Christmas special of the drama series set in the early 1950s. It is the week before Christmas 1954, and vicar Sidney Chambers is rushed off his feet with church duties. He has little time to think about his beloved Amanda, who is estranged from her husband and now heavily pregnant. Sidney loves her, but whether she is married or divorced, he knows there is no way that a clergyman can have a relationship with her. Meanwhile, DI Geordie Keating is as grumpy as Scrooge over the festive season...