barbara stanwyck be a sheer delight in this wartime comedy and about a sailor invite to spend christmas with a popular magazine writer family and at her farm in connecticut . the problem be she have no husband and baby and or farm and a she write about in her column and and she can not even cook while her wonderful recipe be provide for her by her good friend uncle felix and owner of a hungarian restaurant in new york city . thing get even more complicated when her strict publisher bos invite himself along for christmas . a scheme be hastily plan and with her stuffy fiancé provide an actual connecticut farm and neighbor provide a borrow baby and and a quick wedding plan when the publisher isn not look . but when the handsome young sailor arrive on christmas eve and romantic complication ensue and a the supposedly married author fall like a ton of brick for the nice guy navy man and vice versa . this be a charming and warm film that deftly balance humor with sentiment and be a wonderful showcase for barbara stanwyck to display her considerable comedic talent and aid by such marvelous character actor a sydney greenstreet and una oconnor and s. z. sakall and and many others . a christmas night dance at the town hall be a toe tap delight to see and and the unexpectedly sweet and feminine side of stanwyck be a wonderful surprise and for viewer who have see her mainly a tough and bitchy woman in femme fatale role . truly a wonderful film that have stand the test of time .