The Christmas Chronicles 2

Kate Pierce is a cynical teen, unhappy about spending Christmas in Cancún, Mexico with her mother Claire, brother Teddy, Claire's new boyfriend Bob Booker, and his son Jack. Wanting to be back home where it is snowing, Kate secretly tries to fly back early to Boston. Unbeknownst to Kate and their stowaway Jack, the shuttle is driven by Belsnickel, a nefarious Christmas elf, who sends them unexpectedly through a wormhole to the North Pole. Found and saved by Santa Claus, he brings them back to his and Mrs. Claus's home. The Clauses show them around the village, then have dinner. Jack and Kate go to bed as Belsnickel and his follower Speck attempt to destroy the village. Mrs. Claus tells the kids Santa's origin story. Born as Nicholas in Turkey before 312 AD, he lived his early life there and became the Bishop of Myra. As a bishop, he delivered gifts to the poor and needy, becoming a local hero. He was later canonised as Saint Nicholas of Myra. He went on to save the elves from extinction and receive the Star of Bethlehem, the magical and holy artifact that stops time and provides power to Santa's Village. The Clauses adopted Belsnickel, but as he grew up and they had less time for him, he became unruly and transformed him into a human as a curse, prompting him to run away. Belsnickel releases the yule cat Jola into the reindeer pen, injuring Dasher. He shoots a potion into the village that makes the elves crazy and steals the Christmas Star from the top of the Christmas tree. Santa and the others confront Belsnickel. The two struggle over the star and accidentally destroy it, causing the village to lose power. Santa and Kate leave for Turkey to get Hakan's forest elves to replace it. The maddened elves' snowball fight distracts them, so Jack can escape. He leaves to get a root to cure them, while Mrs. Claus stays behind to heal Dasher. Mrs. Claus grinds the root into a powder, which Jack loads into the snow cannons. He shoots it onto the elves, curing them. Kate and Santa successfully find the elves and Hakan, who give them a casing for a new star and Santa captures power from the Star of Bethlehem inside it. While flying back to the village, Belsnickel catches up to them on a sleigh pulled by jackalotes (a hybrid of a jackal and a coyote which he created). He steals the star and plants a time-travel device on Santa's sleigh, which transports them back to 1990. At an airport in Boston, Kate attempts to buy AAA batteries for Belsnickel's time travel device at Boston airport but, she is detained by airport security as the modern dollar bill is mistakenly deemed counterfeit. Kate is taken to a security room. Lamenting about her wrongdoings in Cancún, a boy named Doug Pierce comforts her and helps her escape. After Kate joins Santa, she realizes Doug is her late father. Santa raises the airport's Christmas spirit high enough for the sleigh to fly, allowing him and Kate to return to the present and recover the star. Santa and Kate race back to the village, evading Belsnickel as he chases them. Mrs. Claus throws an explosive gingerbread cookie between the sleighs to prevent their collision in a game of chicken. Dasher recovers and assists Santa in defeating Jola. Kate places the star on the tree, restoring the village. Santa reconciles with Belsnickel, who transforms back into an elf. Santa flies Kate and Jack back to Cancún where they tell an excited Teddy about their adventure. Kate becomes more accepting of Bob, and the family sings "O' Christmas Tree" alongside everyone in the North Pole.