Tom and Emma Hart live in the wilderness near the Canadian border, with their mother Irene and dog Faust. Life has been hard since the death of their father in the First World War, but when Tom dismisses his sister's belief in Santa Claus his mother warns him that sometimes things are not as they seem...When some Tom and his friends help a mysterious stranger called Sirk Elgnirk, Tom learns that a little Kindness and faith can bring magic and happiness into the heart of even the stubborn disbelief.