I admit that I am not a huge fan of contemporary Christmas specials. There's just a certain warmth and sense of wonder missing from them - they're more concerned with bringing "hipness" to Christmas than representing a traditional holiday. This one, however, captures the feel of an old-time special while using modern technology. Like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, it focuses on a couple of misfits - a reindeer trying to make a name for himself as a toy inventor and a boy who can't make friends because his family is constantly moving. They meet and bond when the reindeer takes off in pursuit of a stolen snow globe (which contains children's wishes for Santa). What follows is an adventure filled with high-tech hijinks (there is a memorable bit involving Christmas ornament-shaped robots) and holiday warmth - the reindeer encourages the boy to pursue both his love interest and his hobby of ventriloquism. The ultimate message is that there's nothing wrong with being "weird," and that we all have something to offer. I usually flip the channel when I see a contemporary special come on, but this is one I will make an effort to rewatch every holiday season. Not perfect (it sometimes feels like they tried to cram too much plot and too many characters into the one-hour time frame , but still a worthy successor to Rakin-Bass!

The characters are so dumb and predictable. The reindeer has lopsided horns so it runs into things it doesn't even make sense. Maybe it's for like 4 year olds but watching this as an adult I nearly fell asleep not even halfway through. The villain just wants to ruin chirstmas just like any other movie he has no detail he's just bland and the boy he's bland too he likes to play with puppets but is to scared to show anyone. The girl her whole personality is just based on bugs nothing special. The story line also sucks. None of the characters are likable at all. The animation looks like it is used in a commercial. Also the jokes are corny and don't even make sense watch this if you want to waste your time.