The Ultimate Christmas Present

The Ultimate Christmas Present is a 2000 American film directed by Greg Beeman. It is a Disney Channel Original Movie and was released on December 1, 2000.
== Plot ==
Two young girls, Samantha Elizabeth "Sam" Kwan and Allison Rachel "Allie" Thompson find a weather machine at a shack in the woods. After learning of its controls, they use it to make it snow in Los Angeles.
It turns out that the weather machine belongs to Santa Claus and he informs Mrs. Claus about this. To help Santa Claus, she sends two elves, Crumpet and Sparky.
A weather man named Edwin Hadley tries to figure out what's causing the strange weather and track it down to keep himself from getting fired by his boss Mr. Martino. Edwin's boss expects Edwin to get down to the bottom of the sudden snow appearances.
When Sparky and Crumpet catch up to Santa Claus, they find a footprint of a type of girl shoes that are only made in California. Santa and the elves set off to interrogate each girl on the naughty list that wears those type of shoes.
Soon, the snowstorm gets so large that it spreads to San Francisco and Allie's dad gets snowed in at the airport and may not make it home in time for Christmas. Allie tries to turn it off, but over night it turns itself back on and it creates a blizzard. They are unable to make it do anything now. Samantha shares sad stories with Allie about how her dad would spend Christmas, while Allie is sad about her dad missing Christmas.
The blizzard creates a traffic jam Edwin finds himself stuck in as he tracks the weather phenomenon to Allie's house. He steals a man's snowmobile to bypass it.
When the power goes out due to the storm, Allie and Sam head to Allie's shed to get flashlights. They then encounter Santa, Crumpet, and Sparky who identify Allie as the next person on their naughty list while her best friend Sam is a positive overachiever and good role model in school. When they doubt his identify, Santa Claus tells the girls all about their secrets and the weather machine.
Edwin arrives at Allie's house and manages to gain entry. He finds the weather machine and announces his plans to be the best weather man in history and gain more publicity on television attempts. During his escape, he sees the man he stole the snowmobile from and crashes into a chocolate making factory where he falls into a chocolate vat. The group follow his trail into the chocolate factory. Sparky follows him up into the rafters where he falls into a box of cotton candy. The group then reclaims the weather machine from him.
At Santa's shack, he works to find the problem in the weather machine. With Sam and Allie's help, they manage to fix the weather machine by fitting the right batteries and stop the weather. Santa then tells Edwin that there is another type of job for him.
Crumpet and Sparky pick up Allie's dad just in time for Christmas morning. Meanwhile, Edwin gets a job in the Antarctic teaching scientists about the weather.
== Cast and Characters ==
* Hallee Hirsh as Allison Rachel "Allie" Thompson
* Brenda Song as Samantha Elizabeth "Sam" Kwan
* Hallie Todd as Michelle Thompson
* Spencer Breslin as Joey Thompson
* Greg Kean as Steve Thompson
* John B. Lowe as Santa Claus
* John Salley as Crumpet
* Bill Fagerbakke as Sparky
* Peter Scolari as Edwin Hadley
* Jason Schombing as Mr. Martino
* Tiffany Desrosiers as Tina
Category:Disney Channel Original Movies
Category:Films
Category:Live-action Films
Category:2000 Films
Category:Christmas Films
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