The Santa Con (2014) Synopsis

In prison, con man Nick DeMarco, using his professional talents on the warden and board, is granted early parole. One person who can see right through Nick is his sister, Rose DeMarco, who is nonetheless forced to take him in in the short term. As a job is a condition of Nick's parole, Rose manages to get him a short term one in view of her mall coffee stand as a mall Santa, he accepting it despite it not matching the money from some of his high end cons. What Rose can see as his first major screw up in his narcissism in not even realizing he did it is that he, as Santa, promises one little boy what he asks for for Christmas: to get his estranged parents back together by Christmas in just over a week. Out of circumstance, Nick, confused over his error with the boy, turns to God in the form of Ruth, the pastor at a church in the neighborhood, she who convinces Nick that truly to make amends for his life, he has to try to make that boy's Christmas wish come true despite not even knowing who the boy is or what his parents' circumstances are. With Rose's help, finding out the "who's" is the easy part: the boy being seven year old Billy Guthrie, and his not yet divorced parents being web designer Carol Guthrie and ad man John Guthrie. Again using his professional talents with a little help from Rose and who also ends up being his ex-con former prison mate Paul Greenberg, Nick is able to infiltrate their individual lives, he discovering that Carol still loves her husband, but John seems to love whiskey more as he chose drinking over family when given an ultimatum. In the process, Nick becomes emotionally invested in their lives, to the point that he may lose sight of the end goal in falling for Carol himself.—Huggo

In prison, con man Nick DeMarco, using his professional talents on the warden and board, is granted early parole. One person who can see right through Nick is his sister, Rose DeMarco, who is nonetheless forced to take him in in the short term. As a job is a condition of Nick's parole, Rose manages to get him a short term one in view of her mall coffee stand as a mall Santa, he accepting it despite it not matching the money from some of his high end cons. What Rose can see as his first major screw up in his narcissism in not even realizing he did it is that he, as Santa, promises one little boy what he asks for for Christmas: to get his estranged parents back together by Christmas in just over a week. Out of circumstance, Nick, confused over his error with the boy, turns to God in the form of Ruth, the pastor at a church in the neighborhood, she who convinces Nick that truly to make amends for his life, he has to try to make that boy's Christmas wish come true despite not even knowing who the boy is or what his parents' circumstances are. With Rose's help, finding out the "who's" is the easy part: the boy being seven year old Billy Guthrie, and his not yet divorced parents being web designer Carol Guthrie and ad man John Guthrie. Again using his professional talents with a little help from Rose and who also ends up being his ex-con former prison mate Paul Greenberg, Nick is able to infiltrate their individual lives, he discovering that Carol still loves her husband, but John seems to love whiskey more as he chose drinking over family when given an ultimatum. In the process, Nick becomes emotionally invested in their lives, to the point that he may lose sight of the end goal in falling for Carol himself.—Huggo

Published Time: 2020-09-17 18:08:09