A Madea Christmas 2013

Mabel “Madea” Simmons, Tyler Perry, is talked into taking a job at a local store by her niece in Atlanta, but she’s fired on her first day.

Eileen’s daughter Lacey, Tika Sumpter, a teacher at a small school in Bucktussle, Alabama, is married to a white man named Conner, Eric Lively, whose plans to grow special corn earn the ire of Tanner McCoy, Chad Michael Murray, the town’s resident bully. The school doesn’t have enough money to fund the Christmas Jubilee, so Lacey asks her ex Oliver, James Roch, for funding through his business. She also tries to convince Tanner about his son Bailey’s excellence in school, though Tanner refuses to listen. Due to this, Lacey is unable to visit Eileen for Christmas, but Oliver takes Madea and Eileen to see her, not knowing that Lacey is married to Conner and hoping they can still work as a couple.

Lacey takes Oliver to a town meeting while Madea looks after her class. A girl steals Madea’s purse; when Madea finds out, she loses her temper and ties her to a cross in the classroom. Meanwhile, Conner’s parents, Buddy, Larry the Cable Guy and Kim, Kathy Najimy, visit for Christmas and are told to keep the marriage a secret. Eileen cuts down Kim’s father’s memory tree; though she does not realize the meaning, Eileen shows no remorse. She becomes convinced that Buddy and Kim are part of the Ku Klux Klan after seeing Buddy with a bedsheet over his head.

Lacey soon discovers that the sponsors, Sheldon Construction, are forcing them to make the Jubilee Holiday-themed rather than Christmas-themed, and that they were the ones to build a nearby dam, cutting off the town’s water supply and putting residents out of work. Infuriated by these facts, Tanner convinces the mayor to fire Lacey, much to Bailey’s dismay. At home, she also reveals to Eileen that she is married to Conner, and Eileen’s true feelings about whites are revealed; her husband left her for a white woman though she told Lacey he was killed by a white man while trying to protect her honor. Eileen storms out and waits for a taxi to pick her up.

Lacey admits to Conner that Tanner got her fired, setting Conner off. Walking to town, Eileen sees Tanner’s overturned truck and saves his life. Conner punches Tanner and demands Eileen to get in his truck. Tanner apologizes to Conner for everything and thanks Eileen, who reluctantly accepts Lacey and Conner’s marriage. Tanner agrees to listen to Conner about his corn and to ask the mayor to rehire Lacey.

At the event, Lacey thanks the sponsors and announces their promises to help the citizens which were not in the original contract, knowing the repercussions they would face if they backed out. She also tells Oliver she is married to Conner as the students led by Bailey start singing.