It’s Seattle. It’s winter. It’s raining. Christmas is 25 days away. Noor, a college professor working nights as a nativity scene security guard, develops a fascination with Lucy, a woman who visits the nativity scene a lot. Like a lot a lot. So much that his co-worker Eileen suspects that she is the one who will steal the baby Jesus, though she really doesn’t fit the profile.

Across the street, Noor’s wife Orli and her business partner Nell are trying to find a niche for their Jewish bakery amidst the holiday hullabaloo, an effort that is about to be complicated by the surprise arrival of Nell’s estranged father, Apollo (dressed as Santa, of course).

Meanwhile, Pastor Luke is facing down his first Christmas sermon under the weight of a huge secret he’s been hiding from his congregation (it’s not that he’s gay—they already know that) and hosting his little sister who has run away from home and, oh yeah, also believes she is the messiah.

Advent is a romantic dramedy for an ensemble cast that reminds us that, even in the darkest part of the year, even in the the most confounding moments in our lives, we are not alone.