Through a cosmic mix-up, a shiftless but good-hearted man is accidentally tagged to be the new Santa Claus after the old Santa dies. The gruff, no-nonsense manager of the North Pole is decidedly unhappy with the selection /// Santa must pass his powers on to his chosen successor, but mistakenly passes them on to an ex-con.
Santa Claus is up for retirement after his 300 years, and he searches New York City for a replacement. /// An aging Santa Claus struggles to prepare his cynical would-be successor to take over the job in time for Christmas.
Cody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by her aunt, a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an F.B.I. agent, learn that Cody has supernatural abilities, and the abductees are a Satanic cult willing to do anything to gain them.
