It's Christmas Eve and Judy Emerson is told there's no such thing as Santa. Determined to prove her family wrong, she sets an elaborate trap and successfully captures Santa Claus himself. But her parents think the jolly old elf is a burglar and have Santa arrested.

Todd King is a young man whose life hasn't turned out the way he hoped it would. Just when things couldn't get any worse, Todd learns that his one true love, Mary, will be getting married in two days! With little cash, the help of a crazed barfly and the Boot Mobile, Todd sets off on a journey that takes him across California.