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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

1989 · Burt Brinckerhoff · 100 min

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Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people.

Charles DurningSantaBruce VilanchPhilpotWayne OsmondJeff BaxterRRisa SchiffmanJennifer BaxterAAnnette MarinLaura BaxterBeverly RowlandMrs. ClausTTip BoxellJeff's BossSStar HerrmannMother (as Star Roman)PPaul GraceMuggerAAlan NashTicket ClerkJJason BallBus DriverJJohn DarylCop - ChicagoTed LangeNapoleonMMichael PicardiSergeant DevlinMMichael RuudJ. Prescott Hewes

Cast

Charles DurningSantaBruce VilanchPhilpotWayne OsmondJeff BaxterRRisa SchiffmanJennifer BaxterAAnnette MarinLaura BaxterBeverly RowlandMrs. ClausTTip BoxellJeff's BossSStar HerrmannMother (as Star Roman)PPaul GraceMuggerAAlan NashTicket ClerkJJason BallBus DriverJJohn DarylCop - ChicagoTed LangeNapoleonMMichael PicardiSergeant DevlinMMichael RuudJ. Prescott Hewes

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