故事的驱动，无情，出版行政，卡罗尔·霍夫曼，谁在圣诞前夕被她的前任老板，Eve的鬼访问。 Eve告诉Carol，她已经忽视了生活中真正重要的事情，她在那里向她展示她的方式的错误。 Eve解释说，通常会有三个鬼，这个工作，但由于预算削减她负责卡罗尔的旅程通过她的过去，现在和未来。
The story of driven, heartless, publishing executive, Carol Huffman, who on Christmas eve is visited by the ghost of her former boss, Eve. Eve tells Carol that she has lost sight of the things that are truly important in life and that she is there to show her the errors of her ways. Eve explains that normally there would be three ghosts for the job but due to budget cut backs she is in charge of Carol's journey through her past, present and future.
