Retired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But a sudden fatal heart attack derails those plans, and Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas in order to give his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.
Acting
Mickey Rooney committing fully to spectral grandpa cosplay
Director
Peter H. Hunt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Peter H. Hunt also staged the original Broadway production of 1776, making this his journey from founding fathers to dead grandfathers.
This aired opposite the debut of Michael Jackson's Thriller video, which explains why nobody remembers it. The 80s were WILD.
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