Mr. St. Nick

Mr. St. Nick
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Festive
Directed by	Craig Zisk
Produced by	Camille Donatacci Robert Halmi Sr. Tom Rowe Mary Anne Waterhouse Joanne Weiss
Written by	Maryedith Burrell Matthew Jacobs Debra Frank Steve L. Hayes
Starring	Kelsey Grammer Ana Ortiz Elaine Hendrix
Music by	John Altman
Editing by	Roger Mattiussi
Country	United States
Language	English
Original channel	ABC Hallmark Entertainment
Release date	November 17, 2002 (2002-11-17) (USA)

Mr. St. Nick is a 2002 Christmas comedy-fantasy film starring Kelsey Grammer. It was produced by Hallmark Entertainment and shown on ABC in the United States. It was first broadcast as an episode of ABC's Wonderful World of Disney anthology on November 17, 2002.

It was set mainly in Miami, Florida, United States even though it was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Plot

King Nicholas XX (Durning) has been Santa Claus for 100 years and is now preparing to hand over the baton to his, and the Queen's (Helmond) son, Nick St. Nicholas (Grammer). Nick St. Nicholas is living the high life in Miami and is slightly reluctant to become Santa Claus. Jasper (Bedford), Nick's butler hires a new cook, Lorena (Ortiz). He then gets enticed into portraying a fictitious Santa Claus for a charity (Mr.SaintNick.com) by Heidi (Hendrix) and Hector (Garcia). 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.

Cast

• Kelsey Grammer as Nick St. Nicholas / Santa Claus the 21st
• Charles Durning as King Nicholas XX (Santa Claus)
• Katherine Helmond as Queen Carlotta
• Brian Bedford as Jasper
• Elaine Hendrix as Heidi Gardelle
• Ana Ortiz as Lorena
• Luis Garcia as Hector Villarba
• Wallace Shawn as Mimir

External links

• Mr. St. Nick at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. St. Nick at AllRovi