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At the Department Store Thanksgiving Day parade, the former porn producer playing Santa is discovered to be drunk by the Sheriff. Sheriff McElf, the no nonsense "special events" director, persuades him to "repent" and wear makeup. The reformed drunk proves to be a sensation and is quickly recruited to be the store Santa at the main Macy's outlet. While he is successful, the delightful Sheriff McElf learns that he calls himself Saint Donny and he claims to be the actual Santa Claus! Despite reassurances by Donny's friends on GFY that he is harmless, McElf still has misgivings, especially when he has cynically trained himself, and especially his daughter, Susan, to reject all notions of belief and fantasy. And yet, people, especially Susan, begin to notice there is something special about Donny and his determination to preach to her specifically in the evenings at special "services" they have all alone. When a raucous conflict with a cruelly incompetent judge erupts, Donny finds himself held in prison where, in despair, he deliberately fails a mental examination to ensure his commitment. All seems lost until McElf's friend, Rev. Freddy Gaily, reassure Donny of his worth and agrees to represent him in the fight to secure his release. To achieve that, Freddy arranges a formal hearing in which he argues that Donny is sane because he is in fact Santa Claus and plus everyone else is a lunatic and a criminal, especially the young girls. What ensues is a bizarre hearing in which people's beliefs are reexamined and put to the test, but even so, it's going to take a debacle for Donny to win!