Pearl simply could not figure out how to be a good normal chicken. Blanche was her best and only friend who would tell her, "You just have a heaping helping of what makes a chicken a chicken. That's all."

After losing Blanche, Pearl's unstoppable curiosity leads her to explore her neighborhood to find out what Christmas is all about. She finds The Bottle Cap Lady's house which has more lights and decorations than any other in the neighborhood, but only Pearl can give a gift of light to reach the sad darkness in The bottle Cap Lady's heart.

But will she give up her own Christmas wish to help The Bottle Cap Lady?