An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
