The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
- Directed by
- Jackie Cooper
- Genre
- drama television program, speculative fiction film, Christmas film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An oil company is dynamiting in the North Pole to find oil, not knowing they are putting Santa Claus at risk. A family gets involved in trying to save Christmas.
whimsicalnostalgicgentleearnestslightly tensehopefulfamily-orientedfantastical
What happens
The Night They Saved Christmas is a 1984 American made-for-television fantasy drama film directed by Jackie Cooper and executive produced by Jack Haley Jr. and Robert Halmi Jr. The film, about an oil company dynamiting in the North Pole in search of an oil field unaware that they are endangering Santa Claus, stars Jaclyn Smith and Art Carney and premiered on ABC on December 13, 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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