Santa was in a jam; all of his reindeer were sick. He considered all of the things, like a noisy helicopter, that could pull his sleigh but was unhappy with those solutions. Suddenly, he remembers a letter from a little boy from the mountains of New Mexico. That letter took him to a peaceful party scene where he saw a beautiful balloon that the children had made all by themselves. But, the balloon needed heat to make it rise. A little girl's solution brought success and the balloon, with a gondola filled with happy children holding candles, lifted off for a trip with Santa around the world on Christmas Night.