Billy is excited about his birthday until a blizzard prevents his cousins from visiting. Even worse, the blizzard isn't bad enough to cancel school, so Billy and Mae, his sister, have to trudge through the snow to their one-room schoolhouse. As the blizzard threatens to trap the children and teacher at school, they decide to stay at the closest home for the night: Billy's house. Through an unexpected turn of events, Billy has visitors for his birthday after all!