Wishland: The Stray Runaway Christmas Wish & the Wish Wreckers
The Story: When Valiant is left un-fostered and alone for another Christmas in the care home he resides in, he makes a Christmas wish on Christmas Eve, but his wish runs away before it is fully wished and spoken. However, a young mischievous wish catcher, Bramble suddenly appears and then offers to help to catch the runaway wish so that it can be granted at Christmas since she is well known throughout Wishland for being one of the fastest and trickiest wish catchers. After the two set out to retrieve the wish, they start to search the city and as Bramble flies Valiant around, the runaway wish quickly attracts the attention of a wish wrecker, and they both swiftly end up in a wish wrecker tangle trap so that the wish wrecker can pursue the runaway wish without their interference. Much to their luck, however, a stray dog finds and rescues them after which Santa then picks them up in his sleigh and takes them on a journey to deliver presents to cheer Valiant up and to visit Wishland where wishes are granted. Once they embark upon their journey as they deliver some presents and try to find the stray runaway wish, Santa also checks to see if someone is wishing for a child to love since that is what Valiant wished for, but Santa has his work cut out because not all the wish makers are sincere or suitable and some have very strange agendas and so some potential possibilities are uncertain.
During their Christmas Eve together, Santa enlists the help of Verity Wishheart (Chief Wish Inspector and Wish Assessor in Wishland) to help find the lost, stray, runaway wish and to assess which wishes are sincere and together they put some potential parents/families through some tough tests (Santa’s six tests of courage, kindness, honesty/sincerity, wisdom, unity and inner strength) as Santa attempts to assess their suitability to see if they would be Naughty or Nice parents/families. Along the way, they also try to find a loving home for the stray dog that has been abandoned and as they try to find a good home for the dog, Santa tries to grant the Valiant his biggest Christmas wish of all, a family of his own to belong to. However, when a trio of wish wreckers discover Santa's goals and that there is a stray runaway Christmas wish that has not yet been granted, trouble rapidly ensues as the wish wreckers try to capture the runaway wish, attempt to sabotage Santa's plans to make a sincere wish come true and also manage to find some dodgy allies to assist them as they unwrap and unleash their mischief to try and fulfil their wish wrecking quest. Written by Jill Thrussell
Developed from: My own life experiences & The Christmas Happiness Wishlist Trail
Other Working Titles: Wishland: The Stray Christmas Wish/Wishland: The Runaway Christmas Wish