It’s the Christmas season. Sixteen-year-old Lindsay is too cool for it all. She and the best looking boy in school have a ski trip planned with her best friend Paige. Unfortunately, her two dads want Christmas together as a family and they forbid her from going. Lindsay flips and lashes out at Christmas. As Lindsay and Paige do their last minute shopping on Christmas Eve, Lindsay befriends the mall Santa, who makes a shocking revelation; he’s the REAL Santa Claus. He confides that he and Mrs. Claus have lost their spark and he has no idea how to get it back.

Although Lindsay thinks the guy’s a bit of a nut, a makeover is her self-proclaimed area of expertise. She takes the old man under her wing. Together they go the places she knows best - from gyms to salons, to dance class and clothing stores. She takes this heavy-set, fading icon from Santa Geek to Christmas chic. In the process, she discovers the man she’s been helping really is Santa Claus, and learns the true meaning of Christmas along the way.