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Santa Buddies, also known as Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws, is a 2009 American Christmas comedy film. It is the fourth installment of the Air Buddies spin-off series as well as the ninth film in the Air Bud franchise. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on November 24, 2009. Tom Bosley's appearance in the film was his final role before his death in 2010.
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Plot
At the North Pole, Santa Claus and his dog Santa Paws, an all-white Great Pyrenees, go outside to examine the magical Christmas Icicle, which is melting because nobody believes in Christmas anymore; if it continues to melt, Christmas will be gone forever.
After causing mayhem in Santa's workshop and getting exiled for it, Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, stares at the Icicle and states "I wish Christmas would just disappear", which causes it to crack. He finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list for eating the Thanksgiving turkey and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary puppy. Meanwhile, the Christmas Icicle makes a big crack, shuts off the power at the North Pole, and makes the reindeer weak and powerless.
Budderball and the other Buddies also lacking in Christmas spirit, believe that Santa Paws is their father in disguise, and that the naughty list is a way to scare them to behave. Sniffer however replies that Christmas is about giving and a holiday they must learn to respect.
