On their annual Christmas trip to Colorado, a family enjoys an unusual light display from a mountain top. Over the years, the family faces hardship and separation, but eventually reunite on the same mountain top. The two grown children in the family endure a tragedy a few years later that brings them closer together than ever. A final view of the lights on the mountaintop confirms that the love of a family is the strongest tie of all. And a strange but wondrous twist shows one of the adult children the true meaning of those lights.