When given the honor of choosing the Christmas tree, a child realizes that there are many different choices available.

After working all year tending to them as they grow and preparing them for sale, Grandpa proudly opens the Christmas Tree Hut the day after Thanksgiving and awaits his happy customers who come by to pick out just the perfect Christmas tree for their special home and family.

During their Christmas vacation, Chuckie and his friends find out who stole their neighbor's Christmas tree. The gang has just finished school, and Christmas vacation has begun! They are all talking about how they will spend the holidays. Chuckie is worried about his father's choice of Christmas trees, Tommy and Dil are writing their very own hanukkah song, and Susie is practicing for her solo in her church's Christmas concert. Soon they discover that one of their neighbor's Christmas trees has been stolen...and they can't believe their ears when they find out who did it!

When the Johnson family goes looking for a Christmas tree they learn how trees have been used, over the years, to explain the true meaning of Christmas.