Childish Dad Saves Christmas

Childish Dad Saves Christmas is a 2023 Vyond animated, dramedy, fantasy film created by Studio S-C. It tells the story of the popular Vyond character Dave Johnson (The Childish Dad) as he mistakenly believes a group of "War on Christmas Protesters", that there is a conspiracy to destroy Christmas. Only that they themselves plot to destroy Santa Claus for their own idea of what the holiday should be.
Studio S-C created the movie based on the characters created by TheREALRandomLozzie. It began production in early October 2023, and was released on YouTube December 14th of the same year. This was the first time S-C used the Childish Dad cast.
== Plot ==
The film begins with a dream sequence. Dave is sitting in a rocking chair in a small cabin in the wood, that is decorated to the nines with for Christmas. Dave addresses the audience explaining on why Christmas is his favorite time of the year. He is then joined by the rest of his family and they sing a grand musical number (Johnny Mathis' rendition of "We Need a Little Christmas").
That morning, Dave is woken up by his wife Catherine. Dave excitingly jumps out of bed thinking that it is Christmas. Dave franticily crashes through his daughter Emma, and past his son Brian downstairs to the Christmas Tree, only to find the bottom of the tree to be empty. Dave grows upset and begins to throw a tantrum, as he thinks that Santa didn't bring anything because he was a "bad boy" all year. But Catherine and the kids explain that Christmas is next week. Dave calms down and the Johnsons are off to the store. While on the way Catherine and Brian explain to Dave that since he is a grown man, Santa Claus will not be bringing anything to him for Christmas, but Dave doesn't seem to understand and remembers that he hasn't yet wrote to a letter to Santa.
As the Johnsons walk from the parking garage, Dave gets distracted by a group of protesters. They call themselves; The Knights for Christ and are spreading that there is a conspiracy 'to destroy this sacred holiday'. Upon hearing this Dave grows upset, taking them at their word. When Dave tells his family, they try to explain to him that the War on Christmas is nonsense, but Dave continues to panic nonetheless. The Johnsons continue to shop anyway, and as they are leaving the store, Dave catches glance at a TV advertising PAPA PORGY'S PLAY PALACE. A DIY toy castle. That night Dave emails Santa that he wants Papa Porgy's Play Palace, in periwinkle, but as he goes to dinner, the leaflette the protesters gave him slips out his pocket, and Dave believes that if Christmas is destroyed, he will never get his present. 
Meanwhile at the North Pole. Santa's most trusted assistant Tilly the Elf receives Dave's email and then goes to report to Saint Nick himself. Santa and Tilly are sympathetic towards the famous Childish Dad, but they maintain the rules that only kids get presents from Santa. Tilly then tells her boss that Christmas Eve night is going to be a lot more stormy then usual. They both have a hunch that evil holiday spirit Krampus might be behind this, but Santa declares he will never give up.
Dave continues to worry about the war on Christmas, and even though Catherine tells him to calm down, he invites The Knights for Christ over to the house anyway. The next morning, the protesters arrive and recruit Dave to their cause. However Dave's reasonings for join clashes with that of the protesters, as Dave just wants his present from Santa, and the other member are not fans of the Santa Claus, calling him a "Pagan Heathen". However the leader of the protesters, Ted Rutledge, tells his followers to not tell Dave about their actual plans, as they need all the help they can get. Brian and Emma join them in the kitchen as they begin to antagonize the protesters, and grow suspicious of them. As the Knights for Christ leave the Johnson home, they call their employer "Angel" on a magic pendant, telling him that all is going to plan. This angel turns out to actually be Krampus, who is indeed behind the everything; the protester's plot, and the winter storm on Christmas Eve.
Over the next week Dave spends more and more time with the protester then he does with his family, missing out on a lot of their usual traditions. When Christmas Eve finally comes, Santa and Tilly set off on the sleigh for the Christmas delivery. Krampus too sets off on his skies, not before activating his winter storm. Meanwhile the Johnsons are leaving a Christmas church service only to be interrupted by Ted who has come to pick up Dave. Catherine grows livid with Dave and prods her husband to come home and spend the holiday as a family. But Dave goes with Ted and the protesters anyway, thinking he must save Christmas. This leaves Catherine upset.
Catherine takes Brian and Emma home where she proceeds to get drunk. Brian then recruits Emma on his plan to track their father down, and convince him to come back for Christmas. At the same time, Ted tells Dave to be a lookout on a distant hill, so he can't see what they are doing. As the Knights for Christ have set up military grade missiles, and when Santa's Sleigh comes into view they fire. After a few attempts that missiles hit their mark, and the sleigh and all the presents are destroyed.
The storm subsides, and in the fallout the Knights for Christ capture Santa at gunpoint. Dave (who witnessed from a distance) tries to intervene, but they capture him as well locking them in a cell together at a nearby cabin. Meanwhile, Brian and Emma discover the sleigh wreckage, where they find an unconscious Tilly. When the elf wakes up, she begins to panic that if Santa can't deliver the presents, then something else will take his place. They are then joined by Krampus who states is plan to kidnap the world's naughty children. He intends to start with Brian and Emma, and although he senses rebellion in their hearts, he learns that they are actually good children, which means he cannot touch them. 
Meanwhile Dave and Santa are talking in the cell, Dave begins to panic but Santa manages to calm him down. Then Santa confides in Dave what Christmas is all about.