Nine-year-old Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) finds an injured reindeer in the forest and -- convinced that the deer is Santa's one and only Prancer -- vows to nurse him back to health and return him safely home. However, before she can carry out her plan, Jessica discovers that her father (Sam Elliott) has made very different plans of his own! But as Jessica races to help her antlered friend find his way back to Santa, wondrous changes begin to occur...

For years, Johnny Dingle has harbored a seemingly unattainable dream, to win the heart of the town beauty, Missy McCloud. In an act born as much in desperation as devotion, Johnny schemes to pose as a masked thief who holds up the convenience store where Missy works. According to his plan, Johnny prevents the "robbery," saves the day, and convinces Missy to go on a date - all in one heroic gesture. But fate intervenes. Johnny discovers too late that...