Christmas with Tucker

As he copes with the recent loss of his father in a tractor accident, 13-year-old George McCray is staying with his grandparents on their farm in Kansas. George longs for his mother, Jill, who has relocated to Minnesota to process her grief, but he looks forward to reuniting with her at Christmas. On the farm, George finds a sense of purpose by assisting his appreciative grandfather, Bo, with the daily tasks and offering comfort to his grandmother, Cora. He has also formed a friendship with Mary Ann and grown fond of Tucker, the intelligent and amiable dog that the McCrays have taken in after Tucker’s troubled owner, Frank Thorne, ends up in jail.