Oh, to be a child at Christmas! Er, unless your dad is a self-involved rap star and your mom is working hard to make ends meet. In that case, according to THE PERFECT HOLIDAY, negotiations of time and energy get a little complicated, with potential disappointments lurking around every corner. In an effort to smooth the tension in her family, little Emily (Khail Bryant) decides to ask Santa for a special present. Having overheard her mother, Nancy (
Gabrielle Union), wish for a man to pay her a compliment -- no strings attached -- Emily asks the Santa at the mall for exactly that. It just so happens that this Santa is an aspiring songwriter named Benjamin (Morris Chestnut). Wanting to please the child and meet her beautiful mom, he conveniently runs into Nancy, tells her she's "very attractive," then disappears. Predictably, she falls for him, and a jumble of mistaken and deceitful identities begins. Meanwhile, Nancy's husband, J-Jizzy (Charlie Murphy) uses his kids as props for his career, dressing them up for his "Rockin' Christmas" bash, then losing track of them in the crowd.