Gingerbread House

In midst of Christmas shopping rush running errands with her mother, Alice sees the mall as a thing of beauty, a great adventure waiting right in front of her. Her mother sees a different world, one of schedules, work and errands to be run. As they go deeper into the mall they diverge, the mother arguing with a clerk while Alice goes to explore a candy store. There, she makes friends with a warm woman about her mother's age and is delighted to finally receive the attention she has been seeking all day.