Night of the Meek story
In this remake of "The Night of the Meek", a drunk, out-of-work department store Santa finds a magic gift-giving bag and becomes a real-life Santa Claus. Directed by: Martha Coolidge. Story by: Rod Serling, Rockne S. O'Bannon.
10 total · 7 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas traditions | major | The story follows a down-and-out mall Santa on the night of Christmas Eve. |
| coping with an overbearing jerk | major | Mr. Dundee was being a big party pooper and resented that Henry was giving out presents to everyone. |
| generosity | major | Henry took joy in giving out presents to everyone on Christmas. |
| generous character vs. mean character | major | Henry was kind and willing to give while Mr. Dundee was a stingy Christmas Grinch. |
| kindness | major | Henry took joy in giving out presents to everyone on Christmas. He even gave the grinch-like Mr. Dundee a furcoat for his wife and a Mickey Mantle autographed baseball for him. |
| magic bag | major | Henry had a bag that never stopped being full of presents. |
| Santa Claus | major | Henry Corwin was a fake Santa, then became nearly the real thing. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Henry Corwin was fired for drinking and making a fool of himself. |
| facing job insecurity | minor | Henry was fired for being drunk on the job and felt bad because he didn't have any presents to give to the kids caroling outside of his window. |
| poverty in society | minor | Henry commented on how poor kids had little in the way of Christmas. |