杰克（迈克尔·基顿 Michael Keaton 饰）是一位功成名就的音乐家，在事业上取得了硕大的成功，这也就意味着，他牺牲了大部分陪伴家人的时间，杰克的儿子查理（约瑟夫·克罗斯 Joseph Cross 饰）对此一直感到闷闷不乐。某日，杰克回到家，和查理一起堆了一个大雪人，杰克送给查理一只口琴，父子之间许下承诺。
圣诞节将至，杰克决心和家人们共同度过这个温馨的节日，然而，就在他驱车回家的路上，发生了严重的车祸，杰克亦因此丧命。失去父亲的悲痛和绝望笼罩着查理，整整一年，查理的家庭都生活在悲怆而又压抑的气氛中。一晃眼，圣诞节又到了，查理想起了和父亲的约定，他堆了一个雪人，然后吹响了父亲送给他的口琴，希望父亲能够如同承诺的那样，再度回到他的身旁。
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish. Predictable complications follow in rather tame fashion.
Harris K. Telemacher is a "wacky weekend weatherman" for a local Los Angeles television station, who is searching for meaning in his otherwise cliché ridden Los Angeles life. With the help of an insightful and talkative Freeway sign, Harris embarks on a journey through Los Angeles in pursuit of Sarah, an English reporter who has been sent to the City of Angels to research an article for the London Times.
