A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

Emmet Otter and his Ma are dirt-poor, but very happy and good singers. But as Christmas is around the corner, both of them want to get something special for each other. And the talent show prize is $50! So, Ma gets a song ready, and Emmet forms a jug-band with his friends. But the Riverbottom Gang, a bunch of rich kids with killer electric band equipment are going to be tough competition.—Kathy Li

Emmit and Ma otter.They are poor,without a father,and want to get something very special for Christmas.For Emmit,he sees a used guitar for 40$ while they are in the city,and Ma wants to make his Christmas a special one.But Emmit wants to buy Ma something special too.They enter in a talent contest,and have to take something from each other in order to get in.Emmit puts a hole in the washtub to join a Jugband,and Ma has to sell Pa's tool chest to buy fabric for a dress.Only one can win...can either of them?—myfilm83