Did I plan to post a Christmas movie during December? Am I thrilled that it happened? Heck yeah! Disclaimer: This blog is purely recreational and not for profit. The authors claim no ownership of this material. The opinions expressed therein reflect those of the authors and are not to be viewed as factual documentation.
All photos are capped from my copy of the movie with InstantShot! Christmas is a weird time for me. On the other, the idea of a secular winter holiday that focuses on the spirit of giving to your loved ones is a nice one, if only more people in real life actually lived up to that. The lights and the snow seemed to him like the quintessential Christmas wonderland and decided to commit the magical little town to film to share with the world. Writer Thomas Meehan offered a one-page story idea called Father Christmas he wrote with a man named Barry Healey, but several studios rejected it until Disney finally picked it up two years later.
This movie is notably not a musical, which is odd because Meehan wrote the libretto for several smash hit Broadway musicals including Annie, Hairspray, and The Producers, as well as the screenplay for the latter. And also Spaceballs. His Wikipedia was a ride. Finance problems and weather delays plagued the 8-month film shoot. Only after the snow was dumped in place did snow finally fall… in the form of a freak blizzard. So now they had to spend time cleaning up all the excess snow.
After all of that, One Magic Christmas hit theatres at the end of November , just in time for the Christmas season. At least the residents of Meafield remember the experience fondly. But will I remember it fondly or am I about to find a lump of coal in my stocking?
The black screen fades into the night sky above a man in a trenchcoat and wide-brimmed hat perched in a tree with his harmonica. Gideon the Christmas Angel travels down to Medford, Nova Scotia according to the license plates to find his target. Ginnie and her family push their way through the crowds at the local shopping mall a few days before Christmas. The family stops for lunch, and the kids spend the meal chattering about all the presents they want. And he refuses.
