Plot: When high-powered book editor Margaret (Bullock) faces deportation to her native Canada, she persuades her put-upon assistant Andrew (Reynolds) to take part in an engagement charade. With an impromptu wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the plan despite the precarious consequences.

Plot: When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate (Witherspoon) and Brad (Vaughn) find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation – and unable to escape – they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.

Plot: When Buddy (Ferrell) was young, he was put up for adoption. After crawling into Santa’s sack, he was adopted by an elf (Newhart). 30 years later, he discovers he’s not a true elf, and forges his way to New York to meet his father (Caan). But will Buddy be able to adjust to life outside Santa’s workshop?