"Spreading Christmas Joy Heals"
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SAINT NICK OF BETHLEHEM is a Christmas treat that’s heartwarming and loving. The storytelling is sometimes predictable, however. The movie has a simple but powerful Christian worldview. Loving your neighbor takes on a new meaning when dealing with grief. The movie also features a positive clergyman and stresses that the purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus. SAINT NICK OF BETHLEHEM is a fun, wholesome family movie. It’s showing only in scattered theaters around the country, however; so, it needs support from theater owners and moviegoers.
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SAINT NICK OF BETHLEHEM is the story of Nicholas McNulty and how he becomes Santa. . . kind of. Nick McNulty is a divorced middle-aged gentleman who lives in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, a small town with a love for Christmas. This is the third year Nick’s going to celebrate Christmas after his son’s death. He stopped his teaching job, and he’s taking care of his mom. However, his life starts to turn around when his old high school flame, Mary, returns as a nurse at the local hospital.
In order to earn money, Nick works at a car dealership run by his overly miserly brother, Charlie. Nick and Charlie get along like oil and water. Nick sees the good in people, whereas Charlie only sees the bad. Also, Nick spends time and money not only paying his bills and spending time with Mary but buying presents and being Santa for various people in his small town.
Alongside Nick’s story is a young 9-year-old boy named Tucker, who’s the son of Sarah, Charlie’s bookkeeper. Tucker is known to have the best light display in town, which he does for when his dad comes home.
However, tragedy strikes as Tucker’s father, who works for the U.S. Navy, dies. Naturally, Tucker and his mother are devastated, but Nick bonds with the boy and they share separate grief, Tucker in losing a father and Nick in losing his son. The two then become surrogates and start to recognize that even with grief comes love.
This story leads to the movie’s dominant worldview, which is extremely Christian, in the best of ways. The main themes of SAIUNT NICK OF BETHLEHEM are neighborly love, dealing with grief and the true spirit of Christmas. At the whole center of the movie, Nick is trying to see the best in everyone and being generous with his love and time to all his neighbors, while hoping to bring some joy back into their lives. The movie’s name is a double joke on the fact that Santa Claus is just the modern name of St. Nicholas and the title character, Nick, being saint-like in all his actions.
Inspired by a true story, SAINT NICK OF BETHLEHEM is a Christmas treat. The story and characters are heartwarming and loving, though the storytelling is sometimes predictable. The movie’s message is simple but powerful and inspiring. Loving your neighbor takes on a new meaning when dealing with grief. The movie also features a positive clergyman and stresses that the purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus. SAINT NICK OF BETHLEHEM is a fun movie to watch for the whole family. It’s only showing in scattered movie theaters around the country, however. So, it needs support from both theater owners and moviegoers.
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