Joy Robertson's two children are going to college next year, so she wants to make this "the best Christmas of my life." Joy feels unappreciated, however, as her husband and children are preoccupied with their own worries and unhelpful with the many Christmas preparations, while she waits for Mom to take care of all the arrangements for her husband's office party. and parties for their children's friends. ASI como. Inspired by a strike by grocery store workers in town, Joy decides to do the same and "goes on strike for Christmas."