Melody Rogers is ecstatic to spend Christmas break with her mother in Wooster, Ohio, whose only link to fame is that candy canes made their first debut there. Despite her parents divorce in the process of being finalized, Mel is determined to make them fall back in love again in two weeks before she and her Dad have to go back to Florida. But as hard as she tries, she may just end up making two other people fall in love. Her and the next door neighbor, Ethan Walker, whose convinced her hatred of candy canes is greater then her hatred for him himself. Is he right, or are Mel's feelings written in red and white?