'Twas the Night
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'Twas the Night is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie released in December for the Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 holiday. Disney Channel has aired the film every year sometime in December. This was the most recent Disney Channel Christmas themed movie, until Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! is a 2011 Christmas film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and written by Geoff Rodkey, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico, Eric Allan Kramer, and...

in 2011.

Plot

A troubled and irresponsible man, Nick Wrigley (Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director. He is best known for his roles as Hal the father in the Fox situation comedy Malcolm in the Middle, and Walter White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad, for which he won three consecutive Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...

) was hacked by some group of criminals who are looking for a bank account code to Nick's boss. The criminals manage to find his apartment and start beating him. They tell him they want their money by Christmas. They leave and Nick decides to run away. Nick is leaving the building when the biggest member of the gang sees him leaving and chases him. Nick manages to escape when he runs to a North Pole stage where kids meet Santa Claus. He steals the costume for Santa Claus and walks to the bus stop in disguise and goes to his brothers house.

Meanwhile the house's mischievous 14-year-old Danny Wrigley (Josh Zuckerman
Josh Zuckerman (actor)
Joshua Ryan "Josh" Zuckerman is an American actor. Perhaps he is known for playing Mark Hughgrant in the science fiction TV series Kyle XY, Eddie Orlofsky for Desperate Housewives both aired into ABC and currently Max Miller in the spin-off of 1990's TV adaption 90210 aired on The CW.-Life and...

) welcomes his uncle because he has a better relationship with him than any other person in his family. Danny's father (Barclay Hope
Barclay Hope
-Life and career:Hope was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the brother of actor William Hope. Hope appeared in the TV series Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Peter Axon...

) however is less than thrilled to see his older brother, while his wife (Torri Higginson
Torri Higginson
Sarah Victoria "Torri" Higginson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient, Bliss, and Stargate Atlantis...

) welcomes Nick. Danny's parents, both doctors, are called into the hospital and reluctantly leave Nick to look after their three children. On Christmas Eve, Santa comes to the house with a device that can freeze time, in order to put the family's presents under the tree unnoticed. An object hits the device, time goes back to normal, and Nick hits him unconscious. They decide to deliver Santa's presents. While Nick is delivering the presents, unbeknown to Danny he is stealing from the houses. When Danny finds out that Nick is stealing he feels betrayed and goes back home in Santas sleigh.

Meanwhile, Danny's younger siblings, Kaitlyn (Brenda Grate) and Peter (Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams (Canadian actor)
Rhys Williams is an actor and stunt performer who was born August 24, 1983 in Calgary, Alberta. During 2010, he appeared as Gavin in three episodes of the CW TV series Life Unexpected....

) found an unconscious Santa (Jefferson Mappin
Jefferson Mappin
Jefferson Mappin is a Canadian actor born in Montreal, Quebec.-External links:Jefferson Mappin has been a professional performer in Canada for more than thirty years....

) on the floor of their living room. He wakes up and convinces them that he is Santa. They find out that Danny and Nick stole the sleigh and presents and Santa says that Danny will be on the naughty list forever.
When Danny comes back he apologises to Santa, but the sleigh is broken.
Nick is sitting at a bus stop when he sees the three men who had been threatening him earlier in the movie. They ask him where the address to his brothers house is (they don't recognise him because he is wearing a Santa costume). Nick doesn't answer them and they drive off. Nick realises a second later they are going to his brothers house, which means that his family is in trouble. Nick, who still has Santas device, races back to the house and get there just in time. He saves his family from the men using the device and the men drive away terrified. Nick returns the device to Santa and then gives Santa his beloved laptop to fix Santa's sleigh and save Christmas.

The next morning, Nick wakes up and sees Santa has given him the guitar that he has wanted since childhood, but never got for Christmas because he was on the naughty list.

Cast

  • Josh Zuckerman
    Josh Zuckerman (actor)
    Joshua Ryan "Josh" Zuckerman is an American actor. Perhaps he is known for playing Mark Hughgrant in the science fiction TV series Kyle XY, Eddie Orlofsky for Desperate Housewives both aired into ABC and currently Max Miller in the spin-off of 1990's TV adaption 90210 aired on The CW.-Life and...

     as Danny Wrigley
  • Brenda Grate as Kaitlin Wrigley
  • Bryan Cranston
    Bryan Cranston
    Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director. He is best known for his roles as Hal the father in the Fox situation comedy Malcolm in the Middle, and Walter White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad, for which he won three consecutive Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...

     as Nick Wrigley
  • Jefferson Mappin
    Jefferson Mappin
    Jefferson Mappin is a Canadian actor born in Montreal, Quebec.-External links:Jefferson Mappin has been a professional performer in Canada for more than thirty years....

     as Santa
  • Rhys Williams
    Rhys Williams (actor)
    Rhys Williams was a Welsh character actor in movies and television, whose career spanned several decades.He made his film debut in How Green Was My Valley . This movie takes place in rural Wales with a large cast of Welsh characters, but was actually filmed in Hollywood with Canadian, American,...

     as Peter Wrigley
  • Barclay Hope
    Barclay Hope
    -Life and career:Hope was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the brother of actor William Hope. Hope appeared in the TV series Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Peter Axon...

     as John Wrigley
  • Torri Higginson
    Torri Higginson
    Sarah Victoria "Torri" Higginson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient, Bliss, and Stargate Atlantis...

    as Abby Wrigley

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