A tropical Christmas nobody asked for, where Santa's crew shows up to clean garbage instead of deliver presents. The ocean's debris problem isn't a backdrop, it's the entire story, and the movie treats it like real work that needs real hands. Pastel colors and a genuinely great soundtrack make the environmental message land softer than it should, which means it actually sticks with kids instead of lecturing them.

Mint and her Santa Company crew arrive at a tropical island just south of the equator and discover something alarming: a massive mountain of ocean garbage. What started as small, repeated moments of negligence has piled up into a serious problem that threatens the sea life around the island and the members of Santa Company. Mint, her friend Thomas and her rival Noah face the hazard as Christmas Eve approaches. This spin-off fantasy film brings back characters from the Santa Company original and tells an odd, secret Christmas story.