Will'm and Libby Branfield are young children who live with their Grandma Neal in the town of Junction. As the Christmas is approaching they find out that their father has remarried and that they need to leave Grandma Neal and go live with their new stepmother they fear. On Christmas Eve the children set off on the way sad and frightened, but they miraculously meet Miss Santa Clause who tries to help them solve their family situation.

Annie F. Johnston was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular The Little Colonel series. Books from the series were the basis for the film "The Little Colonel" with Shirley Temple.