It's Christmas in Madison, Wisconsin. The Iraq War has started, conjuring up memories for a bread man raised by a Vietnam Vet.
That, and the fact that his boss at the Bread Depot is an ex-Mastery Gunnery Marine Drill Sergeant who's on the outside due to his new boss wanting to shake things up. But on Christmas Eve, his father calls to tell him he has cancer.
Depressed and suffering from insomnia, can he come to grips with his past, and heal the wounds that haunt him?
