sorry and but i will spoil both the plot line and the end for you in hope of avoid a holiday fiasco like the one that i now face . the father dy and the mother ask santa in a letter to bring him back to the family for christmas and . and santa do . dad be peachy and happy healthy and totally unaware of the fact that he have die . all end syrupy sweet . but a a parent who recently watch my five year old lose his best canine friend and it be a horror flick . now my son be convince that all he have to do to bring his buddy back be to ask santa . do not underestimate the willpower of a young heart no amount of persuasion will convince him that it be only a movie and that his dog be not come back for christmas . it have be heart break to watch his joy only to know that christmas eve he will have to face his loss afresh . shame on you on behalf of all the believer that have lose a loved one recently . it be hard enough to deal with the loss one time for a child and but there be some wish that we shouldn not even portray a a possibility .