Pat Keeley, an orphaned and undocumented Northern Irish immigrant has made his way to NYC where he is taken in, unwittingly, by a crime boss. When asked to deliver two mysterious briefcases, naïve Pat ends up in the wrong destination: Santa Fe, New Mexico. Finding a job as the shopping mall Santa Claus, Pat hides in plain sight from both the authorities and the gangsters he is trying to evade. As Pat gets wrapped up deeper into the spirit of Christmas and his role as Santa Claus, he finds the phony white beard and big red suit are more than just a disguise, but his destiny.