 Returning home for the evening, Judge Hardy runs into 12-year-old Betsy Booth (Judy Garland), who is staying with her grandparents for the Christmas holiday.Betsy’s grandmother has been effusive about Andy Hardy and Betsy is thrilled to learn he will be her next door neighbor during her stay.Judge Hardy’s wife, Emily (Fay Holden), receives a telegram that evening informing her that her mother has had a stroke.