Auntie Roo (Shelly Winters) likes to invite the children from the local orphanage to her home to celebrate Christmas every year. But when she sets her eyes on an adorable little girl who resembles her missing daughter, kind Auntie Roo becomes obsessed with keeping the girl no matter what. The girl's brother, meanwhile, is convinced Auntie Roo is a witch who plans to eat his sister, and is equally obsessed with protecting his sister.