the Hapsburg dynasty) and falls before the crucifix in fear; but her love remains steadfast, and she protests her faith though abused by her mother and Schani. Infuriated by her rejection, Schani threatens to kill Nicki on his wedding day unless Mitzi agrees to marry him. Following the processional splendor of the cathedral wedding, Schani appears to carry out his threat, but Mitzi arrives in time to stop him; and through the downpouring rain Nicki sadly gazes on his true love in the crowd as he drives away with his bride.

　　故事设定在20世纪50年代在意大利托斯卡纳一处偏僻的别墅。艾米莉亚·克拉克在片中饰演一名叫Verena的护士，被聘来照顾因失去生母而不再开口说话的少年继承人，希望帮助他恢复沟通。
　　但随着Verena对少主的一步步观察，她开始发现不妥，似乎有一种强大而诡秘的诅咒在控制着这个小孩子，而这份诅咒正是来自别墅中的一面石墙。