When 13-year-old Allie Thompson and her best friend Sam happen upon a weather-making machine discarded by none other than Santa Claus, they use it to cause a snow day in Los Angeles. But when the machine gets out of hand, it threatens to ruin Christmas.
Directed by Greg Beeman
holiday
santa claus
weather forecaster
weather manipulation
christmas
snow day
snow machine
weather machine
mrs claus
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Cast
Hallee Hirsh
Allie Thompson
Spencer Breslin
Joey Thompson
Hallie Todd
Michelle Thompson
Brenda Song
Samantha Kwan
John Salley
Crumpet the Elf
Susan Ruttan
Mrs. Claus
John B. Lowe
Santa Claus
Greg Kean
Steve Thompson
Jason Schombing
Mr. Martino
Bill Fagerbakke
Sparky the Elf
Peter Scolari
Edwin Hadley
Zahf Paroo
Ruben (as Zahf Hajee)
Crew
Greg Beeman
Director
Michael Hitchcock
Writer
Phil Marshall
Original Music Composer
Karl Herrmann
Director of Photography
Stanley M. Brooks
Executive Producer
Stacey Pianko
Casting
Popular Reviews
39 reviews
Kyleigh Moore
4.0★ · 12/19/25
day 49 movie 70 of ky’s christmas movies
possibly the most drawn out christmas movie
day 49 movie 70 of ky’s christmas movies
possibly the most drawn out christmas movie
Emma Davis
4.0★ · 12/13/25
brenda song and macaulay culkin the christmas movie child actor power couple that you are
brenda song and macaulay culkin the christmas movie child actor power couple that you are
Nathan Byrne
2.1★ · 11/20/25
Yikes…
This movies has aged badly since I was a kid. What was I thinking 😭
Yikes…
This movies has aged badly since I was a kid. What was I thinking 😭
amélie
5.0★ · 12/10/24
Californians act like they just smoked crack when it snows outside
Californians act like they just smoked crack when it snows outside
Kiele
7.0★ · 04/07/24
We gonna need a lot of these soon for global warming
We gonna need a lot of these soon for global warming
