Movie: A Different Kind of Christmas

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shelley Long
Shelley Long

Elizabeth Gates

Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick

Frank Mallory

Richard K. Olsen
Richard K. Olsen

Henry

Nathan Lawrence
Nathan Lawrence

Tommy Gates

Nancy McLoughlin
Nancy McLoughlin

Susan

Michael E. Knight
Michael E. Knight

Alan Schaefer

Bruce Kirby
Bruce Kirby

Santa

Janell McLeod
Janell McLeod

Fran

Keith Flippen
Keith Flippen

Michael

Rebecca Koon
Rebecca Koon

Marguerite

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1996-12-09

  • Average

    4.6

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
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    English
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