圣诞老人(R.D.Reid饰演)开始他新一年的任务的时候，错误地提早了一天到达，更不幸的撞到Fox一家的屋顶，结果失忆了还暂时失去了他的魔法。在他十分需要帮助的时候，Fox这家子却自身难保。Wayne(Rick Robert饰演)和Angela(Jennifer Beals)夫妻俩工作忙得顾不上圣诞，家里没有气氛、Hannah (Rebecca Williams饰演)Toby (Gage Munroe饰演)姐弟俩也被冷落一旁。可现在却轮到他们来帮助可怜的圣诞老人在圣诞钟声之前赶快找回一袋子的玩具礼物。无可奈何之下，一家子不得不放下原先的问题，一齐帮助倒霉的圣诞老人。而在这个过程中，他们也开始享受大家在一起的时光，也重新认识到家庭生活的意义。
When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents, he needs help! But the Fox family are a modern and broken family. Can they help him? The parents are preoccupied with work and the kids aren't very festive. But it's up to them to help Santa find his magical bag of toys and the clock is ticking or Christmas will be ruined. Forced to set their own problems aside and work together the Fox family rediscover how much they enjoy being together and realise that maybe they need to reprioritise their lives. The Night Before The Night Before Christmas is a crazy Christmas fantasy for all the family, brimming with festive spirit.
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一部特效虚假、主题简单、情节天真乃至结局老套的圣诞奇幻电影，可是我愿意给它个满分！它名副其实就是一部如同我们的贺岁片般的欢乐圣诞合家欢电影，在都看了太多各种思想复杂、情节绕得你头晕的大片之后，忽然来一部如此简洁明了带点诙谐的家庭故事，即使它未必能打动被经受太多社会和家庭问题困扰的人们，但不得不承认，在看到Fox一家人逐渐找回家人应该有的温馨的时候，你心情将会极其舒畅。其实每个人都是圣诞老人，而圣诞礼物一直在自己身边，只是我们忘记了如何去发现.展开