这一集中，食死徒开始肆无忌惮横行于麻瓜和魔法两个世界中，霍格沃茨内忧外患，危机重重。邓不利多（迈克尔·甘本 Michael Gambon 饰）带着哈利（丹尼尔·雷德克里夫 Daniel Radcliffe 饰）辗转找到隐居多年的霍拉斯·斯拉格霍恩，请他出山接替斯内普（艾伦 ·里克曼 Alan Rickman 饰）担任魔药学的老师。霍拉斯曾经教授过无数优秀的学生，而汤姆·里德尔——伏地魔——正是他最出色的一名弟子。邓不利多深信霍拉斯保有伏地魔不死身的秘密，他希望哈利能够说服霍拉斯。
　　另一方面，德拉科·马尔福（汤姆·费尔顿 Tom Felton 饰）宣誓效忠伏地魔，他想方设法将食死徒引入霍格沃茨。而此时，罗恩（鲁伯特·格林特 Rupert Grint 饰）、赫敏（艾玛·沃特森 Emma Watson 饰）他们却还沉浸在青春的躁动中，全然不知黑暗正渐渐逼近……

　　A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
　　In 1860, cranky old miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas; loathes people and defends the decrease of the surplus of poor population; runs his bank exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit and clients, giving a bitter treatment to his own nephew and acquaintances. However, on Christmas Eve, he is visited by the doomed ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley that tells him that three spirits would visit him that night. The first one, the spirit of Christmas Past, recalls his miserable youth when he lost his only love due to his greed; the spirit of Christmas Present shows him the poor situation of Bob's family and how joyful life may be; and the spirit of Christmas Future shows his fate. Scrooge finds that life is good and time is too short and suddenly you are not there anymore, changing his behavior toward Christmas, Bob, his nephew and people in general.

　　邮差埃里克•毕肖普（斯蒂夫•艾弗茨Steve Evets 饰）是曼联队球星坎通纳的铁杆球迷。埃里克因无法面对自己抛弃三十年的前妻莉莉（斯蒂芬妮•毕肖普 Stephanie Bishop 饰），心神恍惚中逆行车祸。出院后发现两个继子不听管教，大儿子赖安（杰拉德•基恩斯 Gerard Kearns 饰）还与当地帮派纠缠不清，被迫替人藏凶。沮丧抑郁的埃里克考虑自杀，靠抽大麻自我麻痹。在烟酒的影响下，埃里克发现偶像坎通纳竟出现在自己身旁，为他出谋划策，鼓励他与莉莉重新来往，对儿子严加管教，甚至训练他进行体育锻炼。在埃里克对如何对付帮派束手无策时，坎通纳又建议他寻求邮差朋友们的帮助。但这一切真能帮助埃里克重获新生吗？
　　本片获2009年法国嘎纳电影节金棕榈奖提名。