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Harry's boss is troubled though, as Ellen is constantly absent from the office, sneaking off to meet Willis. Right after Christmas Day, Judy secretly arranges for them to meet "by accident" at the Rockefeller Center ice-skating rink, and Willis and Ellen actually hit it off and become a couple. The next day uncle Willis, handsome and rugged, makes a surprise visit, and Judy gets the idea that he would be the perfect match for Ellen. Letting her imagination run wild, Judy believes Curtis is infatuated with his secretary, and tells her friend Fuffy that they are romantically involved. Curtis, is visiting, bringing his pretty daughter, Ellen, who is also his secretary. Haskell is supposed to be Judy's escort to the school dance ahead.

The young boy's appearance distracts her from her fantasies about her uncle. Later that night, Judy meets Fuffy, who brings a handsome boy named Haskell Cummings. In reality, uncle Willis is a recovering alcoholic, who has spent the last four years struggling in rehab. She is very intrigued by the news and quickly fantasizes a story about the handsome man in which jail time becomes a reason for the absence. One night right before Christmas, Judy learns that her mother has a brother, uncle Willis, who has been absent for years. They often use movie plots to interpret the reality around them. Judy's equally energetic friend Fuffy Adams frequently visits, and the two girls have their own ideas about the relations of the grown-ups surrounding them. Lively and imaginative sisters Judy and Lois Graves, thirteen and sixteen years old, live in a small apartment in New York City with their forgiving and patient mother and father, Harry, a lawyer, and Grace, a housewife.