A Different Kind of Christmas

When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his "Santa Schtick," as she called it, much more intensely... which meant that he turned his home into a kind of year-round Santa Claus castle where children of all ages could come to see the wonderful presents and no child ever left without a gift.

1996

Drama·TV Movie

1h 30min

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Top Billed Cast

Shelley Long
Elizabeth Gates
Barry Bostwick
Frank Mallory
Richard K. Olsen
Henry
Nathan Lawrence
Tommy Gates
Nancy McLoughlin
Susan
Michael E. Knight
Alan Schaefer
Bruce Kirby
Santa
Janell McLeod
Fran
Keith Flippen
Michael
Rebecca Koon
Marguerite
Troy Simmons
Lester
Wells Struble
Charlie
Kelly Wilson
Receptionist
Fred Nash
Policeman
Jemila Ericson
Deborah
Hannah McLoughlin
Little Girl
Ralph Wilcox
Doctor Nichols
Lorri Lindberg
Elaine
Barry Bell
Mover
Cara Stoner
Nurse

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