SnoopyStyle Ethan (Ethan Randall) and Hallie O'Fallon (Thora Birch) live with their divorced mother Catherine (Harley Jane Kozak) and grandmother Lillian (Lauren Bacall) in their upper class New York townhouse. Their father Michael (Jamey Sheridan) opens a diner based on a place important to his relationship with Catherine. Ethan is infatuated with Stephanie from Boston. Hallie asks the store Santa (Leslie Nielsen) to have her parents get married again. Then she overhears her mother agreeing to marry her boyfriend Tony Boer (Kevin Nealon). She realizes that she failed to ask to have her parents marry each other.The kids are adorable. They're laying a parent trap. The divorced parents' chemistry is obvious and unflinching. Nealon is not necessarily a jerk but kind of a jerk-lite. This is cute but not actually funny. The movie has its heart in the right place but this is not really classic.

2karl- how far would you go to make a wish come true in this Xmas movie this fun family film with legend Lauren Bacall this satisfying family film is worth watching again and again if teen aged Ethan and his young sister put every present on their wish list for Xmas it would still would not make them happy they want the ultimate miracle to everything in their power to get their parents in the same room talking and away from their mothers new boyfriend they do everything possible from hatching a plan this film has lots of jokes humour and load of sparkle and snow .Ethan Randall and thora birch and a sympathetic grandmother who helps the kids with ideas of small vermin a pregnant women Ben and Jerrie's and of course Santa played by Leslie nelson so with a ho ho ho and away we go you are in for a special magic surprise at 1hr32mins you will love this 25 year old film which hasn't aged at all

flaye2000 I greatly enjoyed this movie...yeah...not many have seen it, but its one of me and my bestfriends favorite movies..i recommend it. Its cheezy, but also such good times...i really dont remember where i first saw this movie. Since mice are one of my favorite animals it made it all the more better.

soranno Leslie Nielsen took a break from his usual latter day lowbrow comedy to portray a department store Santa Claus who just might be the real thing in this 1991 Paramount release. Shades of "Miracle On 34th Street." The story here is not exactly feel good material since it has to do with a couple who are planning to separate and then divorce so close to the Christmas holiday. This really upsets their kids (Thora Birch and Ethan Embry) so they decide to ask the aforementioned Santa to help them in their efforts to bring their parents back together in time for the holidays. Almost everything in the film is overacted and used to a rather poor effect. All I want for Christmas is to know that I'll never have to see this one again.