Christmas with the Karountzoses is a Greek Christmas film, set in present-day "Chicago", centered around a Greek family at their dinner table on Christmas Eve. Michael has chosen to work his entire life, sacrificing a lot of family time in order to provide for his family. After hearing a rumor that he's getting a long-overdue promotion, Michael invites his whole family over to celebrate. But when the promotion falls through, Michael faces defeat through a long night with 14 Greeks around his dinner table. Short on money and full of regrets, Michael deals with the most important people in his life, and transitions from workaholic back into the loving father he once was.—JJ Englert