A Thanksgiving night crash on the icy and infamous Dead Man's Curve leaves Erik Holden an orphan and hospitalized, mute with the guilt that he caused the crash. Police Sgt. Frank Donovan investigates his suspicions that a hit-and-run driver was responsible. Mr. Nicholas, the hospital's roving Santa, lends Erik a beautifully ornate pocket watch and Erik soon realizes that the family depicted on the watch case is his own. Almost by accident he discovers that the watch has special powers, but are they powerful enough to help him get his family back? Can they undo such a horrific loss? Before he can find out, the watch is stolen and in a race against time, Mr. Nicholas convinces a very skeptical Sgt. Donovan to help locate and recover the watch and get it to Erik before its powers terminate and Erik loses his family forever.