Mr. and Mrs. Doll and their six children, Nurse and the old Cook all await the one Wonderful Night when all dolls come alive on Christmas Eve, when they can move and speak without help from Susan. Susan was an ordinary sized girl, but to the Dolls she was a very Big, very Wonderful, very Important person. Their exciting story is full of ups and downs scaled to dollhouse proportions, with glimpses of the Christmas miracle that can happen anywhere, even in a dollhouse.