THREE OAKS â The final scene of âPrancerâ shows the magical reindeer joining the team pulling Santaâs sleigh through the sky, followed by an aerial view of a village that looks a lot like Three Oaks.
Much of John Hancockâs 1989 Christmas tale (which starred Sam Elliott, Chloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda and Rebecca Harrell) was filmed in Three Oaks and the nearby New Carlisle area.
But the community that Prancer and all of the other reindeer fly over before the end credits begin to roll was a model that still exists â in Three Oaks.
Region Of Three Oaks Museum Board members Nick Bogert and Randy Miller have been restoring the main three sections of the Prancer scale-model version of Three Oaks on the third floor of the Three Oaks Township Library building where it has been in storage for quite a few years. It depicts the main drag of the village basically as it was in the 1980s, with plenty of retro touches like older cars and a Christmas tree lot as seen