SET IN LOWAKE, TEXAS, THE STORY CENTERS ON THE AVARICIOUS CHILDREN OF A CANTANKEROUS SOUTHERNER, WHO GATHER AT HIS DEATH BED CURIOUS ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF HIS WILL AND ITS WHEREABOUTS.
Judge Reinhold, Elizabeth Perkins and Rhea Perlman star in this black comedy as Reinhold and mistress Perkins inadvertently kill his wife and repeatedly botch attempts to dispose of the body .
Set on Christmas Eve, the story tells of divorced dad Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), who would like nothing better than to convince his estranged son, Charlie, that Santa Claus does exist.