Believe it, the cozy atmosphere, the twinkling lights, the wrapping – the Christmas dinner gathering can become the most painful trap when the old secret suddenly strikes.

Lou Michaelis — Brody’s mother — is in prison, but the past has not yet been put to rest.

When Sally and Tim decide to hide everything from their son: not talking about his criminal status, not mentioning that his mother is behind bars…

They think it is to protect Brody. But in fact, it is dating tragedy.

Brody finds out that he is being kept in the dark — finds out the truth that no one has the courage to say directly — and that shock is like a punch in the gut. He screams, the words are as painful as knives: “Your family… your mother… have you taken away your mother’s rights as a son?” Those words were not only hurtful — but also the death of faith, of peace in his heart. Lou was still in prison, unable to change the past. But Sally and Tim, filled with remorse, had to look at their son with different eyes: the eyes of the person they had betrayed, of the choice to hide, of the mistake of lying.

Christmas doesn’t always bring salvation — sometimes it reveals the most obvious cracks that are smoldering. A home that seemed peaceful, now shattered by secrets, by words kept “for the good of the child.” Brody was running away in loneliness, in anger, in doubt about their relationship. Lou couldn’t answer yet. As for Sally and Tim, they could only hold on to their huge regret, looking at their son in amazement.