Rescuing Christmas

Getting the necessary sign-off from the legal department, Debbie and Chuck, two of Santa's elves who have noticed an increasing grumpiness in the general public, have come up with an idea to bring the Christmas spirit back, that idea which they pitch to Santa, who ultimately approves: Operation Wish, three wishes (not of the proverbial "winning the lottery" variety, but ones where they can still employ a little bit of Christmas magic to achieve) granted to a random person who has lost the Christmas spirit, the goal for that person to pay that spirit forward with the granted wishes. The wishes will be granted in the guise of the person having won a contest. The grump they choose is Duluth-based freelance photographer Erin Smithson, whose anti-Christmas sentiment started last year when her narcissistic photographer boyfriend Archibald Vickers, who she can admit that she loved but was not in love with, dumped her at Christmastime. Resisting the prize in that anti-Christmas sentiment, she ultimately relents in getting "them" off her back, in the process wishing for small things that she thinks could never happen. When the first two wishes do happen almost immediately, she has mixed feelings of incredulity and coincidence. But when those two wishes don't turn out quite the way she wants, her third and final wish is a little more monumental: to get rid of Christmas altogether. She doesn't expect her off the cuff emotional wish to happen, but when it does with no one ending up having any memory of what Christmas is except her, she regrets it if only in what Christmas actually means to the rest of the world. Debbie and Chuck combined, Santa, Santa's legal department, and Erin all deal with the matter individually in doing whatever they can to resurrect Christmas, which can only happen through Erin. While she goes through the practicalities in making it happen, she may not realize it is the actual feeling of Christmas that she needs, which she may be able to regain with the help of her new friend, her brother-in-law Taylor's new law partner, Sam.