Elizabeth Blane (Dyan Cannon) is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander, (Tony Curtis) sees forest ranger Jefferson Jones (Kris Kristofferson), who lost his cabin in a fire, comment on TV about wishing he could get a home-cooked Christmas dinner, he arranges for a special live show on Christmas, for Elizabeth to cook him Christmas Dinner. Only Elizabeth can't cook, and trying to keep Jefferson and the viewing public from finding out on a live show may be a little difficult.