Once Upon a Christmas (film)

Once Upon a Christmas (film)
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Written by	Steven H. Berman
Directed by	Tibor Takács
Starring	Kathy Ireland John Dye
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	90 min.
Distributor	Viacom
Chronology
Followed by	Twice Upon a Christmas

Once Upon A Christmas is a 2000 family film directed by Tibor Takács. It stars Kathy Ireland, John Dye, and Mary Donnely-Haskell. The filming location was in Vancouver, British Columbia. It premiered on the PAX Network. As of 2009, it is shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family.

Plot

After Santa Claus has noticed how many children have become naughty, he decides that he will not deliver presents to any children this year. But his daughter, Kristin Claus, thinks there is one more chance for a Christmas. She uses her magic to go to the Morgan house, a family of a single father and two spoiled children who are on Santa's "Naughty" list, and try to change them to nice. But the children are tricked by Rudolfa, Kristin's sister, who wants to turn Christmas into a joking holiday. They begin to resent Kristin, and even tell their dad she is dangerous. On a late-night drive in the middle of nowhere, the family (and Kristen) take an unexpected detour. Rudolfa sends an elf dressed as a deer into the middle of the road, causing them to swerve into a ditch. They spend the night at an old, abandoned house, where Kristin confronts Bill about his own selfish ways. The kids continue to act selfish and bratty, but Bill and Kristin don't put up with it. A fire breaks out, and Kyle, the family's son almost dies. Kristin gives her immortality to save him, but she now cannot remember her past.

Cast

Actor	Role
Kathy Ireland	Kristin Claus
John Dye	Bill Morgan
Douglas Campbell	Santa Claus
Mary Donnelly Haskell	Rudolfa Claus
Wayne Thomas Yorke	Uncle Johnny
Robin Avery	Sandman
Rebecca Toolan-doka	Clara Claus
Kirsten Prout	Brittany Morgan
James Kirk	Kyle Morgan
Arturo Gil	Wahoo
Rachelle Carson	Harley Jones
Liz Torres	The Tooth Fairy

Sequels

A sequel, Twice Upon a Christmas, followed in 2001.

External links

• Once Upon A Christmas at the Internet Movie Database
• Once Upon A Christmas at AllRovi