When Dorcas and Emma each want to give Laura the same gift for Christmas, an old family wound is opened up and Laura finds herself torn between two mothers As the inhabitants of Lark Rise and Candleford prepare for the festivities, loyalties are tested and, amid the giftgiving and carolsinging, tensions are building However, the arrival of a ragged, barefooted young woman, who goes by the name of Cinderella Doe, introduces a note of Christmas mystery Dorcas also receives a Christmas letter from Sir Timothy
