A Mountie aids in rescuing a girl for the orphanage. A newcomer arrives to sell her uncle's ranch while another character explores life as a rancher.

Nora helps Charlotte find the missing foal and Maggie's parents offer her an early birthday present as she contemplates if Sam is more than a friend.

When Nora, an out-of-town lawyer, arrives in Brookfield, the town welcomes her along with new Mountie, Michael Fletcher; Sam returns from prospecting for gold and meets Maggie's parents who have come to visit.

Photojournalist Paul Franklin is wrapping his research on the community of Brookfield as a contender for America's #1 Country Christmas Town. By now, Paul blends in as the town prepares for Christmas Eve. Lillian, the orphans, and Gabriel are running out of options to restore the troubled boy's hope for better times. Just when all seems lost, a secret Santa appears to fulfil all holiday wishes, and Abigail has a profound conversation with a dear friend from the past. Meanwhile, Paul's lens is recording every miraculous moment.

A Christmas festival worthy of Harper's Bazaar happens in Brookfield as the community is one of three contenders in the magazine's search for America's #1 Country Christmas Town. The entire town is preoccupied with creating the essence of Christmas for the photojournalist's lens, though, behind the scenes, residents are not living the spirit of the season. In the midst of the fuss, a stagecoach appears, and out steps Abigail Stanton and her son, Cody who have brought a troubled boy to Lillian's orphanage.