Plot

A separated social worker takes his daughter on a ride-along with him on Christmas Eve.

A separated social worker for the Atlanta Police Department despises Christmas because of a painful childhood memory. When he's sent on a call while spending Christmas Eve with his daughter, he inadvertently evokes the wrath of a local politician but meets a man who helps him understand the joy and magic of Christmas.

Eddie Garrick (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) is a good-hearted man who has turned his back on Christmas after a traumatic childhood experience. At the request of his wife Allison Garrick (Teyonah Parris), from whom he is separated, Eddie takes his 9-year-old daughter Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum) to work with him on Christmas Eve, where they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick (Lil Rel Howery). Eddie, a social worker, thinks the man is delusional and needs professional help, but when he evokes the wrath of a local politician (Oscar Nuñez), he and his daughter are taken on a magical adventure that just might restore his faith in Christmas.