On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler dies in a burning accident outside his mansion in East Willard, Massachusetts. The residence is bequeathed to his grandson, Jeffrey. Twenty years later, lawyer John Carter arrives in East Willard on Christmas Eve with his assistant and mistress Ingrid, having been charged by Jeffrey (now registered as a patient in a mental asylum) to sell the house. The house, the town, even Jeffrey himself — all hold dark secrets that will be brought to light.

Snagglepuss finds a missing baby and goes to the address where the baby lives to collect the reward. But it is the lion-hating Major Minor's baby and the Major gets out his hunting rifle to reward Snagglepuss with a bullet. Snagglepuss has difficulty trying to avoid the Major because the baby knows all Snag's hiding places and leads the Major to them.