This year’s winter holidays are proving to be particularly challenging for Greg Heffley. While building a snowman with his best friend Rowley Jefferson, Greg inadvertently damages a snowplow, leading him to fear that he won’t receive the new video game console he’s been eagerly hoping for this Christmas. To add to his troubles, he finds himself snowed in with his family, which includes his irritable older brother Rodrick and his bothersome younger brother Manny.