The teenage Holton
brothers live with their divorced mother, Denise (Stacy Edwards), in a rural
town.
Ryan (Robert Clark) is
the older brother, who hates the rural life and makes no secret of the fact and
wants to go and live with their father, in Chicago.
The shy young Charlie
(Gavin Fink) doesn’t understand his attitude, he is happy there even though he
gets victimised by the bigger school kids'.
One day on the way
home from school he finds two reindeer, one is dead who he believes to be one
of Santa's team called Prancer, the other one is younger and Charlie thinks he
is his son and heir, also called Prancer which he tries to hide at home and
Ryan helps him which brings the brothers closer along the way.
Charlie believes that
his Prancer is “the” Prancer from the towns’ legend and will take off and join
Santa on Christmas Eve.
Unfortunately when
Prancer gets out he bites evil vice-principal James Klock (Michael O'Keefe) and
he wants the danger to the public put down.
But a rescue operation
is mounted and then Charlie runs away with his protégé to the woods,
His mother Denise is
unable to cope, but thankfully her ex-boyfriend, handyman Tom Sullivan (John
Corbett), comes to the youngster's rescue in this engaging family film.
Watch out for the
wonderful Jack Palance as Old Man Richards.
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