Plot Three friends, Ethan, Chris and Isaac have always spent Christmas eve together, after Ethan's parents were killed in a car accident just before Christmas in 2001. Ever since then, they have been searching for the 'perfect' party, called the 'Nutcracker Ball' Now it's 2015, and for Isaac - who is a lawyer about to have a baby with wife Betsy, and Chris is the professional athlete he always wanted to be. Ethan, still stuck in the past, works the odd job - when he finds (and steals) three tickets to the party.

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and the words merry christmas are displayed

Plot Louis Winthorpe is the managing director of Commodities Brokerage firm Duke & Duke - run by the uber wealthy brothers Mortimer and Randolph. The brothers witness one day an argument between Winthorpe, and the homeless Billy Ray Valentine. Believing anyone can really do what Winthorpe does, they concoct a plan to have Winthorpe fired, arrested and lose his girlfriend and friends - to be replaced by Valentine. All goes to plan, except for the now revenge driven Winthorpe. And what exactly will happen when Valentine discovers their ruse??? Direction…

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Plot Following a another successful haunting, the Ghost of Christmas Present is trying to work out who to haunt next. 'Present' discovers a despicable man by the name of Clint Briggs, and he begs his boss Jacob Marley to be able to haunt him, even though he is an 'unredeemable'. Marley reluctantly agrees, after Present reminds him of a previous successful unredeemable 'save'. So 'Present' - along with 'Past' and 'Yet to Come' research for a year leading up to the haunt. When time comes to finally haunt him, things backfire, when Briggs is unable to be frightened, rather finding the whole ordeal hilarious.

Plot Scott Calvin has now been Santa Claus for close to a decade, he is loved by all of his team - but struggles to maintain a relationship with his son Charlie - who is running amok at his school, much to the annoyance of his school Principal, Ms Newman. On the 1st of December, Scott discovers that there was an 'extra' Clause in the clause that turned him into Santa Claus... he must be married by Christmas Day - or he will lose his powers forever. Now he must head home to find a bride, and leaves a 'Toy Santa' in place of him to keep things in order at the north pole.

Plot Howard is a workaholic, often putting his job before his family. On Christmas Eve "Eve", he fails to attend his son Jamie's Karate celebration - angering both Jamie and wife Liz. He then lies to Liz, saying he bought his son his Christmas present; The popular action figure of Turbo Man. Now he's got Christmas eve to find the toy (instead of spending the day with his family), but this turns out to be a difficult task since Turbo Man is the most popular toy of all time, and has been sold out for weeks!

Plot At Christmas, a seasoned criminal Harry Lockheart accidentally stumbles into a job in Hollywood. At a party, he runs into an old flame from his youth, and meets a PI who has been hired to teach him about Investigator work. During their first night out training, they are thrown into a world of chaos when they witness a potential murder - and must try to work out "whodunit". Direction Directed by (and written by) 90's action writer superstar Shane Black. The action is fun (and some of the violence is both graphically realistic, and hilariously funny as well).

Plot Jack O'Malley is a computer hacker, who has just sold the location of an 'unknown subject' to an 'unknown seller'... Unbeknownst to him, he just sold the whereabouts of Santa Clause, to the witch Gryla - who opposes Santa's 'good list'. Now, Santa's chief security agent Callum "Cal" Drift, along with his boss Zoe - must enlist the help of Jack in order to find Santa, because it is two days til Christmas! Direction Fun direction from Jake Kasdan who is known for his collaboration with Dwayne Johnson in the Jumanji films.