光头佬麦sir（麦嘉 饰）早年丧偶，独力拉扯儿子（陈百强 饰）、女儿（李丽珍 饰）和小光头三个儿女。麦sir生日之时，同事集体整蛊他表示庆祝，老板为了表彰他的多年付出，更赠送汽车一辆，谁知送车的小伙子John（张国荣 饰）与麦sir发生摩擦，不明就里的麦sir将自己的新车拆了个七零八落。麦sir将小光头寄送在对门的歌手阿凤（徐小凤 饰）家中，而麦sir对阿凤实际早有情意，但苦于无法说破。另一方面，儿女辈的情事同样令麦sir头疼，害怕女儿早早芳心他属，可John的攻势一浪强似一浪；期望儿子潇洒人间，但Dan

Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.