How does a respectable, middle-aged rancher tell his kids that he's gay? Gil Strickland is not only telling his teenagers that they'll be moving in with him full-time, but also that his best friend Morgan is also his lover. Too frightened to get right to the point, Gil and Morgan agree to sleep in separate rooms till the deed is done. On the night of Gil's official coming out, Morgan vanishes into the darkness of a snowy night, looking for a mare that's about to foal. When things go terribly wrong, it's up to Gil and his children to rescue an injured man, a laboring mare and to discover the true meaning of love, family and Christmas.