It's Christmas, Carol!

Carol Huffler, the high-powered and heartless president of Springwood Publishing, begins her Christmas Eve by denying all holiday leave requests and firing a dedicated editor, Tanya, for pitching a 'seminal' novel instead of a commercial bestseller. Carol's coldness extends to her personal life; she blocks her assistant Kendra’s transfer to London and ignores her lonely mother. At a publishing party, Carol is ambushed by her ex-boyfriend Ben Woodley, a struggling writer she left years ago to pursue her career. The encounter is prickly, as Carol dismisses his work as unmarketable. Later that night, Carol is haunted by Eve Mailer, her deceased former boss and mentor. Eve explains she is working for the 'Board of Correctors' and takes Carol on a supernatural journey. In the past, Carol revisits 1985, seeing her mother struggle through multiple jobs to support them, which fueled Carol's obsession with financial security. She watches the 'magic' of her first meeting with Ben in a bookstore and remembers giving him the typewriter he still uses. In the present, Eve shows Carol the consequences of her tyranny: Tanya is forced to return her children's Christmas gifts to survive, and Carol's entire staff is gathered at a bar plotting a 'revolution' to quit and start a rival company. Carol also discovers that Kendra is sacrificing her own happiness and relationship to mimic Carol’s cold career path. Finally, Carol sees Ben admitting to his sister that he still loves the girl Carol used to be, but finds the current version unrecognizable. Eve presents Carol with two futures: one where she reconciles with Ben and has a large, happy family, and another where she dies alone and unloved, replaced by a version of Kendra who has become even more ruthless than her. Terrified by the vision of her own lonely death, Carol begs for a second chance. She wakes up on Christmas morning a changed woman. She immediately visits Tanya to rehire her with a raise, grants Kendra a paid sabbatical to move to London and write, and surprises her staff with bonuses and two weeks of paid vacation. The film concludes with Carol visiting her mother to apologize and finally reconciling with Ben, promising to publish his book because it 'deserves to be read' rather than just for its profit potential.