On Christmas Eve in 1968 six-year-old army brat Clairee simultaneously learns the hard truth about Santa Claus and the realities of war. Her bullying older brother Mickey informs her that Santa insn't real and that their absent father is actually far away, serving his country in the Vietnam War。以小池真理子的小说为基础,讲述读大学哲学科的平凡学生阿珠,被研究生论文导师提议做记录某个专一对象生活和行为的“哲学跟踪”,于是开始跟踪邻居一家的丈夫的故事。。