Ashley feels alone this Christmas as she searches fruitlessly for a job. But her neighbor Nick knows exactly what to do. He offers her a job to be his assistant in the best work of all, helping others. There is only one catch. Ashley cannot tell anyone her new boss is a Secret Santa. Can she keep her big secret from her new, but nosey reporter boyfriend?

After losing an audition for her dream job, an aspiring Los Angeles TV news anchor goes out for an uncharacteristic night of partying. She awakes in a stranger's bed to a phone message from her agent telling her the job is hers, if she can make it across town by 5 pm. Stranded in an unknown area without money, a phone, and a car, she embarks on a series of misadventures as she races to the most important job interview of her life.