An American-Canadian fantasy drama; A story about a nine-year-old who still believes in Santa Claus and one day she finds an injured reindeer in the woods. The performance by Rebecca Harrell is touching, poignant and simply enchanting, with Sam Elliott as good as ever as her forlorn and down-on-his-luck father. It's a sincere and endearing film. It is quite slow moving as a family film with a laborious build up but Rebecca Harrell's character, her mischief, her expressions and natural ability seems to soar beyond the screen as the heroine. There are some oddities in the film, an out of kilter reclusive Dickensesque character played by Cloris Leachman, but it's a minor Christmas classic for the sentiment of seasonal magic it successfully delivers for its audience.
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