'Twas the Night

'Twas the Night is a Christmas Disney Channel Original Movie, produced by Adam Productions and originally aired on December 7, 2001. The Disney Channel has aired it every year sometime in December.

Synopsis[]

Nick Wrigley, a troubled and irresponsible man, was hacked by some gang of criminals who are looking for a bank account code to his boss. They manage to find his apartment and start beating him. They tell him they want their money by Christmas. They leave and he decides to run away. He is leaving the building when the biggest member of the gang sees him leaving and chases him. He manages to escape when he runs to a North Pole stage where kids meet Santa Claus. He steals his costume and walks to the bus stop in disguise and goes to his brother John's house. Meanwhile, mischievous 14-year-old Danny welcomes him because he has a better relationship with him than any other person in his family. John, however, is less than thrilled to see him, while his sister-in-law, Abby, welcomes Nick. John and Abby, who are both doctors, are called into the hospital and reluctantly leave Nick to look after Danny and his younger siblings, Kaitlin and Peter. On Christmas Eve, Santa comes to the house with a device that can freeze time, in order to put the presents under the tree unnoticed. An object hits it, time goes back to normal, and Nick knocks him unconscious. He and Danny decide to deliver Santa's presents. While he is delivering doing so, unbeknown to Danny he is stealing from the houses. When Danny finds that out he feels betrayed and goes back home in Santa's sleigh. Meanwhile, Kaitlyn and Peter found an unconscious Santa on their living room floor. He wakes up and convinces them that he is Santa. They find out that Danny and Nick stole his sleigh and presents and he says that Danny will be on the naughty list forever. When Danny comes back he apologizes to him, but his sleigh is broken. Nick is sitting at a bus stop when he sees the criminals who had been threatening him earlier in the movie. They ask him for John's address (they don't recognize him because he is wearing the Santa costume). He doesn't answer them and they drive off. He realizes a second later that they are going to John's house, which means that his family is in trouble. He, who still has Santa's device, races back there and arrives just in time. He saves John's family from the criminals using the device and they drive away terrified. He returns the device to Santa, and gives him his beloved laptop to fix his sleigh and save Christmas. The next morning, he wakes up and sees that Santa has given him the guitar that he has wanted since childhood, but never got for Christmas because he was on the naughty list.

Notes[]

• The control stick of a Logitech Wingman Attack 2 is used for Santa's sleigh.

Cast[]

External links[]

• 'Twas the Night at the Internet Movie Database