The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

A cozy, silly festive scramble that nudges a scattered family back together, easy to half-watch with kids.

Directed by

James Orr

Genres

Family, Fantasy, Tv movie

Starring

Jennifer Beals, Rick Roberts, R.D. Reid

Overview

When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents, he needs help! But the Fox family are a modern and broken family. Can they help him? The parents are preoccupied with work and the kids aren't very festive. But it's up to them to help Santa find his magical bag of toys and the clock is ticking or Christmas will be ruined. Forced to set their own problems aside and work together the Fox family rediscover how much they enjoy being together and realise that maybe they need to reprioritise their lives. The Night Before The Night Before Christmas is a crazy Christmas fantasy for all the family, brimming with festive spirit.

How it feels

Warm, whimsical, light and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Family, found family, healing, faith

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

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

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