Tyler Rive

While in the process of searching for a new job, Mark Tully has taken on the role of a stay-at-home parent. One of his new responsibilities is driving his young son to and from elementary school. Unfortunately, the more time Mark spends with his son the more he realizes how little the two of them have in common. This begins a series of events in which Mark attempts to shape his son into a more masculine child and ultimately comes up with a very unconventional solution.

In this innovative version of the world famous Christmas story, The Secret of the Nutcracker tells of 12 year-old Clara's magical journey on Christmas Eve to find her father in a World War II Prisoner of War camp. Along with her mother and her two brothers, they long for some word on him, which eventually comes from an unexpected source the mysterious and magical stranger Drosselmeyer, who befriends Clara and encourages her to believe that miracles can happen.