Just a simple Elf in Santa's shop, Giljagaur loves his life of making toys and tending reindeer. But when Santa returns from his summer fishing trip, the idyllic North Pole life changes with Santa's demands to make this the best Christmas ever. Soon the Elves work overtime with glassy eyes. Mrs. Claus begs for Gil's help, then later with an apron smeared with red, denies any problem. Soon Gil realizes Santa isn't Santa. But who is he?

Escaping from the terror enveloping the North Pole, Gil and a renegade reindeer must find the real Santa and help him regain the North Pole before evil takes over Christmas and the world!