After exposing a corrupt charity organization, successful investigative journalist Hannah Dunbar is made special correspondent for her network's New York bureau. At the network's Christmas party, her promotion is announced and her careerist boyfriend congratulates her on her advancement. The following day, a man dressed as Santa Claus comes to her office and talks to her about the things that she secretly wants in life. That night in her empty high-rise penthouse, Hannah looks through her old keepsakes and remembers her old boyfriend from high school, whom she loved.