Mr. St. Nick

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Mr. St. Nick
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Genre Fantasy comedy
Teleplay by
Story by
Directed by Craig Zisk
Starring
Music by John Altman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Producers
CinematographyDavid Franco
EditorRoger Mattiussi
Running time100 minutes
Production company Hallmark Entertainment
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseNovember 17, 2002 (2002-11-17)

Mr. St. Nick is a 2002 American Christmas fantasy comedy television film directed by Craig Zisk and written by Maryedith Burrell, Debra Frank, and Steve L. Hayes, based on a story by Burrell and Matthew Jacobs. It stars Kelsey Grammer as Nick St. Nicholas, the son of Santa Claus. [1] Nick is living a lavish life in Miami, and is reluctant to take over the role of Santa Claus from his retiring father. Elaine Hendrix, Brian Bedford, Ana Ortiz, Wallace Shawn, Luis Esteban Garcia, Lupe Ontiveros, and Charles Durning also star.

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Mr. St. Nick was produced by Hallmark Entertainment, [2] and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It premiered on ABC on November 17, 2002, [3] as an episode of the Wonderful World of Disney anthology series.

Plot

King Nicholas XX has been Santa Claus for 100 years and is now preparing to hand over the baton to his, and the Queen's son, Nick St. Nicholas. Nick is living the high life in Miami and is slightly reluctant to become Santa Claus. [4] Nick's butler Jasper hires a new cook, Lorena. He then gets enticed into portraying a fictitious Santa Claus for a charity (Mr.SaintNick.com) by Heidi and Hector. Nick begins to fall in love with Heidi and asks her to marry him; little does he know that Hector and Heidi are transferring the charity's money into their own account in the Cayman Islands. Soon however, Nick starts to become closer to his loved ones (namely his father) and Nick starts to realize how special being with one's loved ones is. As that happens he also notices that he is getting to know Lorena better and is starting to develop feelings for her as well, which makes him re-think about marrying Heidi. Nick eventually comes to see that he was wrong about everything and chooses Lorena instead. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Rosewarne, Lauren (December 6, 2017). Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 148. ISBN   978-1-9787-9926-4.
  2. ↑ "Mr. St. Nick". Hallmark. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ Storm, Jonathan (November 15, 2002). "Kelsey to play 'Mr. St. Nick'". Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ Sorren, Martha. "50 of the worst Christmas movies of all time". Business Insider. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ Crump, William D. (March 29, 2017). How the Movies Saved Christmas: 228 Rescues from Clausnappers, Sleigh Crashes, Lost Presents and Holiday Disasters. McFarland. p. 166. ISBN   978-1-4766-2770-0.
  6. ↑ Seibold, Witney (November 18, 2024). "Frasier Season 2 Pays Tribute To One Of Kelsey Grammer's Worst Movies". SlashFilm. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
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