Can a little girl named Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois) help her mother (Mary Steenburgen) find some Christmas spirit? With the help of an angel named Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton) and a visit to Santa Claus at the North Pole, Abbie and Gideon just might be able to restore her mother’s faith in Christmas in this heartwarming Disney holiday film.
“An affecting, well-played film… director Phillip Borsos has a gravity here that at first seems decidedly un-Christmasy. But his solemnity is credible and appealing, and it ripens, slowly but surely, into a charmingly seasonal brand of childlike wonder.” – Janet Maslin, The New York Times
