Santa, Baby! (2001)

Noel Royce (GREGORY HINES), a onetime successful songwriter, becomes a sidewalk Santa in the hope of breaking his writer's block. With the help of a wisecracking Christmas partridge named Melody (PATTI LABELLE), his wife Alicia (VANESSA WILLIAMS), and a hep cat named Emerald (EARTHA KITT), Noel discovers the very soul of Christmas. By the story's end, an entire community is transformed and a struggling animal shelter gets a second chance.