Despite this, Quinn befriends the other girls, including the oldest Willamina "Will", who lost her Christmas spirit after her own parents deaths.

To cheer Santa up, his head elf Eli uses the great Christmas icicle to bring the stuffed dog to life.

At the orphanage, Quinn witnesses Ms. Stout confiscating a doll belonging to another orphan named Janie and incinerating it.

Santa and Paws travel to New York to visit Hucklebuckle's, landing in Central Park gaining the attention of Gus, a homeless man who follows them.

When Ms. Stout leaves for a hair appointment, Will sneaks out to Hucklebuckle toy store and reluctantly brings Quinn.

After wandering the streets, Paws befriends three stray dogs named Haggis, Rasta and T-Money who after stealing from a deli are captured by Franklin, a dogcatcher and Ms. Stout's boyfriend.

He leads them to the reindeer who are too weak to fly and Gus agrees to help them while Eli and Eddy locate Paws.

Eli commends Jimmy for helping and lets him keep the pin dubbing him an official Santa's helper before he heads home.

Ms. Stout and Franklin return to the orphanage greeted by Mrs. Gibson, who learned of the former's cruel and negligent nature from a phone call from Eli.

Haggis, Rasta and T-Money stow away in a mail truck to the North Pole and become official elf dogs.

Gus brings the money he received as a charity Santa to the orphanage, and Mrs. Gibson invites him to spend Christmas with them.

On Christmas Day, James and Kate inform Mr. Stewart that they've decided to keep the store and continue the Hucklebuckle legacy.