As the owner of Mrs. Clauss Treasures, Merry Wilkinson knows how to decorate homes for the holidays. Thats why she thinks her float in the semi-annual Santa Claus parade is a shoe-in for best in show. But when the tractor pulling Merrys float is sabotaged, she has to face facts: theres a Scrooge in Christmas Town. Merry isnt ready to point fingers, especially with a journalist in town writing a puff piece about Rudolphs Christmas spirit. But when she stumbles upon the reporters body on a late night dog walkand police suspect he was poisoned by a gingerbread cookie crafted by her best friend, VickyMerry will have to put down the jingle bells and figure out whos really been grinching about town, before Vicky ends up on Santas naughty list.