Backstory reveals how the movie that 20th Century Fox thought would be a trifling stocking stuffer became one of the greatest Christmas films ever made. Candid interviews with stars Maureen O'Hara, Alvin Greenman and Robert Hyatt, actress Natalie Wood's sister Lana Wood, film historian Rudy Behlmer and Wood biographer Suzanne Finstad, along with behind-the-scenes footage, film clips and the film's original theatrical trailer illuminate the story behind the story of this timeless holiday favorite.