Bill
and Molly Emerson (Robert Hays and Shelley Long) have recently moved to the
balmy southwest from Connecticut with their children Mike and Judy (Brandon
Michael DePaul and Sierra Abel) and they are all struggling to adjust to their
new surroundings.
Bill
is being worked to death, Molly misses New England, and claims that “it doesn't feel like Christmas,” and the
children have found it hard to settle in.
On
Christmas Eve Judy is told that Santa is just a myth, so she sets an elaborate
trap to catch him, and successfully snares Santa (Dick Van Patten).
However
Bill and Molly think he is an intruder and call the police and is arrested and he
is locked up Chief Spivak (Corbin Bernsen) with Biker Max (Stacy Keach).
However
later that night Bill finds live reindeer on the roof turning him into a
believer, so he goes to the police station to get Santa released but the police
let Max out and that’s when the fun begins as the family try to save Christmas.
