The Night They Saved Christmas

A cozy, gentle holiday fable that feels like a warm TV movie from the eighties, with mild corporate stakes and lots of Santa wonder.

Directed by

Jackie Cooper

Genres

Drama, Family

Starring

Jaclyn Smith, Art Carney, Paul Le Mat

Overview

An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her children to convince her husband (who works for the company) that the first site is where the oil they want is. Along the way, Santa explains all his secrets in delivering presents all around the world.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, whimsical and tense. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Family, faith, greed, parenthood

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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