Cast: Thora Birch, Lauren Bacall, Leslie Nielsen, Ethan Embry
This is a comedy about two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season. Ethan and his sister, Hallie, who knows how to charm her way out of a difficult situation, are intent on spending Christmas with their parents, Michael and Catherine, and grandmother Lillian.
The story follows two young siblings, Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon, who come up with a plan to reunite their estranged parents for Christmas. After their mother is remarried and their father is struggling to move on, Ethan and Hallie decide to ask Santa Claus to bring their parents back together. However, their plan becomes more complicated than expected when their mother's new husband, a wealthy businessman, refuses to allow their father to visit. The siblings, with the help of their grandmother, set out to make their wish come true and bring their parents together for a memorable Christmas.
As they embark on their adventure, almost nothing goes exactly as they planned. Complicating things is a smarmy businessman named Tony Boer, who has taken an interest in Catherine. Meanwhile, Ethan is preoccupied with not only Michael and Catherine's romantic dilemma, but also his own, which brought about by his new friendship with Stephanie, his first teenage crush. What evolves is an elaborate scheme involving mice, telephone calls, and an ice cream truck as Ethan and Hallie try to achieve their goal with Stephanie's help. Their primary obstacle is Tony. They finally succeed with a little Christmas magic from Santa Claus.
