Paul Howard

When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds.

Mandy Hope's partner in a class project on caring for farm animals is Dillon Lewis, the class bully, who wants no part of the orphan lamb that is their assignment.