Mr Cranklepot Christmas feature film screenplay synopsis.

This Christmas Santa Claus is sick in bed with the flu. Snow Ball his most trusted but mischievous Elf on advice from the Magic Christmas Book takes reign. He must choose a replacement to done the red and save the day.

The story begins in mid December in the small picture perfect town of Gogoville. Mr.Cranklepot the grumpy middle-aged manager of the Happy Holiday Department Store throws his birthday present from his office window towards the sky yelling how much he hates Christmas and how if he was Santa Claus he would...

Snowball atop Rudolf flying high in the sky with ears pricked screeches to a stop mumbling 'Yes'. Suddenly, magically and unbeknown to Mr.Cranklepot the sky lightens as the World seems to slow and stop.

 'BANG', everything is back to normal, or is it?

Mr.Cranklepot still sees and acts as Mr.Cranklepot to himself but to everybody else he is now Santa Claus.

A mad capped journey full of comedy, twists and laughs begins. He is arrested, rescued and run out of town just days before Christmas and the day that the bank forecloses on his department store.

Little by little he is able to see more of the man he is to become as he unlocks pieces of the Christmas puzzle.

Will Christmas be the same again? The one final twist that saves the day will leave people truly believing in Christmas.

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