On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997) (TV)

Director:

James Frawley

Writer (WGA):

Brian Hohlfeld (written by)

Release Date:

8 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Con-woman Trish and her niece/ward Patsy are caught trying to steal from a department store right before Christmas...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Department Store | Santa Claus | Mall | Young Girl

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mary Stuart Masterson	...	Patricia 'Trish' Tracy
Mark Ruffalo	...	Bert
Lauren Pratt	...	Patsy Tracy (as Lauren Suzanne Pratt)
David Hewlett	...	Mel
James Purcell	...	Bill
Lawrence Dane	...	Mr. Limber
Howard Hesseman	...	David
Arlene Meadows	...	Mom
Ed Sahely	...	Mickey
Judah Katz	...	Pruitt
Richard Blackburn	...	Jerry
John Boylan	...	Man in Overcoat
Domenico Fiore	...	Ed the Bartender (as Dom Fiore)
Patrick Patterson	...	Uncle Don
Victoria Snow	...	Mindy

Runtime:

120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

ABC Pictures

Quotes:

Bill: So, you two met at the store?
Bert: Ehhh..
Trish: First floor. Handbags. It was very romantic. Bert dragged me right off, I couldn't resist!

The Ten Blunders of Christmas

This is one of the most illogical TV movies ever made -- and that is saying a lot.

(1) Some of the actors play their parts straight, and some play their parts like baffoonish clowns. (2) Pick-pocketing is ethical. (3) Our hero sees a bike stolen and sold for cash. The bike is gone, but he catches the thief with cash in hand, but he does not attempt to claim the money. (4) Closet light bulbs remain switched-on 24 hours a day. (5) City people leave their apartment without locking their apartment door which has many deadbolt locks begging to be used. (6) An income is needed to live in an apartment, but it is assumed that no income is needed to buy and run a house. (7) Decorations are purchased for a Christmas tree that does not exist. Later, at the drop of a hat, a police officer-wanna be steals a Christmas tree. No one in the world would know this would ever happen except for the writer of the movie. (8) Throughout the period the lead female characters desire to escape, they do not do so. For example, at one point the police guard wanna-be guy has both of his hands handcuffed to a handrail inside a bus. He is locked up and has no key, but no one escapes from him. (9) A violent child snatcher is released only because the movie needs him to snatch the child a second time later in the movie. (10) A silly man wearing a cast and a thick Santa's suit spends most of the movie outrunning assorted adults only two or three feet behind him.

The only good part of "On the 2nd Day of Christmas" is the vigilant perfume sales lady on duty in the department store.