Saving Christmas

The Ghost and Molly McGee
"Saving Christmas"

Season 1

Number 10B

Episode information

Production code

111B

Written by

Peter Lim

Storyboards by

Megan Fisher

Directed by

Stephen Heneveld
Sam King

Original airdate

November 27, 2021

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"Saving Christmas" is the second segment of the tenth episode of the Disney Channel animated series, The Ghost and Molly McGee.

Synopsis[]

Molly tries to convince Andrea’s father to save Christmas after budget cuts leave Brighton without its beloved Snowflake Festival.

Plot[]

Brighton is getting into the spirit of Christmas for the annual Snowflake Celebration. The McGees join everyone at the band stand for the Mayor of Brighton to unveil the lighting of the Christmas tree which he made sure to be two inches taller than Perfektborg's. At first, thngs seem to be going well, but overcharge causes the lights to burst, which snowballs into all the lights and decorations burning out and getting destroyed and the tree going up in flames. The Mayor solemnly announces that due to the two inch taller tree's price leaving no money left for new decorations, the celebration's activities have been cancelled. Molly, being the optimist that she is, refuses to give up and convinces Scratch to help her find a solution.

They realize that Davenport's most likely has the money and go see Maxwell Davenport about being charitable for the season. He turns Molly down where, to her surprise, Andrea sides with her. Unfortunately, Maxwell still says no as he believes that "Christmas is a time to make money, not merriment" and ushers them both out. Molly then gets the idea to pull a Christmas Carol style haunting on him and Scratch and the McGees get to work. Scratch goes through each of the three ghost types for Maxwell, but none of the things that he shows him have any affect on him and he comes to the conclusion that he is dreaming. With Molly in dour spirits, Scratch gets offended and decides to be straight with Maxwell.

Scratch rehaunts Maxwell and drags him around town. He finally pauses on seeing his daughter Andrea who is sad because she wanted to be crowned the Snow Queen for the celebration. This finally wins him over and he agrees to use his resources to put the celebration back on. Scratch tells Molly the good news in the morning as they and the rest of the McGees get to work redecorating the town with everyone else pitching in. Maxwell appears where he is congratulated for his work as the Mayor lights up a new and improved tree. Molly rewards Scratch with his promised cookies as they and the rest of the McGees hug.

Cast[]

Song[]

"Christmas at Brighton"

Trivia[]

Moral: Christmas is a time for giving, not working.
When all the lights blow up in Brighton, an earth shot reveals that the town is located near the border of Wisconsin and Illinois.
Due to rescheduling, this episode is actually the introduction of Andrea's parents who were supposed to appear in "The Don't-Gooder" first.
The Davenport's commercial with Andrea, first shown in "Hooray for Mollywood!", is briefly seen on television.
The titlecard used at the end is Christmas themed.
The original story notes included a reference to Jacob Marley, with Mr. Davenport commenting that his partner is still alive. Additionally, the notes reveal that his first name is Maxwell.^[1]