With a twist  to the traditional Christmas story Jack Morgan a poor coal miner who  struggles to provide for his family only wants the best for his children which is for them to have an education and  to be sucessful in life. He hopes their life will be better than his hard struggle working in the coal mines. His choices of providing for his family and insuring they are sucessful will be conflicted with his high morales against running moonshine which he believes is wrong, but does provide the needed income he wants. Jack also carries the burden of a secret he lives with and is embarassed by this fact which is a driving factor for his need to see his children succeed. He has to ballance his work and family whille struggling to provide a living and be the best Father he can be while also being a positive influnce in their lives.