A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Acting
Christopher Plummer treating this like Shakespeare.
Practical Effects
The reindeer puppetry is... a choice.
Director
LeVar Burton
Brenda Blethyn
Aunt Millie
Christopher Plummer
Santa Claus
Kevin Pollak
Archimedes
Whoopi Goldberg
Blizzard (voice)
Brittany Bristow
Erin Scott-Pierce
Leif Bristow
Blitzen (voice)
Jacqueline Byers
Skating girl (as Jackie Byers)
Wendii Fulford
Beth Cameron
Ellen-Ray Hennessy
Delphi (voice)
Demetrius Joyette
Bobby Jackson
Stephanie Morgenstern
Emma Ward
J.D. Nicholsen
Ted Andrews
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was LeVar Burton's only feature film directing credit—he went from Roots to Reading Rainbow to... talking reindeer cinema.
The film was shot in Ontario and represents peak early-2000s Canadian tax credit family filmmaking—notice how everyone pretends it's vaguely American.
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