This is basically the identical plot to Catch Me If You Claus on Hallmark, which is like when Hollywood made Armageddon and Deep Impact and released them the same summer, like nobody would notice. I like Ludacris as a dad driving an SUV, not a "Furious" street racer. Overall, it's a tad slow and not as magical as I'd hoped. I watched with my first grader and he started working on his Christmas list through most of the second half which isn't a good sign for a movie with a real Santa Claus. The best joke in the movie is Santa's beard which is black and white. Spoiler alert he dyed it white because he's really old. The joke works. And, for a movie with the title "snow" there is a concerning lack of snow, in Atlanta no less.

Ignore all the neigh-sayers. This is a fabulous family film. A minimal amount of romantic slush and a maximum amount of Santa fun.

I think most of the negative reviews must be because of the obvious difference between this Saint Nicholas and most others depicted on film. But this works perfectly and very very modern ( not in a PC way just great casting).

The acting was brilliant Especially Madison Skye who stole most scenes but not in sickly sweet way, but funny and generally a charming believer.

Your children ( or grand children) will love the raindeer. And I bet you will too.

This has minimal violence ( lot less than home alone but funnier).

A MUST WATCH FAMILY FILM.

Honestly, I really liked Dashing through the snow. I watched it with my parents on Thanksgiving night. I am 30 and they are in their 50s and it was just a nice, clean, Christmas movie with quite a few laugh out loud moments. Santa was the perfect Santa with all the right comedic moments. The daughter was cute and adorable. Ludacris played the grumpy, unbelieving father really well! I loved his actual job of working as a crisis counselor. We need more movies showcasing the hard work of social workers. I would watch this again if I were with my young cousins or something. Sometimes we all need pure fun!