
Christmas has always been a exceptional time of love and tradition in
the small town of Trapper Falls Alaska. Hometown of Mayor Dan Reed (Ted
McGinley) looks forward to each year with enthusiasm to all the events,
friends and family that fill this special season. Together with his
brother Greg (Brad Stine) they dedicate time away from their adventure
tour company to drape the town is Christmas cheer. When Dan's old high
school rival Mitch Bright (Daniel Baldwin) returns home after 20 years,
Dan is immediately suspicious. Mitch is a highly successful big city
lawyer who has never wanted anything to do with Trapper Falls or its
people, so why now?
The rivalry re-ignites when Mitch takes
offense to seeing the town's flagrant violation of the constitution's
Establishment clause. Mitch wants the Nativity scene removed from the
front of City hall and more importantly the word Christmas switched to
Happy Holidays on all signs. Fifty years of tradition are now challenged
not by an outsider but a former member of the community. As the
conflict escalates it goes beyond one persons opinion but magnifies into
an entire town problem when Mitch enters into the mayoral race to have
Dan replaced.
In the heat of the legal battle and facing certain
defeat, Dan's wife Kristen (Nancy Stafford) and their daughter Makayla
(Francesca Derosa) wanting to show the true meaning of Christmas are
inspired to launch a "Christmas with a Capitol C" campaign as an effort
to keep the town together. In doing so they discover the secret behind
Mitch's return but also reminds all of Trapper Falls that with the
arrival of God's Son, peace on earth and good will was to be given to
all; even those whose heart seem closed to Him.