A Different Kind of Christmas(1996)
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.
Movie: A Different Kind of Christmas
Top 10 Billed Cast
Elizabeth Gates
Frank Mallory
Henry
Susan
Alan Schaefer
Santa
Michael
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
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