Poor young Martha Evans has been abandoned by her husband a few days before Christmas leaving her penniless and homeless. With three children in tow Martha moves to another town, getting a job as a waitress. With money short and troubles plentiful it looks like Martha's Christmas is quickly going down the drain. Only the big man upstairs has a hope of pulling this mild problem out of the fire, and with his help, and the good natures of the people she meets, everything in Martha's world turns out for the best...