Over a century ago, children all over the
world just like Virginia were wondering the same thing they
are wondering today: Is there any truth to the myth of Santa
Claus? Now, through the eyes of another little girl, a child
who doesn’t know the meaning of skeptical or disbelief,
Santa Claus comes alive . . . and he’s just about
everywhere.
It’s turning out to be a pretty rotten Christmas for the
Saunders family. Having just moved to Edmonton, Canada, all
the way from Los Angeles, Brian and Danny (Matthew Knight
and Cameron Bright) are missing their friends, their dad
Wayne (Patrick Swayze) has just been laid off, and their mom
Judy (Rachel Hayward) is stranded at LAX due to Yuletide
overbooking. Now Dad’s alone to shop for presents he can’t
afford at one of the largest, most magnificent, malls in the
world.
But while Dad’s off fighting the throngs in this
shopalooza of stores, do Brian and Danny get to explore this
virtual wonderland of cool things to do? Nope, they’re stuck
watching their 6-year-old sister Mary (portrayed by twins
Amy and Zoe Schlagel) while she stands behind a long line of
people waiting to see old St. Nick.
Yes, not even Canada itself is cooperating this Christmas,
refusing to offer up a single flake of snow, and gloom
reigns over the entire Saunders clan. Except for little
Mary. She’s still full of the Christmas spirit, and the
unselfish wish she made for her father while perched on
Santa’s knee, is about to land right at her feet . . .
except it’s counterfeit!
It seems that Mary just asked the jolly fellow in the red
suit for a million dollars to make her daddy happy, and Leo
and Sheldon Cardoza (Chris Kattan and Preston Lacy), two
bumbling crooks, have just lost a satchel of fake Ben
Franklins.
But no problem, the Kooky Cardoza brothers, or as their
Cruella de Ville boss (Carmen Electra) calls them “the
worthless pieces of lint,” have the situation under control.
They just spotted two kids run off with the copied cash, and
how hard could it be to catch a couple of kids? How
difficult could it be to chase down children in a crowded
mall before they pass enough bogus paper to create
suspicion?
With older brother Danny off falling for a blonde beauty he
spotted on the beach (yes, this glorious mall has its on
wave pool!), younger brother Brian and innocent Mary are on
the spending spree of their lives. They don’t care if
they’ve got two crazy crooks and the Canadian Police, led by
Gordon McLoosh (Tim Curry), on their tails. These inventive
adolescents have a plan to lead the clumsy criminals right
to the law . . . all while discovering a magical wonderland
right beneath the mall!
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