A young man, plagued by the music in his head, has to come to terms with an uncertain future while balancing love, family and Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.

Every year, unemployed copywriter Joe Michaels reads his wealthy friend’s annual over-the-top Christmas letter, and feels like a loser. But this year’s going to be different.

A charitable and spirited Newport socialite in 1905 finds out her father intends for her to become engaged to a man she’s never met at the upcoming Christmas Eve ball….