Nick junior (Steve
Guttenberg) has always known that he needs to find a wife but he planned to let
fate bring his wife to him, but those plans had to be altered because time was
running out and he must replace his father as Santa Claus on December 26.
Ernest (Armin
Shimerman), the right-hand man to several generations of Santa’s, generates a
list of potential mates and Nick dutifully sets off to meet them, but fate may
have a candidate for him after all when he meets Beth (Crystal Bernard).
Christmas for Miranda
(Erin Krakow) is a painful reminder of the family she never had.
Her mother died at
Christmas when she was young, never revealing the identity of her father.
But, three days before
Christmas, she unexpectedly received a clue as to his whereabouts that takes
her to a beautiful New England town where she meets Ian (Niall Matter), a young
man who helps with her search and love blossoms between them.
But when clues lead to
her father's identity she faces a terrible decision, should she share the truth
or keep the secret forever?
Whichever way
Christmas promises to be life-changing for Miranda with a new chance at life
and love.
Lisa Haynes (Julie
Gonzalo) has moved to Florida with three darling golden retriever pups and at
once makes friends with the nice couple next door, Rod and Katherine Wright
(Bruce Davison and Alley Mills) and their adult golden retriever.
The three become so
close, in fact, that Lisa feels comfortable telling them how her love life is
not running smoothly and her heart was broken long ago.
But old flames reunite,
and sparks are reignited at Christmastime in Florida, but the man David
(K.C.Clyde) is already engaged to Kelly Jansen (Kelly Stables) but love finds a
way with the help of their dogs.
In 1950 Los Angeles,
the struggling Hoover Street Baptist Church calls Rev. Will Douglas (Hari
Rhodes) of Arkansas to serve as its pastor, with his wife Sarah (Lynn
Hamilton), his mother Bessie (Beah Richards), and his four children, he crosses
the country just before Christmas in his late father's 1941 Ford woody wagon,
which just barely makes the trip to a poor church in California where the
congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for
demolition.
Will there be a
Christmas miracle?
Horace McNickle (Edward
Asner) is a cynical two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting, but
his counterfeit money is hidden somewhere in a department store.
On the week before
Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus and due to his uncanny
resemblance to St. Nick as a result from his long white beard and heavyset
features he very much looks the part.
When Horace hides out
from the police in a nearby suburban neighbourhood he is befriended and helped
by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus and he takes
advantage of their naivety to help him get his booty but he develops feelings
for his two con victims and that make him slowly comprehend the true nature of
Christmas.
Rene Auberjonois and
Fred Gwynne also star in this gem of a Disney production.
Sarah (Tracey Needham)
and her estranged sister Beth (Natasha Gregson Wagner) are reunited after their
father Buddy (Ronny Cox) suffers a mild stroke.
Buddy, who's never
accepted the loss of his wife Lorraine (Meredith Baxter), wants only one thing
and that is to return home for Christmas.
With sweet memories of
a life gone by, Sarah makes an impossible wish that her mother could be there
too and by morning it is as if a winter prayer had been answered and bearing a
message of hope, healing, and everlasting love, a miracle has arrived in the
form of their mother Lorraine.
Sean Tucker (Mark
Lutz), who runs an advertising agency in New York City, and Owen Harrison (J.T.
Hodges), a small-town handyman and musician, swap homes for the holidays. Mia (Cristina
Rosato) works for Sean and is asked to help Owen get settled into his new apartment
while Ryan Harrison (Tricia Helfer) meets Sean after Owen asks her to fix a
broken heater, and then finds herself helping Sean find the charm of living in
a small town.
Holiday romance ensues
in the charming Christmas tale with misunderstandings soul-searching and
secrets along the way.
