''Snow'' is an American

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-themed film starring

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and Ashley Williams that premiered in 2004 on the ABC television network, and was also shown on the Freeform (formerly ABC Family) cable network later the same year. It was written by Rich Burns and directed by

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. Since 2004, ''Snow'' has become a staple on Freeform's annual 25 Days of Christmas programming block.

Plot

Nick Snowden, who is really the son of

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, falls for Sandy Brooks, a pretty

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who works at The San Ernesto Zoo from which he must rescue Buddy, a young

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who has not yet learned to fly. He needs her help to get Buddy out, so he follows her home. Nick meets Lorna, the

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and owner of the boarding house where Sandy stays. She thinks Nick is a

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, gets to know him, and lets him stay in the boarding house. Nick meets Hector, whose mother, Isabel, is a

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. Hector figures out that Nick is Santa Claus. Nick meets Sandy and falls for her. Sandy falls for him too and is unaware that he is Santa Claus. She helps Nick get Buddy out of the zoo and back to the North Pole. Nick usually teleports himself in and out by mirror, but the only way the mirror works is by using

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snow. Buck Seger is a hunter who works at the zoo and has a crush on Sandy. He sees Nick as a rival and researches that Buddy is from the North Pole. He plans to sell Buddy to a

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. Nick, Sandy, Hector, and Isabel chase Buck all over town and rescue Buddy and send him back to the North Pole. On

, Nick has left Sandy a

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in her bedroom, and she goes back to The North Pole with him.

Cast

as Nick Snowden * Ashley Williams as Sandy Brooks * Patrick Fabian as Buck Seger

Other cast

* Bobb'e J. Thompson as Hector * Jackie Burroughs as Lorna * Leslie "Les" Carlson as Chester * Karen Robinson as Isabel * Paul Bates as Carl * Adam Greydon Reid as Jordan * Dan Willmott as Passenger #1 * Bubba as Security Guard #2 * Zie Souwand as Boy on Tour Bus * Mark Breanne as Girl on Tour Bus * Andrea Scott as Female Co-worker * Michael Dunston as Man Dressed as Elf

Sequel

The sequel, '' Snow 2: Brain Freeze'', was released on December 14, 2008 as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. The main cast from the first film reprise their roles in the sequel.

External links

* American Christmas films 2004 television films 2004 films ABC Family original films Christmas television films Films directed by Alex Zamm 2000s Christmas films {{Christmas-tv-film-stub

Plot

Cast

Other cast

Sequel

See also

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